[pct-l] Sandals and mosquitoes

[Steve]

No, don't use deet.  Very bad stuff both for you and
the environment.  When the mosquitos get to be too
much for me I cover up.  Can be a little hot but
better than using deet.

--- Jim Keener <jlkeener at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> 
> Ever see the Lynn Wheldon video "How to Hike the
> Pacific Crest Trail? In the part on mosquito
> protection, he shows a lot of very short clips, one
> after the other, of people saying, "DEET", "DEET",
> 100% "DEET", "DEET" . . . 
> 
> I had DEET in all the exposed places (arms, face,
> etc.) in the Emigrant Wilderness one summer and got
> scores of bites through my thick socks.
> 
> Best,
> J J
> 
> --- Paul Mitchell <paul at bluebrain.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Anybody have any tips on how to keep the little
> > monsters from attacking
> > sandal-clad toes?
> > 
> > Last time I hiked through the sierras they'd score
> > the occasional hit right
> > through my shoes.  :-(
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
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