Dave Taylor's Great Adventure

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As many of you know, Dave Taylor of this forum and master of BoothieBarn.com, will be spending a portion of his spring break from teaching "relaxing" (a la JWB) in the woods of Southern Maryland. To assist him in really getting into the inner soul of Booth, Rick Smith and a friend have made a pair of wooden crutches for him to hobble around on - after he breaks his leg (wherever).

Rick brought them by Surratt House today for demonstration. Without the padding that we are accustomed to, Rick says they are very painful to walk with if one trusts them to bear weight. The pressure on the arms and armpits is great.

I suggested that Booth only used one (I think that's all that Mudd's farmhand crafted) for that reason - more like a support or for balance, since his break was not with a weight-bearing bone. Also, the poor man might have had torn rotator cuffs and biceps trying to walk with two while lifting the injured leg!