News23 Feb 2010 11:25 am
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February 24th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
That looks beyond painful. How did it happen?
February 25th, 2010 at 6:32 am
According to the story, he was trying to play the ball in the rough. So it seems it was intentional.
February 26th, 2010 at 7:58 am
OMG.
February 27th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Schade um den schönen Kaktus
February 28th, 2010 at 7:22 am
Wer schützt den Kaktus? (warning: translation via babelfish…)
June 3rd, 2010 at 7:17 pm
And not one of his buddies had a comb? I’m sorry, but I can’t believe they called in the fire dept on this one. Somebody out there should have had a clue.
It doesn’t even look like the first responders know what to do.
Here you go: carry a comb, and one of those plier-toolman thingies. Use the comb to flick off the cholla joints (away from your buddies and from anyone someone may be walking in the future). Once the main pieces are gone, go after the spines that remain with your pliers or a pair of tweezers.
Go to ER if you need to, or go home and watch the wounds. Cholla spine wounds can get seriously infected.
But DO NOT all stand around LOOKING at the poor sod covered in cholla. Yeesh!