Disaster in Paradise!!!!!!!

Post by **discojett** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:41 pm

Hey diggum, this ones for you...

http://www.kywilderness.com/articles/snake.htm

Post by **diggum** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:03 pm

What the hell took those bastards so long to get to you? Was it impossible to hike back down?

I did see a snake Sunday. I screamed like a girl & it darted under a tree. I went about ½ a mile out of my way to avoid going near that tree.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:21 pm

for every snake you see, there are a bunch more that you don't see. I just can't remember how many.

Post by **diggum** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:35 pm

I don't need to know this statistic. And I thought it was mice.

Post by **discojett** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:49 pm

What the hell took those bastards so long to get to you? Was it impossible to hike back down?

I wouldn't call Menifee County search and rescue bastards. I have plenty of respect for those guys, and anyone else who volunteers their time to come out for 12 hours and haul an unlucky soul out of the backwoods. No trails, all cliffs and downed trees, 2 miles from a road, raining, at night...you get the idea. I didn't want the resuce, that was the opinion of the FS employee who got to me first, after he saw my leg.

If you meet any SAR volunteers, give em a hug. And please don't call them bastards, they may save your butt one day.

Post by **diggum** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:04 pm

It was a joke dude. I would never seriously think that. It was more of shock that it took so long for them to get there & what IF you had been allergic...
do they do rescues by order of severity?

Post by **TradMike** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:19 pm

"Asps. Very dangerous. You go first." Sallah (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Post by **discojett** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:32 pm

do they do rescues by order of severity

According to an unnamed FS official at the time, it depends on where you're from...for Ohioans it's a toss of the coin. They might get to you after their pizza and beer session. For a local, the pizza and beer session happens after the rescue.

Post by **Steve** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:10 am

[quote="diggum"]What the hell took those bastards so long to get to you? Was it impossible to hike back down?quote]

discojett and Team Uh-Oh don't really hike where there are trails...you see they fancy themselves as a bunch of new world pioneers. They get all dressed up in buckskin and a wear coonskin hat around in the woods way far away from any roads (which in the Red/Clifty is only about 5 miles give or take). I'm not real sure what they do out there, or what disco did to get bit by a snake, but it involves something with a big stick and a pine cone. I shudder to think what they are doing now that they moved out west.

Post by **Meadows** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:32 am

Alan Evil wrote:Snakes are your friends...

Especially the ones that bite you and inject poison in you. I guess it's their welcome mat.

I'm starting to get accustomed to snakes and seeing what fascinating creatures they can be. If Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears can handle that really huge one (name??), maybe I can too.