[pct-l] Yellow jackets and EpiPens on the PCT

[miles brown]

i appreciate the warnings

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:11 AM, David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I would expect to get stung at least once on a thru hike,  I've never made
> it through one without a sting.
>
> On a fire reroute in Oregon every hiker I talked to, except one, got stung
> at the same spot in the trail.  It must have been 19 out of 20 hikers.   It
> was very overgrown and nobody saw any indication of hornets or wasps until
> they landed.
>
> In all my on trail stings (3 total) they landed stinging, there was zero
> time to react.
>
> No idea on resupplying epipens as I'm not allergic - but just hate
> creatures (especially mosquitos) that don't respect that I'm supposed to be
> on the TOP of the food chain.
>
> Day-Late
>
>
>
> > About two years ago I was stung 6 times by yellow jackets who had
> > established a nest in my front yard. The stings were painful but that was
> > about it. Two months later I was stung 3 more times. That second incident
> > resulted in a severe allergic reaction and I now carry an Epipen with me
> as
> > a result. The yellow jacket nest was also removed shortly after that (so
> > much for "live and let live" ).
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm currently doing the planning for a possible PCT hike in 2013. I've
> > continued to do hiking, backpacking, trail work, etc. during the last two
> > years but always carry the EpiPen and back off if I think that I've
> gotten
> > close to a nest. This approach has been successful so far.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'd be interested in any wisdom that people on the list can provide on
> > yellow jackets on the PCT; e.g. which sections are more likely for
> > encounters,  strategies for replacing Epipens, etc.
> >
> >
> >
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