What a beautiful day to be out on the water! Sadly, I’m not able do do everything I could if I were not injured, and the water is still pretty chilly. However, I got good and stuck, and I shot my first mud video with my new 4K professional camera. The image at the top left is not resized or cropped, to give you an idea of the resolution available from a 4K frame. The remaining images have been cropped and reduced in size.
The trip was a little too much for me. Twisting in thick mud is probably hard on my back, and loading the boat on the trailer was a strain. However, I’m so glad I got to go out and enjoy some mud on such a beautiful day.
As you can see from these images, I stepped out onto a muddy shelf, wearing jeans. At first the shelf seemed like it was going to carry my weight, but that was just an illusion designed to lure me further away from the edge. My legs were trapped instantly, once I started to sink. Although I had a lifeline, the thick mud would not release my legs, so I was destined to struggle in vain against the thick mud that rewarded my efforts by drawing me a little bit deeper into it’s relentless grip.
Oh, sorry, I got a little carried away with my adjectives. I sank well past my naval before I decided I’d better wriggle my tight ass out of the mud and stop tormenting my spine. It wasn’t easy getting out. When I do these videos, I’m not really faking; I’m just not using proper extraction techniques.
So, I’m back, and eventually I’ll make a clip or two from the video I shot, but I can’t sit at my desk very long, so this is all you’re going to get today. I’m looking forward to a long 2017 mudding season. I hope everyone is doing well. I look forward to hearing from everyone. Don’t be afraid to say hello. (I still have a contact form on this site, you can find me on UMD.net, and I’m also on FetLife as ropes4pleasure.)
Hello Doug…
Very nice to hear about your most recent mud adventure. You and my friend Ed seem to have very delicate backs. I think I remember you had some back issues a ways back too. Glad to hear you say it is getting better…those kinds of things are always very slow to heal. We’ve had enough rain over the past few weeks so that the mud down at San Onofre Beach is calling to me LOUDLY. I’m waiting for a bit warmer weather before I head down there.
Love to see you floating to swimming about in some creamy mud…maybe that would be positive physical therapy for your back.
Cheers,
I wouldn’t say my back is “delicate”. I do have a fractured vertebra that was broken before I was 5 years old. However, my Achilles heel is sitting too much. I’ve been working at my desk too much, this past year.
Otherwise, I’m proud of my back. I put it through hell with some of the things I do.
I hope you get some great mud from all this rain. We’re having the warmest February I can remember.
‘Tis raining again…albeit very gently…more tonight and tomorrow AM. Have you checked out any of the videos MudSoldier has posted on DeepSiinking Guys? They are sure fun to watch…true quicksand, I guess.
I haven’t been on DeepSinking Guys in a long, long time.