Video: Tom Walker is Back Walking and Riding After His Horrific Train Gap Crash

 As someone who broke their neck. I was told that I'd have a very rough recovery and that my mobility was going to be limited. I had to learn how to walk, move my body, do basic things everyone takes for granted daily. Having the mentality, "we can overcome anything if we really put our minds to it." helps and drives you to push yourself. The day I was able to hold a cup of water or take a shower on my own was a huge accomplishment. Yes, not everything can be accomplished but to be able to do basic things again is a huge accomplishment for people that suffer from spinal injuries. (Not needing outside help to do things.) So don't knock that saying, because it saves people's lives... I know it saved mine.

 This. That is why the whole warrior imagery associated with some health conditions like SCIs, TBIs or cancer makes me feel uneasy. I understand it can be helpful for some to help them build resilience and hope, but sometimes people will simply have to adapt to the best of their abilities to new circumstances, and there will be no going back to how things were. In any case, I am really happy to see that Tom seems to have beat the odds with regards to his physical recovery and wishing him the best in the future.

 well that sure but a damper of this lovely video thanks man

 @Grunk the big picture part of overcoming anything if we put our minds to it doesn't always have to include overcoming it physically.

Finding a new manner in which to move through life happy with being alive is the overriding sentiment.

Pretty sure we all understand that sometimes your body isn't going to be whole again. He's just letting people know to not give up and make a new path.

 @corey-bentley: as somebody who broke my neck and also my back i completely agree with all that you said, stay strong mate

 As you say some never walk again despite trying as hard as humanly possible, for them overcoming would be the metal idea of not letting the injury dictate your life (aka not living your live like a victim and feeling sorry for yourself) and i think most of those in that situation do get through to that. So in my opinion his statement was correct.
But as a perfectly healthy individual who am i to say...
Anyways huge props to those that do overcome whether physical or mental.

 I mean, I guess the one triathlete who had his arms blown off sorta overcame?

 @corey-bentley: nail on the head dude

 @grunk A person with spinal injuries may never walk again but they can still overcome new obstacles every day, create new goals that are achievable to your new way of life, the point that I was trying to get is that sometimes life really sucks, but it’s about how we deal with those bad times that makes us who we are, I could of sat in my bedroom and cried for a year , but what would that do?

 @tommowalker: Glad you recovered man and are able to rip a bike again. Always awesome to see someone with a similar story get back on it.

 @tommowalker: hey man - any insight on the rando conversation with the dude in Vancouver hospital? Musta been a good one...

 @grunk you got that right. He was lucky as f*ck to not die. Let alone not be paralyzed.

 @shredddr: it was actually a woman dude, her name was Stephanie gust, I remember being in the canteen of the hospital in my wheelchair and soup was the only thing I could eat at the time ( I had a shattered jaw) although the soup was slightly out the of reach for me, I tried for a few minutes to reach the ladle but couldn’t, and broke down because I couldn’t even do the simplest of tasks, she came over to me, gave me a hug , poured me some soup and we chatted for maybe an hour, she told me how her toddler was born completely deaf and that the doctors told her there was no was of her son ever being able to hear, 4 years later her son can probably hear better than me, she comforted me, told me everything was going to be ok and expressed so hard how powerful the human body was and that amazing things happen every day and with the right mindset anything was possible, I Felt wisdom that I had never felt before, from a complete stranger, she came to my hospital bed that night , bought books, videos and snacks and held my hand for a short while. I woke the next morning not feeling sad , or angry at the situation, but determined more than ever to beat this. Thank you Stephanie for giving me the kick up the arse that I needed ❤️

 @krystianj: thanks for saying what I was thinking dude , the internet is a funny old place

 Would love to know too. Have seen dudes overshoot it often, but this was seriously scary. Maybe his front slipped and he tried to stop, but it was too late and he just couldn’t.

 there's a small flat rock/slab just before the take off. Ideally you need to ride straight over this rock to line yourself up for the ramp. Looks like he tried to skip around it, found himself off-line and then panic braked.

 He got way off line - stop the frame at 0:04 of the video and see where his front wheel is in relation to the ramp. Braking was probably still the right move.

 @jayacheess: I believe in one of his comments he said slipped a pedal just before take off.

 If you look at the run in to it, it is really steep double black tech, and pretty damn tough. Serious GoPro effect. He clipped a pedal near the lip, and couldn't brake, or stop himself.

 @nvranka: my pedal clipped a rock on the right hand side of the run in, blew both my feet off the pedals, you can’t see on the video but it had been raining hard and the wood was wet, I tried to stop but actually went faster when trying to brake on the wet wood

 @tommowalker: Duuuuuude!

 @tommowalker: oh man. Nothing more bone chilling than a pedal strike causing this shit....they’re so sudden and unpredictable always.

Have a great weekend. Huge respect for getting through this and back on your bike.

 Holy f*ck that’d be intense after this

 Don't do it Tommo, we prefer you the way you are now

 more important things in life than a silly train gap to attempt again.

 Apparently we can't use greater than or less than signs smh.