As geocachers, we spend our fair share of time out in the wild, hiking. And sometime during our adventures we’re sure to run into one of the great sticker-plants: a cactus! In researching this article, I’ve heard that there are wild cacti in all the contiguous states except Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Saguaro are iconic cacti. And they ARE native to Southern AZ.
Glad to know that us desert dwellers don’t enjoy a monopoly in these mild forms of torture!
(Hey you Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont people: is it true? Are there REALLY no wild cacti there?)
So I wanted to share with you two tested and proven ways of removing cactus spines.
Caches and Cacti
As geocachers, we spend our fair share of time out in the wild, hiking. And sometime during our adventures we’re sure to run into one of the great sticker-plants: a cactus! In researching this article, I’ve heard that there are wild cacti in all the contiguous states except Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Saguaro are iconic cacti. And they ARE native to Southern AZ.
Glad to know that us desert dwellers don’t enjoy a monopoly in these mild forms of torture!
(Hey you Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont people: is it true? Are there REALLY no wild cacti there?)
So I wanted to share with you two tested and proven ways of removing cactus spines.
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12 years ago • Thought You Should Know • Tags: Cactus, first aid