[pct-l] Rattlesnakes and music

[Whitney Cunningham]

I don't take my headphones but sometimes at camp I'll turn on my pandora.
It helps get a song stuck in my head. Which is usually annoying but on the
trail it's like a mantra DEPENDING on the song. Let's just say Feliz
Navidad was not my favorite.
Pistol
On Jan 8, 2015 7:11 AM, "Gail Van Velzer" <vanvelzer at charter.net> wrote:

> I don't understand why anyone wants to take their "city" to the
> backcountry. I like to hear not just the sounds of danger (rattlesnakes),
> but just the sounds of nature...or quiet.
> Golly
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Jane Moody" <moodyjj at comcast.net
> >
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 5:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Rattlesnakes and music
>
>
>  By my count, one each for rattler detected (but not bitten). On the AT,
>> the only rattlesnake I saw was in CT, and I heard it before I saw it. It
>> was camouflaged in the leaves. A guy behind (Messenger) had his earbuds in,
>> and when I tried to abruptly reverse course, nearly fell, and started
>> crabwalking backwards, he thought I had gone crazy. He couldn't hear the
>> rattling till he took off his headphones. We looked till we found it. Like
>> on the PCT, the snake never was aggressive toward us, but it never seemed
>> to be intimidated, either.
>> Mango
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Luce Cruz" <lucecruz13 at gmail.com>
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 1:00:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Rattlesnakes and music
>>
>> On Jan 7, 2015 7:35 PM, "Scott Bryce" <sbryce at scottbryce.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 1/7/2015 7:21 PM, Brian Gill wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just a heads up for you newbies.. Might want to rethink the music
>>>> earbuds while hiking . I like to hear the rattle snake before it
>>>> strikes me!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The first time that happens, you will learn to scan the trail ahead of
>>> you every so often. I'd rather see them than hear them.
>>>
>>
>> I wonder who is the keeper of the "Hikers Bitten By Rattlesnakes In
>> America: With Earbuds and Without" statistic.
>>
>> HYOH
>>
>> Luce Cruz
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