[pct-l] DEET - where?

[whitethunder10 at hotmail.com (Joseph Niemiec)]

Yeah I agree with him (Steve/Primp/photo at the lunatic lounge) about where 
you'll need the deet.  But I disagee with his level of doage.  I defenitely 
needed the 100% .  They (the ladies) just didn't stay away long enough 
without it.  No seriously- 100%.  But I know some who didn't use it at all!  
That to me was crazy... It is wierd though - the bites don't itch like bites 
you get back in WI or the midwest, they seemed to go away really quickly.  
BUt the initial bites hurt more than the mosquitos from the midwest and they 
will swarm you when you rest.  And I'd definetely get a headnet for the 
sierra especially just after yosemite - but I guess that will change 
depending on snowmelt (which the buggers follow)

Peace,

Mouse

>From: "Steve Setzer" <steve_pct@hotmail.com>
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] DEET - where?
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:28:24 -0700
>
>I would pick up your DEET at Kennedy Meadows and then hold onto it
>until halfway through Oregon or so.  I used the Sawyer Controlled
>Release (20%) and that worked fine for me.  I only used one bottle
>for the entire trip.  I think it was a 4 oz.  Most of the time I
>wore a long sleeve shirt and pants in camp so that was enough (and a
>headnet).  I really only needed to use the DEET when I was hiking
>and was too hot to wear the long sleeve clothing.
>
>>From: "Brett" <blisterfree@isp01.net>
>>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>>Subject: Re: [pct-l] DEET - where?
>>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:39:11 -0500
>>
>>For most of the trail I'd carry something non-poisonous like Green
>>Ban, then switch to Sawyer "controlled release" 20% DEET 
for the
>>High Sierra and perhaps Oregon. And I'd use shell clothing, at
>>least during the mosquito-plagued rest stops and in camp.
>>
>>- blisterfree
>>
>>
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