Talk:Backbone Trail

Hazards
2/22/2022: Hazards UPDATE: The first ever recorded mountain lion attack in the Santa Monica mountains happened on August 28th, 2021, when a 65lb male mountain lion mauled a 5 year old boy in the Monte Nido neighborhood of Malibu California. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/28/mountain-lion-killed-after-mauling-5-year-old-in-santa-monica-mountains/#:~:text=A%205%2Dyear%2Dold%20boy,of%20Fish%20and%20Wildlife%20reported.&text=Believing%20it%20was%20the%20attacking,it%2C%20the%20wildlife%20agency%20said. I am reentering "Mountain Lions" into hazards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.157.92.114 (talk) 18:59, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Added heatstroke and Lyme Disease as hazards. Fatal heat stroke has become so common it has prompted authorities to close all trails in the area on several occasions. https://abc7.com/malibu-trail-santa-monica-mountains-trails-heat/6411525/

Also, Lyme Disease carrying ticks have been found consistently in the area since 2006 and it is considered endemic. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/lyme-disease-carrying-ticks-found-lurking-in-new-areas-in-santa-monica-mountains/2059754/#:~:text=Lyme%20disease%2Dcarrying%20ticks%20have,released%20by%20vector%20control%20officials.

I also propose removing Mountain Lions as a hazard. I can find no recorded attack on a human by a mountain lion in the Santa Monica mountains with records dating back to 1890. http://tchester.org/sgm/lists/lion_attacks_ca.html https://www.wideopenspaces.com/list-of-fatal-mountain-lion-attacks-in-north-america/  https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion/Attacks

Same thing with venomous snakes. Although rattlesnakes are very common, fatal bites in the area are so rare I can find no recorded evidence of any in the region. https://nhm.org/stories/misplaced-fears-rattlesnakes-are-not-dangerous-ladders-trees-dogs-or-large-tvs — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.157.78.126 (talk) 19:45, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

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