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Steve Spink

How Cracker Cracked my Helmet Not my Skull

I got the space man’s view of the rodeo. There I was way high up in the air above my mule Cracker. There he was way down below me bucking his guts out. Then gravity took over and I re-entered the earth head first like a faulty Russian rocket. CRACK! Landed right on my skull….which was snugged up in my helmet.

Troxel riding helmet split into three pieces after Bernie Harberts thrown from mule Cracker in Brandenburg Kentucky
The wreckage: That’s Cracker’s saddle and my Troxel helmet – split in to 3 pieces.
Close up crack in Troxel helmet showing impact that could have fractured Bernie Harberts skull
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