[pct-l] Poison Oak/Ivy & Poodle-Dog Bush on the PCT

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

There was a ton of poodle dog bush on the way in to Hikertown in  
2008, just after that Horse camp place. Maybe it is still there.

Poodle dog works different from poison oak. It has these hairs that  
get you. And it has extraordinarily attractive flowers that make you  
want to get close.


On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:52 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Message: 24
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:43:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dan Engleman <danengleman at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Poison Oak/Ivy & Poodle-Dog Bush on the PCT
>
> I got to experience the joys of poodledog bush rash, in 2011.? I  
> was pretty careful on the trail. ?I knew what it looked like.??I  
> was well aware of?poodle dog bushes, poison?oak and ivy.??It can  
> feel like a bit of an obstacle course, at times, but I felt like I  
> was doing a pretty good job?of being careful, that is until I?left  
> Hikertown.? It seemed like I got exposed to the poodledog scourge,  
> while I was at Hikertown!? It is possible that I was exposed  
> shortly before I got there.? There was another hiker at Hikertown,  
> with poodle rash, when I got there.
> ?
> I always wondered if I somehow got exposed to the poodledog "stuff"  
> from the?washing machine, or maybe one of the couches at Hikertown  
> (not even sure if that?is possible)?? What ever the case, mine  
> emerged at my sock line and before it was all over my entire calfs  
> were all rashed out.?It is very unpleasant to say the least.??It? 
> tried to treat it, but?I think time is what healed it (about 2  
> weeks).?
> ?
> It would be intersting to know if any of the PCT-Lers have any idea  
> if you can get the rash from?someone elses hiker duds, or from a  
> washer. ?I use a cold setting when I wash my clothes, so maybe that? 
> made me more?vulnerable??
> ?
> Dan