[pct-l] Message #12 "bugs" on the JMT

[taterno at cox.net]

On the JMT the last two years there were virtually none of the bities: near 1k Island Lake in September 2006 and Chicken Spring Lake in August 2007.   Of help in September 2006 - temps went below freezing at night.   In 2007 - it was very dry.  

Of course, the nobos are long gone in these months.  The timing should be right for the sobos to be nearly bug-free.


Tom KI6ASP

---- "William A. Chavez" <wctrekker at dslextreme.com> wrote: 

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Hello,

On the JMT we found that there were "bugs", mosquitos and black flies  
primarily between two points: Happy Isles and Whitney Portal. The  
numbers ranged from clouds to a few handfuls. Wetter and lower  
elevations there were more, higher and dryer there were less.  
sometimes we could only get away from them when we got into our tent  
for the night. The "numbers" were incredible around meadows, lakes  
and ponds.  If it got windy or rainy there were fewer of "them." We  
were not the most experienced so maybe that played a role on our  
trip, we loved the trip by the way.

We also tried flaying our arms, running, screaming, head nets, deet,  
REI Jungle juice, Skin So Soft, swatting, slapping and cursing, by  
the way we loved the trip.

Bill
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