[at-l] An AT'02 hiker's Lyme Disese Website

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark)]

I have to chuckle - an aussie worried about our ticks . . . you guys
have more things that fly, crawl, buzz, slither, jump, swim, bite and
rip than any country on earth!  Down here in New Bern, NC we live with
'skeeters and ticks year 'round . . . I pull them [ticks] off of me all
the time  if I am out in any kind of brush/woods . . . mosquito bites
are a weekly thing . . . yes, there are risks greater than zero, but I'd
wager that the risk is greater driving to the Trail by far . . . re West
Nile, each state has its own monitoring programs that can give some help
in terms of what is spreading where and when, but in the end your best
defense is reasonable insect prevention measures and a healthy body and
mind!

thru-thinker

MadAussieInLondon wrote:

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> wow. bigtime scary reading!!
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> after reading that, i guess my question is, do we know what
> the most tick infested areas are? (is there a tick season?)
> or is it a case of, where theres bush/scrub there is ticks?
> is it the entire length of the at?
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> i've not had to deal with ticks in the australian bush.
> dealt with them on my dogs and on horses tho?
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> - -Stu 'Just Another Mad Aussie In London' George
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