Tacomahunter Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 It has been a great summer and with it being my first summer caching I have experianced some not so serious injuries. Here is my list so far: 1. Poison oak and ivy 2x 2. 2 ticks 3. 1 twisted ankle 4. PLENTY of mosquito bites 5. 2 bee attacks! 6. Tons of scratches and scrapes 7. Nice sunburn 8. Flat tire on the Tacoma 9. First pinstripes on the Tacoma Beats couch potato butt!! Quote Link to comment
+butche Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Don't stop now, I can hardly wait to hear what #10 is going to be, ha ha Close Enough, eh! Quote Link to comment
+Spzzmoose Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Cracked a rib playing football...non geocaching injury but it did cut into my caching time a bit! Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Count me in for 1 bout of Poison Oak (a bad one) and some 'pinstripes' on the Pathfinder! Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 The usual: scrapes/scratches my hiking stick keeps me from twisting ankles or worse. Mosquito bites deer adn black flies. Boy those black flies are the worst! I'll take mosquitoes over those. Thank god no poison oak...certainly been near the stuff alot, but I'm real careful. One flat tire That's about it. Quote Link to comment
dsandbro Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Major tumbleweed off my mountain bike in early June. Minor scrapes healed quickly, but my knee is still bothering me. Doctor shot some pictures but nothing shows up. =========================================================== "The time has come" the Walrus said "to speak of many things; of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and Kings". Quote Link to comment
+Ed & Julie Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Poison oak 3 times! AAHHHHH!!!! Itch, itch, itch!!! Ed Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Broke thumb while playing soccer. While geocaching: Several mild cases of poison ivy Two attached ticks Numerous scrapes and cuts (gotta stop wearing shorts) Impaled my hand on the stump of a reed. Left a good deal of blood behind and on the floor of my car "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I haven't had any real injuries geocaching yet this year. I almost had a nasty dog bite. Last year's brown recluse bite is healing nicely. Quote Link to comment
GeoGecko Xtreme Team Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Two bouts of poison ivy, second one was so bad I had to be put on steroids to clear it up, which unbeknownst to me and my doctor, was allergic too and bloated up like roadkill on a hot summer day! I don't know how those body builders do it Quote Link to comment
+CCrew Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Lyme disese from a tick bite for me :-( Sometimes a majority only means that all the fools are on the same side Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Well.... Two asthma attacks (my pulse was well over 140 after the second one)... four near falls off the breakwall and into lake erie... not to mention my encounter with the swarm of mosquitos and the bug I ate... (luckily no stings, I'm allergic to mosquitos) But, alas, I've only gone to one cache this summer, so that's the extent of my injuries from caching.. I did twist my ankle and hurt my bicep muscle Saturday at the family reunion, though. Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Twisted a knee while helping another cacher getting his jeep un-stuck ~~~ (no biggie) Mzee ~~~ "And now where" Quote Link to comment
+Possum Posse Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 1 twisted ankle while showing my prowess jumping over a small ravine. Much to the wife's delight. "Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us" - Thomas Paine Quote Link to comment
+Perrin Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Injuries to date: 1. The usual scratches (some rather deep) from the caches in blackberry bushes. 2. Skinned hand from falling after tripping on hidden log in the ivy (none poisonous type thank god) 3. Multiple blows to the head from overhanging branches. 4. Couple of blisters 5. Stinging nettles 6. 1 tick 7. Holly bush worked itself lose and tagged me in the face. 8. Sunburn 9. Depression caused by not finding a cache that was found the next day by some one's 7 year old. "Sometimes you are a very large fool Perrin Aybara. Quite often in fact." Annoura Sedai (Book Nine of The WoT) Quote Link to comment
Iplayoutside Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Funny this thread comes up, I just back from the ER! Cellulitis on my ankle contracted through laserations received from geocaching and Mt Biking. I've also had one case of heat exhaustion. That's it from this summer, some of the places I've been and trails I've ridden I'm suprised my first ER visit was in late July, and for an infection at that. No I don't consider tick's injuries unless you actually contract something from it. This space for rent Quote Link to comment
+Team Lyons Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Ed & Julie:Poison oak 3 times! AAHHHHH!!!! Itch, itch, itch!!! Ed There is this stuff called Zenfell or something Zen at your local Rx. It's supposed to take away the itch of poison oak and ivy within 30 seconds and get rid of the rash over night. I plan on getting some next time I get poison. Quote Link to comment
