[pct-l] REPELLING MOSQUITOES AND TICKS

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I don't have an answer to this, but I did buy a repellent hat from Ex- 
officio when I made my way to Seattle. It did seem to work, but it  
did not work for very long (and doesn't work on flies at all).

I don't put a lot of faith in chemicals. I find physical barriers to  
be the most secure.

I had no idea mosquitoes could be like they were in Oregon. It took  
me totally by surprise. Minnesota mosquitoes have nothing on the  
Oregon ones. The ones in the Sierras and Nor Cal are nothing compared  
to the July mosquitoes of Oregon. They're insane. They have a lookout  
mosquito who once he finds you, dive bombs you kamikaze-style right  
into your temple, which seems to alert all his friends and pretty  
soon you are swarmed. It's absolutely amazing. Oddly they didn't seem  
to like big lakes.

Fortunately for thru-hikers they usually get to Oregon in August, way  
past the snow melt.


On Feb 13, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> I was wondering about the 3M Ultrathon repellant does it actually  
> last as long as they say?   Can you give us a procedure on how you  
> process your cloths with permethrin?
>
> Why not use a 13% concentration, how long to soak, do you rinse  
> after, does the make up of the cloth matter, etc.?
> ?
> Thanks,  Jim