Our trip through the Breaks only yielded one rattlesnake. I didn't believe in disapperating (I think that's what they called it in the Harry Potter books) till we came across our one rattler. My sister-in-law was standing right beside me till we heard the rattle, somehow she instantly appeared behind my wife, putting one more person between herself and the snake. Never saw her make a move.
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Michael Collins
Sea Kayaker Magazine
michael@seakayakermag.com