For those of us who live in SF/Bay Area and doing mountain biking Mount Tam is a special place with amazing network of fireroads and trails to ride. It so happened that after moving from San Diego to North Bay, I got hooked up on this sport. And like with any passion one pursues, sometimes bad stuff happens even in magical places.
Long sory short: this Thursday after 1.5 hr ride on trails, I was descending on the paved road in the residential area and my front tire blew up. Since it was a curve and downhill, I was a little slow to response to the problem. The result was the fall on left shoulder with an attempt to rollover, hitting the road at 10 mph and breaking clavicle, scapula, 3 ribs and puncture in the left lung (helmet saved the head). Doctors put the metal plate on the clavicle to get rid of "floating" shoulder and it looks like they did a really good job.
The recovery period is 6 weeks which puts me 1 month away from the trip to South America in December. From your experience, is there a real possibility to make it according to this plan or it is totally unfeasible?
Rinat