Re: [Philmont] Snakes

Last year at Baldy Skyline Camp one of our youth foolishly moved a log
near the camp fire ring and was surprised to be struck on his hand by a
two foot long rattler. Luckily for him the snake didn't bite him, just
struck at him, but left two small marks. None-the-less, he was on the
verge of shock and needed serious quiet time to recover. He also needed
to change his hiking shorts. :)
We had seen one the year earlier also, just outside Clark's Fork, in the
meadow by the reservoir. No one got close enough that time to needing
to change their hiking shorts ...

Always be thinking when at Philmont .... compost happens!

Dr. Charles Goodwin wrote:

> I have seen two --- one large one on the trail from New Abreu to
> Urraca Mesa in 1992 and a very small one near the end of Bear Canyon
> just before the tunnel to get to the Cimmaron River in 2000. The
> large one was moving away from us so fast that I was bearly able to
> get a picture.
> Charles Goodwin, MD, Scoutmaster Troop 236 Kettering, Ohio
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: rick.suk@clorox.com <mailto:rick.suk@clorox.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
> <mailto:philmont@troop47.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Philmont] Snakes
>
>
> At Ponil, I woke up in the morning & went out to "salt a rock" as
> we called it. The rattler that had chosen my rock to sun himself,
> seemed much larger than he probably was. All I could think of was
> the punch-line to the old joke "You're gonna die man", as I zipped
> myself back up, & backed away as slowly (& quickly) as possible.
> Fortunately, I didn't startle him & he was cooperative enough to
> stay put long enough for all our boys to view from a distance.
>
> YiS,
> Rick (a good ol' buffalo too)
>

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Received on Thu May 29 16:35:19 2003