+Lothar69 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Well I've only been geocaching for less than a week so far (totally hooked, however) and so far I haven't sustained any injuries. I did however come home this past Sunday from an afternoon with plenty of mosquito bites and chiggers, plus at least 5 ticks came along for the ride. Fortunately none of the ticks had settled down for dinner yet. I also took my 10-year old nephew out with me last Saturday. Theh poor guy threw up before we left (but refused to sit out), cut his toe on a stick or something and got stung by a wasp - all for a cache we weren't able to locate! He's quite the trooper however and we continued on to another one and were able to find it. Help me! I've created a micro-cacher! Quote Link to comment
+hmarq Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Many garden variety dings, cuts and scrapes Many skeeter bites 1 round with stinging nettle that I lost ... not really that bad all things considered ... seen ticks, poison ivy and oak, but came through unscathed ... Quote Link to comment
+Mark 42 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Having moved here from Huntsville Alabama, I can say this about the Seattle area: No Ticks No Chiggers No Water Moccasins (Cottonmouths) No 95 deg 95% days No Poison Oak or Ivy Few Mosquitos No Kudzu No Coral Snakes Very few venemous spiders. I've done Hare & Hound runs in So Cal, Huntsville & Seattle... Seattle is likely the most tame place in the world. Hukt un fonix werkt fer mee Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 quote:Having moved here from Huntsville Alabama, I can say this about the Seattle area:No Ticks No Chiggers No Water Moccasins (Cottonmouths) No 95 deg 95% days No Poison Oak or Ivy Few Mosquitos No Kudzu No Coral Snakes Very few venemous spiders. No sun. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 LMAO! BrianSnat beat me to the punch! Quote Link to comment
+TerraTrekkers Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 We've been geocaching for more than a year and have 400 finds. On July 5th while doing maintenance on one of our own caches I slipped on some mud and fractured my wrist. We had to hike 3/4 of a mile back to the truck. It took one titanium plate 8 or 10 screws and 2 pins to put it together. TerraTrekkers =[]==[8)]= Jim & Deb Quote Link to comment
fab44 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Managed to get a nice case of poison ivy (face, arms and a leg) on only my second geocaching outing! Had to get some pills from the doctor to clear it up. I'll wear a long sleeve shirt next time and bring some poison ivy medicine next time! Quote Link to comment
+15Tango Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 2 ticks imbedded, countless ticks on my clothes since I started eating spicier foods; plenty of mosquito bites; itchweed; and unexplained cuts and bruises. I work in sheetmetal, so it's hard to tell what cuts I pick up at work and what I pick up by crawling through the woods. "Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?"--George Eliot Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 none. i do not count insect bites, embedded ticks, poison ivy, abrasions or even small punture wounds. if it didn't require the attention of the ER it isn't an injury. actually, i have been loaded into an ambulance for things i do not consider to be injuries. i'm sorry, but if you get run over by a dodge durango on a state highway and all you have to show for it is a pressure blister the size of a quarter, you're uninjured. but they still package you to take pictures anyway. that said, i will whine about paper cuts. i'm a real baby about some things. and a head cold? you'd swear i was dying. it doesn't matter if you get to camp at one or at six. dinner is still at six. Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat: quote:Having moved here from Huntsville Alabama, I can say this about the Seattle area:No Ticks No Chiggers No Water Moccasins (Cottonmouths) No 95 deg 95% days No Poison Oak or Ivy Few Mosquitos No Kudzu No Coral Snakes Very few venemous spiders. No sun. _"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry_ There's Poison Oak at Seward Park and some along the south Sound region....Lincoln Park and further south. Not as prevalent, but it's around. If you go to southern/eastern washington, you'll find more of it. Some cachers swear they've seen Poison Ivy at my Norway Hill cache. I going to have to go out and investigate. WElcome to our area, Mark 42! Quote Link to comment
GrandpaTom Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 OK, I got you all beat. Lost footing climbing over a downed tree and fell hard to the ground. Unfortunatly I was wearing my GPSr on a lanyard around my neck. The GPSr ended up between me and the ground fracturing two of my ribs. Took ten minutes to get my breath back. What was weird I didn't have a lot of pain untill two days later. (GPSr still working) Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I would like to report that.... just about an hour and a half ago... I received my first two geocaching mosquito bites (I am allergic to mosquitos), which can now be added to my above list of injuries. Quote Link to comment
