[pct-l] Rattlesnakes on the PCT

[jason moores]

Iceaxe,

That was you making those squiggles!?! We hiked within about a day of Iceaxe all the way to KM. I kept wondering who was making all those squiggles, now I know. I just figured someone had too much time on their hands.

If we don't see you at KO, good luck with the CDT!

jason
"Jackass & Molasses"



> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:49:44 -0700
> From: hetchhetchyman at aol.com
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Rattlesnakes on the PCT
> 
> Well Don, I wasn't actually advocating trekking poles as prevention from rattlesnakebite but I guess it is possible. What I meant to say, plainly, is that the hype and hysteria I had read online and in books (Even Jardines Book!) was frankly, overblown. What I found on the trail was "tame" in comparison to what I had led myself to believe.
> Of couse just because I saw what I deemed to be very few buzzworms does not mean you will.
> Anyhow, as far as the squiggly line to warn others. I only did that when I knew others were following. If I saw a rattler while solo I just passed it uneventfully.
> I really don't know if making squiggles in the dirt helped but it made me feel better.
> -Iceaxe
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