Not to mention future deterioration. Even fairly benign sounding fractures through joint surfaces have a high risk of deteriorating over 10-15 years leaving you with a range of generally undesirable surgical options of mixed efficacy, and which often only buy you a few extra years anyway. An injury that looks like it's had a great outcome can still result in serious disability 20 years later, which still leaves you with a lot of disabled life left if you get injured at 25.
It’s mad how these discussions so often polarise groundalls into dying and “getting away with it”. The potential outcomes are so varied and unpredictable. Even the classic “just breaking your ankle” ranges from 4 weeks in a moonboot with codeine pills to losing your foot.
It’s not dead though is it?
I remember rationalising what I was planning to do because when I was even younger I'd broken the odd bone, and whilst it was painful in the short term, long term it seemed fairly inconsequential.
With short solos you only need to gibber back down a short distance if it all feels like it is going wrong.