[pct-l] Snike bite Kit....!

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

Yeah, we had a few snake bite casualties over there, but no snakebite kit in 
the world will save you from some of the snakes. the banded krait is one 
that comes to mind...

But we were not just hiking...we were crawling through bush and all kinds of 
crap..at night !!!..not the same thing

Nobody is killing the messenger..they are just saying...don't panic and 
start taking all kinds of unnecessary equipment..this same discussion comes 
up regarding ticks and Lyme disease...skeeters and West Nile.

If you want to be 100% safe, you might as well stay home...just keep in 
mind, that the most serious throughhike injuries recorded have been 
automobile related...either coming from or going to the trailhead or while 
roadwalking..

So a car-bite kit would probably be a better investment...

Redwood
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy" <tahoe.cat@verizon.net>
To: <Bighummel@aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Snike bite Kit....!


> Well then! have you ever heard "Don't kill the messenger" All I'm saying 
> is
> check out WEBMD if you don't want to great HYOH. I've been on trail's on
> foot and horse back and as a kid playing in fields and all kinds of rocky
> places and since I was about 7 seen a lot of snakes, all kinds and have
> never been bit but have been struck at. That would be around 55 years. 
> When
> we moved to Lake Mathews in Riverside Co. SoCal I killed 6 my first year,
> all around our horses. Our friends a mile away killed 13 their first year.
> All I'm saying is Remember
>  "Be Prepared"    Ground Pounder Bill       "Semper Fi"
>
> PS in Okinawa one guy was bit by a "HABU" (?) it wasn't pretty. I wonder 
> if
> any guys were killed by snake bite in "NAM"?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Bighummel@aol.com>
>