no you were clear allright.
rattlesnakes do like to hang in foothills of the cascade mts....they prefer southerly slopes...somethin about the sunshine and hotrocks.....one year a 3.5' rattler pitched off the rock above me and buddy as we shoed up for the climb...the snake fell like 80' and broke its spine right there. bastard never rattled again! hence the route Diving dimondback @ 4thofJUly crag
we tried to get the rattle off but to no avail as it fell apart. suppose we should of let it dry out some.....