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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
2/24/2014
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Tom's post about Sandstone Canyon got me thinking. How about showing photos cholla mishaps out in Anza Borrego ?
I'll start
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
2/24/2014
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Here is a post bomb photo
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rockhopper Posts: 668
2/24/2014
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I have yet to take a photo of my Cholla bomb photos but I'll just say "Been there, done that" Ouch!
btw I read that the old Ranchos used to ring cactus around thier adobe homes to keep cattle and hostle indians out.
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ziphius Posts: 911
2/24/2014
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I'm still getting cholla-bombed this morning, unpacking my pack! Yesterday, I stepped on an ocotillo branch that unknowningly, was acting as a lever for a ball of cholla (about 15 segments) that got launched into my right leg. And I keep insist on wearing shorts on most trips, because I'd rather deal with the occasional cholla than wear long pants! Still pulling spines out of my knee this morning too.
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
2/24/2014
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Ouch!!! OK that looks painful.
dsefcik wrote:
Here is a post bomb photo
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
2/24/2014
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Found this shot from our Inner Pasture Hike we did with Daren a couple years back.
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
2/24/2014
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Seems like that would work quite well 
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......btw I read that the old Ranchos used to ring cactus around thier adobe homes to keep cattle and hostle indians out.
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surfponto Administrator Posts: 1364
2/24/2014
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Why you should wear hiking boots in Anza Borrego
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tommy750 Posts: 1049
2/24/2014
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surfponto wrote:
Found this shot from our Inner Pasture Hike we did with Daren a couple years back.
Nice one-off designer shoes there
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mrkmc Posts: 87
2/24/2014
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Not me, but I love this pic:
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DHeuschele Posts: 87
2/25/2014
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mrkmc wrote:
Not me, but I love this pic:
I have gotten nailed bad but never close to that bad.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
2/25/2014
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I remember that photo, I thought it looked like those girly socks back in the 80's, the ones that had a little ball hanging off the back....
surfponto wrote:
Found this shot from our Inner Pasture Hike we did with Daren a couple years back.
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
2/25/2014
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That looks like the poor guy just fell right into a big teddy...damn, that is gonna hurt like hell when they yank 'em out..!!
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Not me, but I love this pic:
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rockhopper Posts: 668
2/25/2014
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OMG!
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ziphius Posts: 911
2/25/2014
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Hey, don't feel bad if you've been cholla-bombed. It happens to the best:
[from a postcard sold at the ABDSP Visitor Center]
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2622
2/25/2014
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Jim (ziphius) wrote:
Hey, don't feel bad if you've been cholla-bombed. It happens to the best:
[from a postcard sold at the ABDSP Visitor Center]
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ziphius Posts: 911
2/27/2014
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I'm bumping this topic back up because this is so funny. Jim (ziphius) wrote:
Hey, don't feel bad if you've been cholla-bombed. It happens to the best:
[from a postcard sold at the ABDSP Visitor Center]
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Buford Posts: 456
2/2/2020
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I thought I would resurrect this thread. Here are a few new entries.
Ewe with a big cholla bomb in her throat:
This ewe had a cholla bomb on her front leg:
Hard to see, but this lamb had a cholla bomb its face. The lamb might have given it to the ewe above. She seemed reluctant to let the lamb nurse for obvious reasons:
Myself awhile ago. Hiking in the dark and had one stick to my shoe then embedded in the opposite calf really bad:
A week later:
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tekewin Posts: 368
2/4/2020
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Here are two from last month...
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