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My Rattlesnake Trail Friend

The western diamondback I saw four times within two months

Jeff Barton
Runner's Life
Published in
10 min readMay 13, 2024

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My western diamondback rattlesnake trail friend Curly — photo by author

Author’s note: Throughout the story, I refer to the rattlesnake as male because I named it Curly and I don’t know any women named Curly. Also, I don’t know the gender since I’m not a snake expert, and I think it would be unfair to my trail friend Curly to call him “it.”

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Jeff Barton
Runner's Life

Dad, trail/ultra runner, author, aspiring recluse. I write about life, mental health, and running. Starting life over. Creator of Runner’s Life.