FOCUS Online Mr. Arevalo, on 19. February, you have fallen on a ski trip with her good friend Erme Catino hard, have broken in two Places on the back and almost died. What exactly happened?
Louis Arevalo: We were on tour, in a burned forest, to see, whether it is a suitable Scenery for a photo shoot. After I had done my test shots, I was climbing into the ski Binding and wanted to leave. From the first swing I noticed that a foot was stuck right in the binding. to bring
When you try the binding to lock, I lost the balance and I am similar to a Tomahawk and is disappointed in the depth of Gera, until I was upside down, crushed against a tree, butt-welded. In the process, I broke several cervical and dorsal vertebrae, and three Ribs; one of his lungs collapsed, my head was cut open by the edge of a ski. I slipped two meters to the right or to the left, down the slope, would have happened to me, probably nothing. private Louis looked after his OP in the Utah Valley Hospital
FOCUS Online : How is your recovery?
Louis Arevalo: I Survived mainly because of Ermie. He has experience as a mountain rescuer and immediately requested help. The helicopter was then able to leave, but at nightfall, a Wearing down, was mainly due to its exact location. Three hours he has been on the mountain for me, until I flew to Utah and there was emergency surgery. Eight hours, the SURGERY lasted. I’m the Doctors incredibly grateful that you saved my life, Running or skiing I will not be able to but probably; from the chest down and I’m paralyzed cross-section.
“Everything I’ve learned through outdoor sports and my affinity to nature, comes to me now for the benefit of,”
FOCUS Online : How do you deal with this diagnosis? A larger incision for Outdoor enthusiasts and half-an extreme athlete like you, there are hardly any.
Louis Arevalo: When I think of the things I love and now can’t make, that is incredibly painful. The Run in the mountains, Climbing, deep snow under the Ski, the – all that I’m going to miss. At the same time, the features that have me the sports and the Photograph conveys always help me better with this crisis to cope. To achieve the stamina and the will set a goal to improve his technique and also to cooperate with other people – all of this drives me to continue in my everyday life, whether it is to overcome the pain of physical therapy or in a wheelchair to move around. private skiing was one of the great passions of Louis Arevalo
Everything I’ve learned through outdoor sports and my affinity to nature, for the benefit of me now. I challenge myself every day, see what my limitations and trying me things to teach. In the meantime, I’ll drive even a bike again – of course with a hand crank. Only the pain restrict me at the moment in my excursions with the wheelchair, or the wheel a little.
Jacki Arevalo: (laughs) That’s the Good thing about my husband. He always wants more, always have and thank God has not taken the accident to him this property. Sometimes I have to slow him down a bit, because often he suppressed the pain that occur after a load. At the same time this is probably the best way to deal with a Situation like this.
FOCUS Online On your Instagram channel, you have posted a very moving image. It shows you, in a Moment of grief or pain, while your wife Jacki will be with them. What is the origin of this image? private Jacki and Louis Arevalo
Louis Arevalo: I’ve decided to document my rehab through photos. So it was also in this Moment. Since my OP I get applied regularly, a pain ointment on my back and as I’ve noticed, that the pain will come back, I put the camera on self-timer. While Jacki has me Creamed the back, we are fooling around because we thought we actors just a little, but then the feelings have me suddenly – the gratitude and the pain came to overcome and so it is to this image. (fights back tears)
to Me this is actually happening more often currently, because it is not only the love of my wife, but also the Affection that I receive from friends or the community, is incredible. Without the help of all these people I could not have survived the many dark moments since my accident well.
“, A state of pure Emotion”
FOCUS Online How the accident has changed your relationship?
Jackie Arevalo: in fact, we have shown both of us kind of vulnerable to the other that it was prior to the accident. This is a completely new Form of openness and trust between us has arisen, even though we are already married for ten years. I’ve never felt so vulnerable, as in the hour when I my man had to watch as he fights for his life. It is hard to find the right words for it, but in the last three months, it is a state of pure emotion that has set in between us. private Louis and Jacki Arevalo
Louis Arevalo: I had to learn, the love and Affection of my fellow-men to accept. For someone like me, it was unusual at first. Because before my accident I was the one who always tried to give people the Best of themselves. I have never expected anything in return, but now everything comes back and that gives me so much power.
FOCUS Online : On their website they describe nature as a sanctuary for the dark moments in life. You speak from a place of healing. Whence comes this deep connection and how you help them in this difficult time?
“My biggest fear is created by pain”
Louis Arevalo: As with most of the people there were in my life, difficult moments. In my early twenties, both my parents died within 18 months of cancer – before they had to fight hard with the disease. For me, it was incredibly hard, not only because I lost two beloved people, but also because I was suddenly put I on my own, without knowing exactly what I wanted to achieve at all in my life. private Louis when ice climbing in the Rockey Mountains
In that time, I have found in nature, the necessary calm, to direct my life in the right direction. One of the most important lessons I learned during my many hours in the Rocky Mountains, is in harmony, as in nature, everything in a natural way, how everything flows into each other. This knowledge I tried to my own life, I’ve forced things, be it business or pleasure – never. I think nature provides us with a good example of this. The nature is really true, she helps us calm with the challenges in life, deal with it. For the current Phase in my life, this experience is incredibly valuable.
FOCUS Online : How they look now in the future. What are their Fears, but also what hopes and goals do you have?
Louis Arevalo: My biggest fear is created by pain and that you will not pass. Currently, however, it is better and I don’t let myself get to. My goals are relatively clear: I would like to continue to photograph and stories of special people to capture. And even if I’m not going to climb in the next time on a secluded summit, should be able to find other ways to be in nature, my love of adventure to live out. And, in the meantime, I seek other challenges. In the FOCUS Online/Wochit In the
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