Grossout Injury/Illness thread (pics!)

cougarmagic · Post by **cougarmagic** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:04 pm

Please use this space to describe and share what cruel pranks Ma Nature has done to you while hiking, climbing, or canyoneering the San Gabriel mountains.

Show us your ankle pins, your PO rashes, your blackened/missing toenails, and yes, your Poodle Dog. If it bleeds, it leads.

I'll start. Toxicodendron Diversilobum, encountered 6/25/11. San Gabriel Wilderness. Added bonus - the constellation Orion in bruises on my right leg.

sexy

Post by **Taco** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:31 pm

Yay excellent thread idea!!!

Some rockfall injuries!

That's from Lightning Couloir...

That one is on Baden Powell's Boulderdash route (NEF).

From Taco Sauce in Baldy Bowl.

PackerGreg · Post by **PackerGreg** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:07 pm

From cutting 4" diameter poison oak with a chainsaw - the mark on my arm lines up with the bar...

Post by **Taco** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:30 pm

Oh wow! Was that from a thick vine/branch/stem thing, or what?

Zach has some gnarly PO pics!

everyday · Post by **everyday** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:59 am

I dont have any cool pics, ive never been injured

Oh! i did trip the other day and ALMOST
fell hundereds of feet into the Canyon though,
I got a lil bruise on my hand and really dirty

yobtaf · Post by **yobtaf** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:23 am

well here is my pic of the poodle dog bush, I dont have pics of my hands or legs, Ill try and take some later. but here is my head shot Ill be using on my profile for match.com

SWM I like cuddling and long walks through poodle bush, must like body rubs with hydrocortisone.

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:29 am

Here's a picture of my legs after thrashing through devil's gulch, it took a trip to the doctors for debridment and almost 2 months for all the splinters to work their way out:

Then of course, there's the Poison Oak. Just a tip, retrieving cougar cams is not as glamorous as it may seem

And then there's this little diddy, my "scrape" with MRSA:

Also, try having a bone marrow biopsy, my record is 4 so far:

If you still can't find anything painful enough, go to Iraq and wait for stray incendiaries

cougarmagic · Post by **cougarmagic** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:27 pm

Aw Zach! This was (morbidly) fun right up until that last pic!