[pct-l] Deet

[patti kulesz]

well one did get me which is what made me check when I got home...I was in the 
bathroom cursing them all and washing them down the drain...DIE SUCKERS DIE! one 
even tried crawling back out after the water was shut off....ruthless
 
Sugar Moma  

 




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From: Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com>
To: patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Ethan Smith <esmith11 at my.whitworth.edu>; "pct-l at backcountry.net" 
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Sent: Sat, April 16, 2011 1:33:28 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Deet

That's scary, no doubt, but did you get bitten?  My hope is that even if they do 
get on my skin, that they'll die before they lock in.


On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:31 PM, patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com> wrote:

yeh that's what I thought too til yesterday...had four of them up in my pants! 
they will find a way around the deet and permitherin...they're ruthless I'm 
telling u...RUTH LESS!
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From: Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com>
>To: Ethan Smith <esmith11 at my.whitworth.edu>
>Cc: "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>Sent: Sat, April 16, 2011 1:20:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Deet
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>Ideally you would use permithrin and DEET.  Treat your clothing with
>permithrin before you start your hike.  I've even treated the upper section
>of my socks.  With DEET, you don't need to put a bunch all over the place.
>A couple drops will do.  That means if you're worried about it messing up
>your fabric, you could attach a couple patches just for DEET.
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>On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Ethan Smith <esmith11 at my.whitworth.edu>wrote:
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>> Will consistent application of Deet to clothing to ward off ticks results
>> in fabric breakdown?
>> Thanks!
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>> Ethan
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