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Brizee
Boulder climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 8, 2018 - 11:24am PT
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Headed up there in a couple weeks, curious if anyone has recently been and could say what the bug situation is like? Thank you
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Brizee
Boulder climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 8, 2018 - 12:45pm PT
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Thanks kingtut! Just curious how bad on a scale of 1-10? Bringing people with me and I want to warn them if it's pretty bad.
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Brizee
Boulder climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 8, 2018 - 02:14pm PT
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Thank you both!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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there were mosquitos two weeks ago in the "across the dam" camping areas
having lived a good portion of my life on the east coast I don't find the California situation very dire, vis-a-vis blood sucking insects. YMMV
the Sun is probably a more important issue
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Went up yesterday climbed powerdome no mosquitoes
(never is). Walked up Dogtooth and 3 sisters Monday, moderate mosquitoes in moist areas.
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Typewriters and Ledges
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Was there with Ed, I hate mosquitoes and normally deet up to prevent, didn't bother that weekend and was fine. They ate up my friend though who was scratching like a meth addict on the drive home. As always YMMV
Def not as bad as in the Valley
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ec
climber
ca
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WTF is YMMV??
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Nothing but choss and massive mosquitos there.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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for two weeks before you go, eat a lot of b vitamins, especially a multi with b-5 if you can find it. it makes a difference, seems the critters do not like the flavor as much.
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Typewriters and Ledges
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Jul 10, 2018 - 08:26am PT
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THey don't like the smell of clove cigs either.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Jul 15, 2018 - 04:41pm PT
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A thousand feet can be a lot, but this weekend at around 7000' off McKinley Grove Road I only slapped a couple. A bigger problem is the Ferguson Fire west of Yosemite, which completely blasted us with smoke this morning. Unlimited visibility at 6 am dropped to <1 mile by 9 am. It was thick enough we canceled a midmorning hike and came home a few hours early instead. Looking east from the base of the San Luis Reservoir around noon today:
for two weeks before you go, eat a lot of b vitamins, especially a multi with b-5 if you can find it. it makes a difference, seems the critters do not like the flavor as much.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm giving this try for an upcoming Kings Canyon backpacking trip.
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