[pct-l] Rattlesnakes and music

[Gail Van Velzer]

I don't understand why anyone wants to take their "city" to the backcountry. 
I like to hear not just the sounds of danger (rattlesnakes), but just the 
sounds of nature...or quiet.
Golly
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim & Jane Moody" <moodyjj at comcast.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Rattlesnakes and music


> By my count, one each for rattler detected (but not bitten). On the AT, 
> the only rattlesnake I saw was in CT, and I heard it before I saw it. It 
> was camouflaged in the leaves. A guy behind (Messenger) had his earbuds 
> in, and when I tried to abruptly reverse course, nearly fell, and started 
> crabwalking backwards, he thought I had gone crazy. He couldn't hear the 
> rattling till he took off his headphones. We looked till we found it. Like 
> on the PCT, the snake never was aggressive toward us, but it never seemed 
> to be intimidated, either.
> Mango
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Luce Cruz" <lucecruz13 at gmail.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 1:00:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Rattlesnakes and music
>
> On Jan 7, 2015 7:35 PM, "Scott Bryce" <sbryce at scottbryce.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 1/7/2015 7:21 PM, Brian Gill wrote:
>>>
>>> Just a heads up for you newbies.. Might want to rethink the music
>>> earbuds while hiking . I like to hear the rattle snake before it
>>> strikes me!
>>
>>
>> The first time that happens, you will learn to scan the trail ahead of
>> you every so often. I'd rather see them than hear them.
>
> I wonder who is the keeper of the "Hikers Bitten By Rattlesnakes In
> America: With Earbuds and Without" statistic.
>
> HYOH
>
> Luce Cruz
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