In a message dated 4/5/2005 12:27:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
elsietee@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
My
husband has a habit of riding his mtn bike off- trail through meadows with
all kinds of grasses, the burred-seeds of which would attach
themselves to his socks
Here's another good reason to wear gaiters.... a good friend of mine did a
lot of mountain biking. He wore gaiters. One day, he was on a narrow brushy path
and a rattlesnake struck as he pedaled past. The snake's fangs hooked into his
gaiters (not his leg thank goodness) and the snake was stuck. Richard was afraid
to stop pedaling, so he raced in terror to the ranger's station and pedaled
around (with the snake flopping along) until the ranger came out and helped get
rid of the snake.
