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Nevada Cactus Attack!
kxpegger:
--- Quote from: ID KX500 on February 16, 2011, 02:28:45 PM ---Here's what they look like in Idaho,,,smaller but still very uncomfortable. My buddy landed on one 10 minutes into the ride he spent an hour try to pick quils out with a leatherman pliers.
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We have all different kinds of Cactus here. That stuff in your pic can penetrate your average riding gear and cause some serious problems if it finds it's way into an artery, eye or joint!
greenstreak:
My last desert race here in Arizona was full of cholla cactus. I had pieces of it stuck in me everywhere I was not covered in plastic. Very nasty stuff and so hard to get off of someone else. You get it off of them and it is stuck on you. Cholla sucks.
1989kawasaki:
--- Quote from: kxpegger on February 16, 2011, 03:12:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: ID KX500 on February 16, 2011, 02:28:45 PM ---Here's what they look like in Idaho,,,smaller but still very uncomfortable. My buddy landed on one 10 minutes into the ride he spent an hour try to pick quils out with a leatherman pliers.
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We have all different kinds of Cactus here. That stuff in your pic can penetrate your average riding gear and cause some serious problems if it finds it's way into an artery, eye or joint!
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what kind of problems?
kxpegger:
--- Quote from: 1989kawasaki on February 18, 2011, 01:04:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: kxpegger on February 16, 2011, 03:12:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: ID KX500 on February 16, 2011, 02:28:45 PM ---Here's what they look like in Idaho,,,smaller but still very uncomfortable. My buddy landed on one 10 minutes into the ride he spent an hour try to pick quils out with a leatherman pliers.
--- End quote ---
We have all different kinds of Cactus here. That stuff in your pic can penetrate your average riding gear and cause some serious problems if it finds it's way into an artery, eye or joint!
--- End quote ---
what kind of problems?
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Bacterial Necrosis (flesh eating bacteria) has been documented as a result of certain types of cactus wounds.
http://cals.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/old_archives/arid_gardener/2000-August/002827.html
dirtjunkie85:
Oh jeez, ouch!
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