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This happened winter/spring 2017.
One night I had apparently neglected to tighten down a tripod leg correctly. On top of the tripod was an extension pier, HEQ5 pro and a new to me 150mm Mak-Cass getting its first light.
I could see my telescope slowly teetering and thought nothing of it. Darkness playing with my eyes - something like that. Then suddenly that lean gained some momentum and my rig resembled something similar to a tree falling down. Except the tree is made of steel and glass.
My first instinct was to put myself between the scope and the ground rather than attempting to pull on it. I essentially rugby tackled my tripod and scope. I saved the scope and mount. However, I heard a loud *click* in my left ear. I didn't know what that sound was ,I thought it might have been the mount or something. Running high on adrenaline that night, I didn't figure out what that *click* might have been until the next day.
I reckon I tore a tendon in my left shoulder. That *click* sound was a tendon snapping or stretching and letting go.
Took two years to heal my shoulder.
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