This would be a ball of cactus. I don't know what kind it is or anything else. However, I do know how much it hurts when you are running by it and it's fallen off the tree, attaches to your shoe lace, and ......goes straight into your leg. Shelley and I were hiking/running trails tonight and we were going along when all I feel is quite a few prickles into my leg. I look down and BAM! This was attached to my inner calf. What you don't know is each cactus needle is like a real sewing needle. Sharp and hard. Shelley was behind me and I was like " Ouch ". She walks up and we didn't know what to do. So... since she is the best she takes off her socks so we have something to help us pull it out ( we didn't have much.... it was her shocks or our shirts ) . So i grabbed the sock as best I could which at this point is attached to the cactus and not coming off. I had to pull really hard. You have to pull in just the right direction they went in. One needle was pretty deep. We finally got them all out and so Shelley carried the cactus ball down on her socks the whole way so we could get a picture of it. Needless to say her socks stayed at South Mountain.
I was trying to point to where the cactus was stuck. This looks like I'm pointing to my knee. Where I am really pointing is all the way down my leg right above my sock. The whole ball was stuck on my leg there!
One of the many reasons I love Shelley. Gives up her socks and hikes all the way down without any while having blood blisters on her toes. Carries the cactus (just like she is in the picture) the whole 1 1/2 miles out just so we can get a picture of it!The other highlight after the cactus incident was the huge snake I saw slither off right next to us. I didn't see it's head but saw it's tail end and it was huge. I decided to not tell Shelley b/c she would freak out. Not a good idea to be up really high off the main trail as the sun is going down and there are huge snakes, bugs, and coyotes out.
Good Times At South Mountain Tonight! I Truely Hate Cactus! End Of Story!
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Seriously thinking of running in full body armer. With all those creepy crawly things, cactus that jump out and latch to your legs, and those nasty snakes!! Thanks for not saying anything. Glad your leg is okay!
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