[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 52, Issue 9

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I saw as many rare rosy boas as rattlesnakes. Only one rattlesnake  
"terrorized" me. This was just outside Warner Springs. He would not  
let me pass. I threw stones toward him and he wouldn't move. I had to  
run through the brush in a wide arc to get by. I saw one rattlesnake  
in Northern California, oddly exactly in the section the WP guide  
book author said I might see baby rattlesnakes. And it was a baby  
rattlesnake, too. There's supposed to be a rattlesnake that lives at  
the spring on the big climb out of Seiad Valley. I didn't see him. I  
saw more bears than rattlesnakes. 9 bears, 3 rattlesnakes.


On Apr 8, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> I have a climbing partner who really wants to do the PCT with me  
> but he has
> a snake phobia. a serious one, I know this sounds humorous but it's  
> very
> true.  He was one of the top ice and alpine climbers when he was  
> younger but
> he has always had a problem with snakes. Me, I love snakes, I  
> really do.
> (spiders give me the creepies.lol) But here is the question to the  
> seasoned
> PCT hikers, Are snakes plentiful on the trail particularly CA and  
> southern
> OR?