In April 2011 when I was twenty-seven, I was living in Bolivia, where I had several jobs, mainly working as a mountain bike guide, but also as a location scout for the television show, “Ice Road Truckers.” One day, after being in a mountain bike race, I was doing jumps with my friends on about twenty-foot jumps. When I landed from one, my bike split in half and I got a traumatic brain injury. I was in a coma, in the hospital in Bolivia for a month, then transferred to Carolinas Medical Center for another two months. I lost the use of my right side, including my leg, my arm and hand, and half of my vision – and also my language. Now I have aphasia. I know the words but I can’t get them out. I also have trouble reading and writing, but it is getting better.”