Snake Wood
Hiking Tips: Watch Out For Poisonous Plants And Snake Bites
Avoid lethal plants
Know the perpetrators. Trails and camping spots here can be overgrown with brush, especially from spring thru summer. Which spells unpleasant news for urushiol-phobes ( the 75% of the populace that has some sort of reaction to summer's triad of doom : poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac ).
Contact with any of these climbing plants can leave urushiol, a deadly oil, on your skin, causing itchy red bumps or blisters in as little as 2 to sx hours after contact. The rash often prevails from 10 to 14 days.
Forestall. Identify and avoid : The old adage, "leaves of 3, let them be," is a neat place to start. Nearly all poison ivy and oak grow in threes with the middle leaf protruding farther than the 2. The exception is sumac : It grows in a complexs pattern of seven to thirteen paired leaves. Wear long pants and sleeves to help lessen trail-side brush-ups.
Hot zone. The worst poison ivy stretch is on the north-facing side of Big Paddy stream after the crossing at the campground. As guides would say.
Treat. Heavy swelling or airway issues? Dreadful reaction on the face or nether regions? Abandon right away and get to a doctor. Otherwise, rinse exposed areas with cold water and soap. If you have white gas, soak a swatch of cotton bandana and dab the area to get rid of the oil. Lose material afterward-skin contact after the gas dries can redeposit urushiol. Soak another swatch and give your skin a good rub.
Avoid a snake bite
The western diamond rattlesnake slithers across the Chihuahuan Desert, but is also abundant in riparian McKittrick ravine. Rattlers warm themselves on boulders, eat an abundant supply of rodents, and stay well-camouflaged in the forest duff. Keep a sharpened eye on the trail, so you don't scare a snake. In camp, zip tent doors shut ( snakes searching for heat havve been known to creep inside empty sleeping bags ) and keep rodents away by hanging food bags. What to do if you notice a snake? Read its body language to choose.
agitated. A tight coil with a raised head and shoulders and chest suggests a snake is poised to strike, regardless of whether or not it rattles. Diamondbacks here can grow to six feet long, and can strike anything in the range of its body length. Back up slowly 20 feet, and maintain this minimum distance as you choose an alternative path. Ravine too narrow? Wait for the snake to resume on its way before resuming your hike.
Resting. A loose coil with head relaxed, most likely seen when a snake is sunning itself. Don't bug it or make any unexpected, jarring movements. Continue on your path, slowly and calmly, giving at least 10 feet of berth.
Bitten anyway? 1. Don't sweat. 2. Disinfect the wound with drinking water and antiseptic ; apply antibiotic unguent and a bandage. Three. Immobilize the bitten limb with a splint and keep it raised above the heart to reduce swelling and reduce the growth of venom. Don't apply a tourniquet. Four. Hike out calmly, giving your partners your pack weight. Seek medical aid right away.
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