[pct-l] Fwd: Jumping Cholla!

[Brandon McGinnity]

Thanks, I'll definitely be looking. What a miserable little plant. I mean,
what, the spines aren't enough? What the hell has been eating that for the
last million years that it had to evolve such horrors?

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> You should start seeing different types of cholla from your first day on.
> Just watch for when the little branches have fallen or blown into the trail.
>
> Shroomer
> On Apr 2, 2011 11:46 AM, "Brandon McGinnity" <bmcginnity at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Oh. my. god. that dude on the golf course must have been in unbelievable
> > pain. 3 HOURS to pull them out. Lord. I thought kicking a prickly pear
> when
> > wearing flip flops was bad, but oh man. Where are these things on the
> PCT?
> > I'm going to have to be on high alert for that...
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Rod Belshee <rbelshee at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Caution is in order. In 2004, one unfortunate hiker got a spine in his
> >> knee. It became infected and he was off the trail for a couple of weeks
> >> for
> >> his doctor to clean it out. When he returned to resume hike, his knee
> >> swelled radically. Hike over. Yuk.
> >>
> >> Steady Sr
> >>
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