That's crazy, he's pretty hardcore. I know that I do everything even remotely dangerous now with glasses.

It's possible his attitude towards hospitals contributed to losing one or both of his eyes, though. My injury was pretty bad, the nail penetrated my cornea, hit the iris muscle, and hit the back of my eye where the retina covers. I went to the hospital right away and they were able to restore my vision, but if I had waited even a few hours (I was told) I would have lost my eye.

It sounds like maybe he lived too far away, or thought that it would be ok to wait a day before going to the doctor, but maybe not. It is kind of unusual to lose both eyes in separate accidents, kind of like getting struck by lightning twice.