+GeoCrickets Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 What I had so far.. Stinging nettles The usual scratches Couple of blisters (From a 13 Mile hike) Heat exhaustion (From the same hike) And the Big one. I popped my ACL , MCL, fractured the bone in my Knee. After two surgeries on my knee and on a crutches for two months I'm good to go.. Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 1. Pinstriping 2. Tons of scratches from getting myself stuck a few times 3. Attacked by cholla at least 6 times 4. Hantavirus (could be...went mtn biking in the desert and became quite sick with all symptoms a few days later, missing 3 weeks of work. NO official diagnosis of it). 5. Flat tire 6. Broken slider window after locking myself out during a caching trip at 2am. 7. Accosted by vigilante homeowner because I was in the area shortly after his house was egged. (my CCW has since arrived). 8. A few near sprains from loose rock. 9. Bruised wrists/hip from a fall off a rock. There's probably others, but none I can think of now. Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
+Spzzmoose Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 quote:Originally posted by GrandpaTom:OK, I got you all beat. Lost footing climbing over a downed tree and fell hard to the ground. Unfortunatly I was wearing my GPSr on a lanyard around my neck. The GPSr ended up between me and the ground fracturing two of my ribs. Took ten minutes to get my breath back. What was weird I didn't have a lot of pain untill two days later. (GPSr still working) dadgum!!! Beat me by a rib! I was diving for a ball...I would have been really bummed if all I did was slip! I feel your pain...nothing hurts worse than a cracked rib, let alone two! I did make the catch though! It's getting better, at least it doesn't hurt so much when I take a breath. By the way, I've seen one of your stickers that you left in a logbook a few weekends ago around Livonia. Pretty cool! I might look into those! Quote Link to comment
iryshe Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat: quote:Having moved here from Huntsville Alabama, I can say this about the Seattle area: No sun. Nope. No sun at all, so don't move out here. Hear that, Californians! No sun. Nope, nada. Yucky here. It'll do you best to stay away from these here parts. No injuries here other than the latest blackberry bush attack. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Quote Link to comment
Team Kender Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Hey maaan, I'm from 'Frisco! I don't even know what the sun is! Team Kender - "The Sun is coming up!" "No, the horizon is going down." Quote Link to comment
TNRonin Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Well, I came down with Lyme's Disease. Maxpedition Hard Use Nylon Gear Quote Link to comment
kayak'n Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 This one just appeared in my area. Take a look at the photo. Forget the bug bites, poison ivy, minor scrapes, etc. that's every day life, but this woman shows the attributes of a true cacher! http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=82191 Quote Link to comment
+yummykaz Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 CHIGGERS! The worst case ever! They put a ring around both ankles. Up my legs and a few under the booty. Thank God they did not get in the private area! I look so trashy with my bit up legs. They scratched so bad, I scratched lines into my skin...so in addition to chiggers, I have deep scrapes from my nails! So after three weeks, they are starting to dry up. Did this stop me from geocaching? No way! If I saw a snake....that would. Quote Link to comment
+Lone Duck Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Skeeter bites! I did the The Itch Ditch Cache The Quack Cacher: Lone Duck When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. Quote Link to comment
+Gizzys Dad Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Well I think I broke my ankle yesterday. Going to the Doc tomorow. Walking stick gave out and down I went. Real lucky it happned next to the car. Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Thank GOD I live in L.A. We only have to worry about the four seasons.: 1. Fire 2. Earth Quakes 3. Flooding 4. Riots You folks can keep all that other stuff... -------------------------------------------------- Black holes are where God divided by zero. Quote Link to comment
+Friendswood Four Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Well, nothing major, but with my past knee and ankle problems, I'm sure it's only a matter of time. This summer, 3 cases of poison ivy, numerous scratches and bruises, 2 attached ticks, and a flkat tire. Oh, and I live in SE TX. Tons of mosquitoes are a given. Quote Link to comment
+GeoBroke Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Mark 42:Having moved here from Huntsville Alabama, I can say this about the Seattle area: No Ticks No Chiggers No Water Moccasins (Cottonmouths) No 95 deg 95% days No Poison Oak or Ivy Few Mosquitos No Kudzu No Coral Snakes Very few venemous spiders. I've done Hare & Hound runs in So Cal, Huntsville & Seattle... Seattle is likely the most tame place in the world. Hukt un fonix werkt fer mee This summer it has been NO Rain, until yesterday, sorry guys had to wash the car. Quote Link to comment
