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Have you wanted the braiding lube off?

Wow. Thats extreme! I do bathe that evening, just as I always do, (I do scrub a bit more thoroughly), but aside from that, I do nothing. I’ve never even considered washing any of my gear because of it.

A lot, lot more. Disposable outer layer. Preventative lotions. Washing immediately after with a wash cloth and soap scrubbing oil off. Wash all gear used.

They claim American Indians used to do that. Also read you can get it in your throat. Scary.

Just ignore it. It's all in your head.... Seriously, that's a tough question. I pay it no mind at all. I do put my own work clothes in the washer afterward, as my wife is very allergic to it. I know folks who have to go get a shot if they come in contact with it. I have, on many occasions, when...

What sort of gloves help protect the head? Asking for a friend... :lol:

Charge a lot more.

Just say no to that "got to climb" tree :). I would. Me and poison ivy/oak do not play well together.

Respirator!

Do you remember that little cut from two days ago? Brake cleaner does… I don’t like gloves, so my hands (and head) always have any number of little cuts, bumps and scrapes, often that I don’t even know where they came from, but up under the nail, yeow. Reminds me of last summer...

If you are fairly allergic even dead vines and the hair left on the wood after you pull the vine off are still potent. I have heard some people can just get close to it and get it. Doesn't sound reasonable to me. I know burning it is not good. I know I have got some blisters from handling...

If the vine is still alive, the oils will spread every time you cut and touch the cut area. It does not matter what season. I frequently climb and cut poison ivy covered trees/trunks but I do not wash my gear afterwards. It all depends on your level of reaction.

BLM and Forest Service have 1000's of acres of old growth here that won't ever be cut. I do think some of it should be saved. Most of it is over-ripe, rotten, and falling down or burning up. I wouldn't want to cut it if we could. On the other hand... It's a publicly owned resource that has...

I’ve got to climb a tree that has poison ivy on it for the first time. How do you guys deal with it? Am I going to have to wash all my gear after? Throwline? Ropes? Harness? Is poison ivy dormant in the winter? Will I have to even worry about it?

What a cutie, I just pick them up by hand, or if they are already upset by others, use my hat, baskets are for people who use handbags. Edited to add Merry Christmas to you all.

Saw mix in a paper cut is particularly memorable. So is break cleaner. Just a different level of pain all together.

I reckon

Totally agree with that entire statement, but is that being practiced anywhere in the US where there is old growth? To take old growth you have to clear cut, no? And taking old growth on steep ground as in that IG post is particularly problematic due to erosion and reforestation difficuly