[pct-l] Desert Night hiking.

[Nathaniel Morse]

Yeah, that's something I was wondering about. snakes, scorpions, etc. how
much of a danger are they at night....?

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Nathaniel wrote:
> >
> Thoughts about hiking in the desert at night?.... Is it safe? Recommended?
> Or not...? I've heard that it can get pretty hot and nasty from 11 til 5...
> so what about starting early, 5am and hiking til 11, sleeping, and then
> hiking from 5 til 1 am.... good idea? or not?
> >
>
> Yup, that's exactly what many people do when it's brutally hot.  The only
> major problem is that you start getting sleep-deprived after a while (it's
> hard to get good sleep in the middle of the day) but you usually don't have
> to do it for very many days consecutively.  And I guess it's a little
> harder
> to spot rattlesnakes in the dark, but I don't know much about that.
>
> Eric
>
>


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