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.
