Episode 003: Sascha Hamm Part 1 - Dealing With Catastrophe

Full episode info and show notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com Sascha Hamm is one of the UK’s best freeriders and somebody who’s been at the top or around the top of European snowboarding for the past twenty years. In March 2016, Sascha's life changed for ever. He was competing in the Freeride World Tour Event in Fieberbrunn, Austria, when he took a fall that almost killed him. As he describes in detail during our conversation, he half-backflipped off a 100 foot cliff and landed on his side on barely concealed rocks. As you might imagine, he racked up quite a list of life-changing injuries in the process: 1) Torn left knee ACL 2) 10 broken ribs 3) Broken left elbow 4) Broken left humerus 5) Broken left collarbone 6) Broken left acromium 7) Broken left shoulderblade 8) Collapsed left lung 9) Ripped out nerves C8 and T1 from spine and tore nerve C8 in his brachial plexus. What’s even more remarkable is that, throughout it all, Sascha remained conscious. In today’s episode of the podcast, part one of a two part special with Sascha, recorded almost a year to the day since the accident happened, we talk about how he’s coping with the life-chasing injuries he sustained that day. Thanks to Nick Smith (www.hiddensound.tv) for post-production help and Matt Ward (https://linguistine.com) for the theme tune.