klenke Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 This morning I was shuffling about with my shirt off when I decided to scratch my right waist for no particular reason. My fingers touched what felt like a clump of crusty dirt. But it didn't fall away upon tactile impact, so I looked to see what it was. It was one of these young ladies (the one on the left; the male is the one on the right): Fortunately, she only had the very tips of her mandibles in my skin, so I was able to remove her (with her legs flailing in disagreement) with a pair of scissors used in tweezer mode. I was at Icicle Creek yesterday, so she obviously glommed on to my sexy body then. Strange that she didn't burrow into me any farther than she did over the course of 12+ hours. Maybe the jelly-roll fat on my waist didn't taste too sweet. At any rate, it's a sobering thought when you consider how they can expand during engorgement: For more info: http://www.tickinfo.com/americandogtick.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Yes, there are relatively few common things more disgusting than a fat tick. I had one behind my ear once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Last year on the descent from Champagne on Snow Creek Wall, we were standing under a burnt tree that was "raining ticks". We found three ticks between us in the space of five minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 ugh I remember some disgusting hikes near yellowstone that were tick fests. Firsrt they make you paranoid, and then you start spiraling down the drain to insanity looking for them. Every itch brings on new terror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnitzem Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Ticks suck....but bites are worse....I was camping in the Icicle a few years back and woke up to a strange pain on my unit - I yanked my pants down and found a carpenter ant taking a bite of my man flesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 i have been ticking at Squamish for weeks... with no parasites one time at Skaha I was taking my pants off at the end of the day and found a tick bushwacking through the tangled thicket of my pubes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 charming imagery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancegranite Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 We nearly crashed the car. Driving thru the Tumwater canyon, my partner found a ripe one on his neck. Chaos ensues, and the bastard was removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 charming imagery i knew i was gonna get someone with that one bwahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 i have been ticking at Squamish for weeks... with no parasites one time at Skaha I was taking my pants off at the end of the day and found a tick bushwacking through the tangled thicket of my pubes dru, that kind of tick is called a "crying tick". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 i woulda been crying if it had been bit in but it was still looking for the bivi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 its called a "crying tick" because it hangs on to your dick and balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 I still have a tick head embedded in the back of my head. It continues to grow very slowly. It has been about 20 years now and I have become knd of attached to it. I am guessing that if I live another forty years it will be about the size of my nose and will make a great Halloween costume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirp Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Firsrt they make you paranoid, and then you start spiraling down the drain to insanity looking for them. Every itch brings on new terror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocksanyone Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 I was up there too this last weekend and flicked one off my pants before it could locate an access point and burro! The mosquitoes are out too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 I was up there last spring when, unfortunately, the mounties were out. Two of them were riding up and down the icicle road (with helmets on) stopping at the roadside crags to tell the group leaders to instruct everyone to do a "tick check". I didn't know if they meant on one's self or if it was social grooming time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ursa_Eagle Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 I went hiking on top of Coyote Wall in the Columbia River Gorge, and found a half-dug-in tick underneath my armpit on the way home. I got it out, but the bite mark looked funny for quite a few days. Anyone know what a bulls-eye rash means? <j/k> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Lyme Disease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa_Eagle Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 I know, I was kidding. The bite turned purple for a few days, but a little bit of research yeilded that it's a normal response to the western black legged tick bite. Taken from this tick page I found: Humans bitten by these ticks may notice intense inflammation at the site of the bite which may be slow to heal. These sores do not necessarily indicate pathogen transmission by the tick (ie: Lyme disease "bulls eye" rash), but are frequently an artifact of irritation due to tick salivary products injected into the bite site." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Ticks suck...there are tons of them down here in Southern Oregon. I pull them off my dog daily, and sometimes off myself. But the Poison Oak is even worse, i'm currently tormented by it all over...sucks ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted March 31, 2004 Author Share Posted March 31, 2004 Ursa said to CBS: "I know, I was kidding." Well, you got catbird to bite. Last Saturday I was in the Icicle again (actually up by Pioneer Creek) and I saw another one of those buggers on my shirt sleeve so I flicked it off. You've got to watch out brushing against small bushes since that seems to be where they hang out waiting to hitch a ride on a meal wagon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backcountrydog Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 i just got back from leavenworth and pulled 4 of them off me. 3 big ones and one very small...a deer tick i guess. oh the horror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvs Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Our party of three in the Icicle Sunday each got at least 2 on us. The canyon is writhing with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I thought we would be safe bivying next to the car at the snowline on Mountaineer Creek road last wknd... I slept in the middle of the road, far from the grass, but we found one in the car later, crawling up the wire for CD-adapter for the tape player. Must have hitched a ride on my sleeping bag or something, then hung out in the car for the day while we were out. eewwww! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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