What Happen Last Week

I apologize for not making a post last week. My grandma past away Wednesday 09-15-2010 and I was helping with all the ceremonies and funeral, so I didn't have much time for anything else. The funeral was held Saturday 09-25-2010 and in my culture's tradition all the men in the family shaved their heads and eye-brows and became a monk for a day to send off the person who passed away. I too did that, but I did it for two days since there were a lot of men in my family, so a few of us had to do it earlier since the Laos temple here in West Valley is not that big to accommodate all of us. However, I will get back to my original posts on the next weeks post.

A Little Mishap

I was planning on uploading pictures of my bows, but the camera I took the pictures on was taken by my sister and I haven't been able to get it back yet.  I did manage to go practice at the archery range behind an Easton Technical Product building on 5040 Harold Gatty Drive, where my father works, last week on Wednesday.  While I was practicing the string on my bow snapped as I was drawing it back and I got whipped on the right shoulder and my left forearm.  It wasn't too bad since it didn't hit my shoulder too hard and I was wearing a forearm protector.  Compared to the time it happen last year wear I got grazed on my right cheek.  To prevent I usually keep the strings waxed and have them replaced every year.  When I first started archery I didn't know about waxing the strings periodically to prevent the string from snapping and that lead to my first accident that grazed my cheek.  This time on the other hand I'm not too sure why it snapped.

Why I Started Achery

I actually tried archery when I was a sophomore in high school when I took a wildlife studies class and my teacher showed me how to string a 4 foot, 50 pound re-curve bow and took a couple of tries shooting it.  I didn't really pick up this hobby until two years ago when my dad ordered a bow for my uncle and he never used it so he gave it to me.  The bow was a one and a half foot compound bow, with a string tension strength of 40 to 50 pounds.  I practiced with that bow for one year then I bought my own bow.  I got a 3 foot compound bow that has a string tension strength 50 to 60 pounds.