Almost Crashing is OK in Our Sport! Tuesdays w/Nick

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A group of us were riding on the North Cascades Hwy in north central Washington State several years ago. Someone needed to take a comfort break. Walked just far enough off the highway for some privacy. Thought he stepped on a rotten branch laying on the ground. But no.....

Fortunately, he was wearing insulated Wellington boots. The two fang marks were disturbingly far apart and quite large. As if a carpenter had hammered the boots with a 12 penny nail.

He didn't have a scratch.

We have since called that ride loop "The Rattlesnake Ride".

I was wearing road cycling apparel...would not have helped in the least. Anything looks remotely like a branch I avoid, but this little critter was coiled in a little disk.