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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Ticks are so gross. I would not expect them around Tahoe, but I'm no expert.
Do you give your dog Frontline or anything like that? It works well for us, and our dog is in tick infested brush all the time.
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Stewart Johnson
climber
yo mama
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not really, you imported ticks on your dog. no ticks above 1750 meters!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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no ticks up that high that I've experienced. but I've not spent that much time in Tahoe
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tallguy
Trad climber
bay area
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About a week ago, I found two ticks crawling on me at the base of the Black Wall, Donner Summit. Seems like they are up there, at least this year.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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the Skanks are taking over castle rock state park,
or is it skinks?
either way, the lizzard with the long tail, i think its a skank.
looks like a skank, if it acts like a skank, then its a skank, right?
so it was giving me the skink eye, now i have pink eye, dang skank,
most people wouldn't know a skank even if it sat up on it's hind legs and ate biscuits all day long.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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"no ticks above 1750 meters! "
In your dreams!
Ever b een to vedauwoo (~8600') in tick season?
Estes Park?
Black Wall?
I got tick fever above 1750 meters!
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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Its a skink. And my dog and I had a tick attack this year at Mt Erie.(500 ft). On my dog by the hundreds from one walk. Haven't sen many since.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Wait a sec... Willie is your dog? You mean the furry pet. Right? Okay, I was reading this whole thing wrong. That 2nd paragraph about the Coyote... Could have said Cougar and it would have sounded really funny. :-D
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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yeah, and Bluering said to check your scrotum, joetum.
and check for skanks.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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I haven't encountered any in the Tahoe basin yet, and I'm in the field every day, all summer. But I did find one on me at Black Wall (Donner Summit) last year. That was a first. Oh my GAWD, Al Gore was RIGHT!!!!! A bit lower down, they're out at Boca/Stampede (Truckee) for sure.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Thanks Spider....
someone had to do it. I just couldn't bring myself to it.
Woulda been a waste of a good thread if we didn't go there
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426
climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Ya I must concur, Lamoille Canyon (well over 2000m) has some of the most populous tick population I've ever encountered. Whilst new routing there was a miniature army marching up the slab towards me. 28 casualties that day, but a few probably broke thru enemy lines :(
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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tick infestation can take all the joy out of bushwhacking.
my pal scotty is recently recovered from a bout of lyme, a nasty little disease and often difficult to diagnose. he does lots of bushwhacking in the south sierra. the doc noticed the telltale bite with a halo around it, so his diagnosis was easy.
back in wisconsin the ticks are thick in the northwoods. always happy for the first frost and hunting season--they're gone then. i bushwhacked in california for about three years in the early 80s before i saw my first tick, a brown one, in the santa anas. haven't seen too many since then. i believe the deer tick, the half red one up there, is the lyme culprit, and i don't think we even had them in california until recently.
i've always been able to pull ticks off gently. they say if you touch them with a hot, freshly extinguished match stick, they'll back right out. but who carries matches any more?
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Stewart Johnson
climber
yo mama
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im really exited to never have gotten a tick.
im more exited to get everyone talkin in meters.
ive never seen a tick here at lake tahoe, 1900 meters.
phantom spires yes.but thats the nature of the tick and all insects,
they can adapt to new environs quickly.
yaks cant live under 2800 meters.
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Bertrand
Trad climber
SF
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Jun 23, 2010 - 12:34am PT
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I got one on my thigh after a weekend at the Leap last year. It was really warm, and I was sleeping outside on my cot, w/ the zipper halfway open. It's prolly overkill, but now I either sleep in a tent or in my car when I go there.
I didn't notice the tick until Monday...not quite under the balls, but close. Then I sent it in to make sure it didn't have lyme disease, b/c I am crazy a fukler about that stuff.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jun 23, 2010 - 12:35am PT
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Global warming....
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skibumlifeisgood
Trad climber
south lake tahoe, ca
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I live in South Lake Tahoe and have always been suspicious of ticks because I've heard a couple stories. Well it's official: Ticks DO exist in Tahoe. For those critics, my dog nor I have left the basin in some time and today I found one on him and removed it. Hopefully, I just killed the last remaining tick in Tahoe!...but I am suspect.
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Lacey
Social climber
Nevada
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YES, THERE ARE TICKS IN TAHOE, Pie Shop...... Beware.....
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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It because of the expanding deer population due to lack of predators. Mountain lions and coyote packs.
Aquarian Valley and Devil's Canyon on Skyline are riddled with ticks. Look down at your pants-legs often and brush them off before they can attach to your skin.
DEET works very well when sprayed on your shoes and clothing that brushes up against tallish grass. I usually douse my headgear too, I've had them drop onto me from above.
In Timid's picture above, those are ALL Deer-ticks. The ones with red in them are simply a different sex than the jet-black (brown) ones.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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I doubt this last winter will do anything to help the situation. Regardless a trip to woodfords, sugarloaf, phantom spires, etc puts you in tick territory
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