I heard injury, not sick. Injuries REALLY suck because everything except one or two parts is fine, including your head and your "wanna's" but ya cant cause somethings broke. Whichever, I wish him the best also
Chas is recovering from full body frostbite. This happened during one of the Denver blizzards where the power went out and Chas stayed home to defend his property. Where his house is used to be a good neighborhood. Now it's borderline at best. Anyway, he stayed home bundled up and thought he was fine but slowly his body was freezing. He cannot sit or lay in one position very long.
He describes it as similar to third degree burns except that it feels that way where the sun don't shine.
According to him it's not uncommon for people who have experienced this to commit suicide so there is an awful lot of depression and mental stress involved.
Prior to this Chas smashed his thumb which is critical to control the swivel knife when carving. And most of the sewing and cutting Chas did required a lot of heavy pressure using his hands so that was out. A very debilitating injury for a person who depends on his hands to get the work done.
Chas' mind is as sharp as ever. I wish that he had an apprentice to teach. Imagine a Rusty Melton with a year or so under Chas Clements tutelage.