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Subject: [pct-l] Rattlers?
From: mlissner at pitzer.edu (Mike Lissner)
Date: Mon Mar 22 04:08:01 2004

Here's a thought I had yesterday after leaping over a rattler that was lying across the trail. If I am hiking alone, should I carry a snake bite kit? This is a bold statement, but I think this hasn't been discussed here before. What I've been able to figure out is that:
Pros:
- Safety
- Better state of mind
- Etc.

Cons: 
- Do they actually work?
- How much do they actually weight?
- Can I just manage to hike out after being bitten if I taken enough pain killer?
- How bad (really) are rattler bites? 

Is there anybody on this list that has ACTUALLY been bitten by one? I'd really like to know what the experience was, if they had the kit, wish they did, etc. 

-moose

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