avoiding ticks
Avoid sitting on logs, gathering wood or sitting against trees to reduce your tick exposure dramatically. Limits your options a bit on the AT.
Avoiding ticks
Andrew "Iceman" Priestley
AT'95, GA>ME
Non nobis Domine, non nobis sed Nomini Tuo da Gloriam
Not for us O Lord, not for us but in Your Name is the Glory
No kiddin! Really??!!
"Theres is no real hope of traveling perfectly light in the mountains.It is good to try,as long as you realize that,like proving a unified field theory,mastering Kanji,or routinely brewing the perfect cup of coffee,the game can never be won." Smoke Blanchard
I never really though about sitting on logs and stuff, I was always concerned with brush. Maybe a sit-pad or small piece of tyvek, etc., sprayed with permethrin is in order?
Youngblood
Do we really need a study (prolly funded by taxpayers money) to tell us that there might be ticks on logs??? Ticks will sit anywhere they can in order to jump or crawl onto a warm blooded critter. I have been sitting on logs for over 30 years and only once contracted any kind of disease(lyme) .I can see it now people hauling every kind of folding chair imaginable into the woods because they are all freaked out about sitting down.LOL Streamweaver
"Theres is no real hope of traveling perfectly light in the mountains.It is good to try,as long as you realize that,like proving a unified field theory,mastering Kanji,or routinely brewing the perfect cup of coffee,the game can never be won." Smoke Blanchard
The question is, how many times have you been contacted by ticks?Originally Posted by Streamweaver
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