[pct-l] poison oak

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

I may have the record for getting it the quickest. I camped about 12 miles 
north of campo the first day out. There was a little wide spot just off the 
trail to the left. It was already getting dark as we had left fairly late 
from Campo. We cooked dinner and went to bed. the next morning, I noticed 
that the rock I had been sitting on while eating dinner was right next to a 
big Poison Oak bush. I started breaking out at the kickoff at Lake Moreno. 
Luckily, I have built up a bit of an immunity over the years and it seems to 
hit me pretty light. It was cleared up by the time I hit Warner Springs.

When I was a kid, I would get it and it would spread to 100% of my body. My 
head would swell up and I would look sort of like ET...

Sure glad that those days are over. I ended up getting one more time just 
before Aqua Dulce. I saw a lot of it after Sierra City and through the 
Beldon Town area but I didn't catch it...

Redwood
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "yogi" <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Elizabeth" <betseylou@mac.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: [pct-l] poison oak


> Yes, yes, yes!!!  I think I got it 5 times in 2003.
>
> yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>