Re: Pinkish red snow algae
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:30 am
If you agitate it (slide on it, mash it up, etc...) it has a strong scent of watermelon.
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tahoecedar wrote:Does anyone have any information about the red algae that grows on snow in the Sierras in the summer? I heard years ago, not to eat pink snow, because it was explained to me that you would have the worst diarrhia you've ever had in your life. I have found it to be true. And that it seems to also give people "fish bowl head" and pneumonia...I would like to find out more about it, but can't seem to find much info so far...????
tahoecedar wrote:Thanks you guys! But now what I am wondering, is how do you get rid of the diarrhea that comes back every 2 weeks or so??? The organism seems to be traveling around with me...
mrchad9 wrote:If you agitate it (slide on it, mash it up, etc...) it has a strong scent of watermelon.
tahoecedar wrote:And now this year, I ran out of water on a hike and had been reading about how there was no giardia in the Sierras and so thought the water was safe.
Steve1215 wrote:.
And that gurgling....is in the large bowel, yes?
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