<div><p>Summer is almost here, which means millions of Americans are going to be having a ton of fun in the sun. Picnics, barbecues, and of course water slides.</p><p>I'm sorry in advance for water slide fans, because this video might make you think twice about taking that slippery slide.</p><p>A man from Texas posted a video to his Facebook that many of us don't want to see. He did what so many do to get out of the heat, hit the water. It was a decision he'd come to regret.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/salmon---fox-7.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/salmon---fox-7_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="Salmon" alt="Salmon" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Fox 7</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"Too dang old to be going down water slides. Fell off this one that is over a rocky cliff," he wrote on the Facebook post. "First time in an abulance. I'm currently in hospital."</p><p>The slide was attached to a friend's home overlooking Lake Travis, near Austin, Texas. It's not known if the owner has since removed the slide.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>You can see the dramatic fall here:</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="rOZZ2V_VO4M"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p>In the end Salmon is lucky to be alive. He escaped with "only" a broken arm and broken ribs. He had numberous cuts and bruises, but didn't require surgery or even stitches. Considering that the water slide was built over a rocky cliff, he's lucky to be alive.</p><p>"I could have easily broken my neck or my back. This could have been way worse," he said.</p><p></p></div>