PUMP UNNH PUMP UNNH PUMP UNNH PUMP… to the top of the hill. Last pump at the very crest with enough power to turn it around. Aim for the steepest angle on the street and pedal with everything you’ve got; turn the corner on to the sidewalk at full speed. If you pump hard enough and stop pedaling right there you can turn into the circle at the dead end coasting completely around, Then you coast half way back up the hill before pumping again and start from the beginningl
Do it for HOURS with the wind whipping through your hair and feeling FREEEE FREEEE!!
Then someone parked across the sidewalk just out of sight from where you turn at the dead end. Either crash and fly over the top of the car or try to turn going much too fast.
Things got very dark, people were talking very far away. They put a blanket over me until the ambulance got there. My leg feels like the letter “S.” One shoe was several houses away. No one ever found the other shoe.
The absolute worst part was when I got to the hospital and they had to CUT OFF MY FAVORITE SHORTS!!! BUMMER!!!
I was hit by a car once, too. My glasses ended up on the other side of the street, and someone had to get them for me.
What a horrible crash that much have been! You wrote this so well, I was with you on those hills, and then BAM.