The Struggle

February 2008 - I started by sitting on the uni and holding on to the garden gate......after 3 days, I was still on the gate, sore bum, cold and very hungry.....
Decided to ignore the general rules of learning to unicycle which included rocking back and fore on the seat till you feel confident........I would still be rocking like some weird person.
Instead I threw myself away from the gate and peddled..........hit the concrete before half a revolution of the peddle....sustained life threatening injuries to both elbows, both knees and hairline fracture of the skull....so seeing sense I got to my feet ....remounted.....and did exactly the same suicidal move......by now adrenelin had kicked in and pain was less severe.
I continued this until finally I ran out of living flesh on said elbow and knee joints.

This routine went on for weeks until I managed to peddle nearly 4 mtrs to the lawn!!

In March of that year I moved up to hanging from the roof bars on my car, getting my feet correctly on the peddles.........and then throwing myself away from the car...no less painful than leaving the gate, only more potential for falling back and cracking my skull open. There was nothing for it but to buy some safety gear......fingerless gloves!
The reason for the gloves?....well believe it or not, the most painful part of falling off a unicycle is landing on the heel of your hands.
Some people claim that you cannot fall off a unicycle because you always land on your feet........total crap......of the 4,894 times I have left the seat, I have only ever landed on my feet 3 times( and my ankle gave way the second time)