[pct-l] Fwd: Jumping Cholla!

[Brandon McGinnity]

Oh. my. god. that dude on the golf course must have been in unbelievable
pain. 3 HOURS to pull them out. Lord. I thought kicking a prickly pear when
wearing flip flops was bad, but oh man. Where are these things on the PCT?
I'm going to have to be on high alert for that...

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Rod Belshee <rbelshee at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Caution is in order.  In 2004, one unfortunate hiker got a spine in his
> knee.  It became infected and he was off the trail for a couple of weeks
> for
> his doctor to clean it out.  When he returned to resume hike, his knee
> swelled radically.  Hike over.  Yuk.
>
> Steady Sr
>
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