[pct-l] DEET - where?

[m_factor at hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

I'm a mosquito magnet.  While I didn't need too much deet in the southern 
section of the trail, I did use it occasionally.  What I needed more was a 
mosquito headnet.  The gnats were horrible at times and if you use hiking 
poles, trying to swat at them can get downright dangerous.  ;-)

A headnet made of noseeum netting is overkill and much too warm to wear.  
Find one designed for mosquitos - the holes are bigger and allow much more 
ventilation but still allows you to keep hiking without regard for the 
gnats.

I can't compare the southern section to the morth northerly areas.  I got 
off the trail just before Whitney.

Mara

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>From: "victor Hanson-Smith" <victorhansonsmith@hotmail.com>
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] DEET - where?
>Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:08:12 +0000
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>Do I need to carry DEET through the SoCal sections?
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