Re: Rattlesnakes
I seem to average somewhere around 1 rattlesnake for every 20 days below the rim.
Heading to DC next week where I expect to average about 20 per hour.
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mikerogers_vt 2012-04-11 13:16:40 #68949
Re: Rattlesnakes
I have run into aggressive baby rattlers (pink) on the Bright Angle.
Aggressive enough that they would not move even if you squirted them with
water....
Steve Skalski 2012-04-11 12:29:45 #68948
Re: Rattlesnakes
Peter, In case of a strike, definitely get a medivac. Use that PLB. The other point you make about keeping the victim immobile and quiet is very valid and...
Steve Nelson 2012-04-11 12:01:32 #68947
Re: Rattlesnakes
A rattlesnake bite warrants the steps you describe below with an evacuation. Rattlers do not always envenomate with ~20% of the time they solely bite....
Scott 2012-04-11 10:58:41 #68946
Re: Rattlesnakes
If I got bitten where venom was injected (severe pain), I most definitely would want to get out as quickly as possible. I don't think there is any...
Bob Bordasch 2012-04-11 10:41:47 #68945
Rattlesnakes
I have encountered my fair share of rattlesnakes in the Canyon. They always seem to be as interested in avoiding me as I am in avoiding them, and we maintain...
peterspoerl 2012-04-11 10:28:30 #68944
Re: Leave No Trace Rant / RA drainage
Ten or twelve years ago we did the route when that obstacle had a pool behind it that you had to swim...we weren't aware of the bypass. Needless to say,...
bobhostetler 2012-04-11 07:28:42 #68943
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