[pct-l] Removing tics the pleasant wayl

[Melanie Clarke]

Dear Switchback,

Okay, you can do this the easy way or the hard way, your choice.  The rest
of us camping with you at Camp #22 are going to make sure you take a shower
one way or another!

Melanie

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 4:41 AM, <hiker97 at aol.com> wrote:

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> Snow Bunny and Tick Master Reinhold writes: I don't know about Switchback,
> but you can always count on JMT to come to
> the rescue when Melanie and Sugar Moma come screeching out of the shower
> and show you  "amateurs"  how to remove ticks from
> a lady the pleasant way.  I will remove the tics, wherever they may be,
> very gently, with my nibbler teeth.  I will use tweezers only
> as a last resort in the hard to get to places.
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> Switchback replies: I have no experience removing ticks.  When on the trail
> ticks usually jump on me and take a whiff.  They then
> go off to die in the bush.  It is the same with saber-tooth mountain lions
> and grizzly bears along the PCT.  I present the serious
> hard core hiker trash aroma as I bang along the trail.  All run from me.
>  All avoid me.  All have a natural aversion to me.
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> It will be the same at the April Kickoff.  As you survey Lake Morena County
> Park, you will notice a cloud like Pig Pen has
> in the Peanut comic strip.  That will be me.  No one will be near me.  All
> give a wide berth.  This is one of the best
> things about being a backpacker.
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