+pkpaul Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Cure for mosquito bites / itching? On a recent hunt, I got something on my ankle and foot. Looks like poison ivy but the bubbles/blisters were bigger - up to 1/4" tall. Stranger yet was the areas affected were covered with socks. Each bubble was round and separated but near others, as though individual bites maybe. VERY itchy. Anyone know what I got? I treated those areas as well as several mosquito bites with salt. That relieved the itching quite quickly and effectively. Has anybody ever heard of salt being used to relieve irritation/inflammation or tried it? Method I put two drops of water on the bandage portion of a fresh Band-Aid then added about 4 pinches (1/8 teaspoon) of table salt and finally two more drops of water on the salt. I carefully applied the Band-Aid to each bite and blister. I had instant continuous relief until I removed the Band-Aid or washed the area. I have been using this method for several months. I would love to know if this method works (or not) with anyone else. Let me know. Any other simple remedies? Comments? PKPaul Quote Link to comment
+Captain Morgan Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 I got borreliosis i.e. Lyme disease from gadfly (yes, gadfly, not tick) bite few weeks ago! Now i'm eating antibiotics for 15 days, 4 x 500 milligram capsules every day. Quote Link to comment
+BGunner01 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Was trying to find the second set of coordinates for a multi-cache I started last Fall but couldn't do it then becuase the river was too deep and icy to cross. Tried again a few weeks ago because the river is much lower now due to drought in the midwest. After wading across the river, while bushwhacking through thick, head-high brush on the island, my right foot slipped and jammed into an unseen hole, severely bending back my big toe and the one next to it. I limped back to the car but later in the day when my toe looked like a big purple plum I decided to go to the Urgent Care Clinic. X-rays showed that I had cracked a bone in my big toe. I haven't stopped caching but I am walking slower and uphill stints still get my toe a-throbbing. Adding insult to injury, I later found that the CACHE had been archived a week before I went looking. I learned from that incident not to rely on old cache printouts. Other than the usual insect bites and poison plants, that's my first and only painful injury while geocaching. Quote Link to comment
+Team Cacheopeia Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Poison Ivy! I've never had it before, but now I'm going on 2 weeks of it... and it's getting worse, not better. It's all over both legs and climbing to my trunk and arms. I've tried OTC cream and prescription cream, ice, oatmeal baths, and tomorrow's my last day on steroids. HELP??!!?! Amer and Bel Quote Link to comment
+garmini Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 >>On a recent hunt, I got something on my ankle and foot. Looks like poison ivy but the bubbles/blisters were bigger - up to 1/4" tall. Stranger yet was the areas affected were covered with socks. Each bubble was round and separated but near others, as though individual bites maybe. VERY itchy. Sounds like fire ants. Do you have those where you live? I've heard that ammonia applied immediately stops the itching and blistering, but I have never tried this myself. Quote Link to comment
Jomarac5 Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 I received a few jellyfish stings on my feet when kayaking to a couple of caches (during the height of jellyfish 'season', there's thousands of them). Didn't hurt much but left a few good scars. ***** Quote Link to comment
merlinsbrat Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Jaime and Jason:Poison Ivy! I've never had it before, but now I'm going on 2 weeks of it... and it's getting worse, not better. It's all over both legs and climbing to my trunk and arms. I've tried OTC cream and prescription cream, ice, oatmeal baths, and tomorrow's my last day on steroids. HELP??!!?! Amer and Bel Yikes! Sounds like it's time to go back to the doctor. You poor thing! Quote Link to comment
+zoltig Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 Yeah!! It was the "Itchy and Scratchy" show for me last week. Came back with poison ivy. It was my second push for this particular cache but as hot as it was and location (not to mention the constant complaining from the others {I hope they don't read this part }) I turned away before I got close. It is almost a 6 mile round trip trek to get this. After showering, I would liberally apply Sea Breeze all over my legs. That helped cool down the Poison Ivy welts and keep me sane for a few hours. The problem I had was the inbetween time that is filled in with work, where you can't just drop trou' and tend your legs. The guys would have laughed ! Lend me your ear while I call you a fool. Quote Link to comment
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