Most injuries happen inside the home

[milkyrosie]

So I still don't feel like going to the mountains is like going home, but I have been spending a lot more time there recently and seem to be collecting more than my usual share of scrapes, bruises, burns, lacerations, hypothermia, and idiotic accidents. At home, I have to worry about broken glass, power tools, kitchen knives, carbon monoxide, fires

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[emyluzbz]

Yikes!!!
Well, glad you made it back to Davis for recovery.
See you soon!

PS. When you say you lost an intern to hypothermia, you do mean they quit right? I hope? I read it differently at first, maybe too many dramatic war movies for me lately.

[milkyrosie]

That was one of the "near misses." She didn't even threaten to quit, but I was worried I'd have to call in a helicopter or something if I didn't insist she take off all her wet clothes and crawl in her sleeping bag until we could hike out. We had to get a motel for the night.

Scurvy?!

[mstaber]

It all sounds so harrowing. A lesson that science can be dangerous, indeed.
But at least your list of "adventures" includes getting scurvy. I've never known ANYONE who's had scurvy.