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Itching...a wing retrieval story

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:43 am
by Marge
Okay in order to change the forum mood, I am pre-posting my retrieval story. Photos and story will follow in the next day or so.
Just to give you a taste, it’s 2:00am and I’m wide-awake. :shock: Must be the prednisone I took, for the poison oak I got, after boldly telling many people, “I don’t get poison oak”. WRONG! :( I am eternally grateful to Bob and Aaron who are also itching. So, so, sorry guys. :?

End result –
Aaron – up and down past 3 pools at the seven falls – several detours, rock scaling, tree climbing and tree trimming - poison oak – Couldn’t have got it without you. 8)

Bob - up and down past the 3 pools at the seven falls - 2 times (not including the hike up to the trail end the first day to meet me with my backpack), yes 2 times in the same day, once coming down in the dark, several detours, tree trimming with dull dry wall blade. Thanks for being so stubborn. :)

Marge
up past three pools at seven falls – 1 time -with detours, crawling up and through the brush to tunnel trail to West Camino Cielo Road (not on the 1st attempt, 5 hours later). :roll:
up and down past 3 pools at the seven falls – several detour - 1 time
hiking down from past 3 pools at seven falls after being a local who landed in a tree in Santa Barbara. I was a visiting pilot (and I used the word pilot very loosley back then) last time I landed in a tree in Santa Barbara. Does that mean the incidents wash each other out and don’t count at all? :D
Is it like a double negative and doesn’t really exist,
or for you math fans…

1 local pilot = Marge in tree
1 visiting pilot = Marge in tree

You take 1 local pilot and subtract 1 visiting pilot of the same value (Marge in tree) and you get zero. See it doesn’t exist and never happened. :wink:

By the way… no damage to the wing and the lines just needed untangling. :P

Re: Itching...a wing retrieval story

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:02 am
by Chris G
Go down to the local pharmacy and ask the folks behind the counter for a tube of Zanfel. It's about $40 for a tube, but it'll last a good long time and will fix the poison oak. They usually keep it behind the counter because people swipe it. I've had it take burly P.O. off in 6 hours.

Cormac got P.O. going up the Nuthouse. Curious how it worked out for him.