[at-l] Purell vs. Poison Ivy?

[winchester@unnet.com (Ron Winchester)]

Leslie Booher wrote:

> Thanks for sharing that.  I'll think about it before I do it again.  Are you
> saying that this could have been caused by something ON the leaves rather
> than by the leaves themselves?  anklebear

Yeah,
It must've been a fungus that grew on the leaves because of the humidity and
heat.  The leaves themselves would not have caused this to happen.

(geeze, I've got to quit typing after so much wine and cognac - it takes forever
to clean up the spelling)

RonW

>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Winchester <winchester@unnet.com>
> To: Leslie Booher <lwbooher@halifax.com>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Purell vs. Poison Ivy?
>
> > OK anklebear, you wouldn't be <G>ing if you used the same leaves I used
> last
> > summer.
> >
> > Every year I hike what is probably the closest thing to the AT in my
> area - the
> > Jordan Valley Pathway.  It is an 18 mile loop hike through absolutely
> beautiful
> > hardwood, cedar swamp, wetlands, hills and valleys with creeks, rivers,
> and
> > springs everywhere.  I start late in the morning and finish about dinner
> time.
> > This year I didn't have the chance to get out until about mid-June, which
> was a
> > great time to go, except that there had been a lot of rain and the temps
> had
> > been in the mid '70's.  Brave soul that I am, even though I took TP(which
> is not
> > short for Trailplace - kinda) I decided to use the local flora (I skipped
> the
> > fauna as I'm allergic to small rodents) to wipe with.
> >
> > Afterwards I developed a nasty rash which eluded every treatment I sought
> to
> > wipe(pun intended) it out.  A couple weeks before I left for my section
> hike of
> > New Hampshire in September, I picked up some heavy duty anti-fungal creams
> and
> > killed my nemesis.  It was one of the most miserable summers I've ever
> had.
> >
> > I will definitley re-think using leaves for butt-wipe next time around,
> even
> > though I've been doing it for 35 years.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > > Speaking of which, how many of us DO use leaves at toilet paper?  I
> > > discovered a couple of years ago that I could use leaves,
> >
> > BTW, I'm quite good at identifying the trees from which these leaves where
> > obtained.  Spotted alder, basswood, and quaking aspen(I'd probably quake
> too if
> > I knew the fate that awaited me), none of which is potentially itchy.
> >
> > RW
> >
>
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