Im curious about night hiking with all this heat, what about snakes? what are your experiences?
Im curious about night hiking with all this heat, what about snakes? what are your experiences?
They're out there. You just need to be at the right place at the wrong time.
All I've seen this year so far are black snakes. However, I took the Temple Hill Trail up to the AT at dusk Saturday evening and that trail is unmaintained, rocky, and has lots of deadfall on it. I got a big ol' stick and beat the ground in front of me all the way to the AT (about a mile).
You are more likely to get 10-K to hike with a 30 pound pack that you are to ger by a snake on the AT at night.
The trouble I have with campfires are the folks that carry a bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other.
You never know which one is talking.
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The trouble I have with campfires are the folks that carry a bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other.
You never know which one is talking.
[I]ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: ... Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit....[/I]. Numbers 35
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They hear you vibrations, and move away before you see them, Personally i have only seen one venamous snake on the AT and it was at Kirkridge Shelter in PA, A Rattle Snake.
Once again lets post our fears..and Winged Monkeys......oh crap what a great trail name...
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
People that starts these threads are looking for Educated and informed advice with exsperience not "Smart A$$ remarks" if you can't don't post.
I've seen timber rattlers in harriman state park on numerous occasions.
but never at night. but I don't look up
I was portaging a canoe across a bit of dry land years ago, after I had carried the canoe I was carrying the most important part of any paddlers gear, the beer cooler.
With both hands full on a narrow game path a snake crossed from bushes on my right, up my arm across my shoulder and down my left arm to the bushes there.
I didn't drop the cooler, I walked another 20 feet to a clearing and sat down and laughed my butt off.
Not sure there was ever any fear.
The trouble I have with campfires are the folks that carry a bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other.
You never know which one is talking.
Last edited by Wise Old Owl; 07-03-2012 at 19:27.
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
I too hike with a wooden staff (that's the one between stick and a Shepperd's hook),and while hiking trough the PA rocks I'd bounce the end and allow it to come to rest each time I'd place it,got into a pretty good rhythm with it,and my staff(which I'm now gonna change the name to stick, it just sounds better) I noticed has very good tonal qualities, very soft and smooth, Sassafras. So no I haven't seen any snakes during the day anyway, but I'd just go slow in suspect areas,(rocks)think stick like shapes or dark circles as a way to focus the eye at night.
Last edited by rocketsocks; 07-03-2012 at 19:28.
thank you for telling us about your staff.