@Donotbelieve No, I would have died. I would have curled up into a ball by the riverbank and felt sorry for myself (at the time maybe even thinking it was God's punishment for ditching). ? I've always been a long tall, drink of water (skinny actually) and it wouldn't have taken much venom, I'd imagine. I did consider qualifying the statement when I wrote it, but went for dramatic effect with hyperbole.

Others options were, "most likely would have died," or "quite possibly woud have/could have died."

But instead, by the grace of Glob, I'm here to regale you with tales of my exploits (gonna save first and then go make sure I used regale right - glad I did as I had first typed "regail" ).

@Donotbelieve The winding road down to the hospital would have been a challenge as well, what with venemous reptile toxin coursing through my veins, amplified by the adrenalin of fear, and the extertion of the hike back (should I have made it that far) as it is a pretty steep climb out. The downhill traverse alone gets me winded.

In fact, another time while driving up to a different hiking spot on the same road with friends after ingesting some substances intended to put us in an altered state once we got there, it kicked in early and I declared excitedly, "We're driving on the back if a snake!"

@Donotbelieve Mmm... cranberry sauce, Arrrgh.

I defer to your expertise, Dnb, but am glad the contemplation of possible outcomes is just a purely academic exercise.

I mean... look at my profile pic. Is that the look of a man calmly interacting with the world around him? ?

@Donotbelieve speaking of the peril of injuries... a warning for all households with babies to heed.

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Not an unreasonable concern on the whole. A local cow and one resident were killed by a rattlesnake not too many years ago iirc.

@OwlInASack As my profile shows, decidedly "colomial".
I'm a member of "Kenya Friends Reunited' on Facebook, as Petter_Talisman. Real name Finne.

@OwlInASack No, can't say I've heard of them. I'll ask my wife, also a Kenya girl.
We had farms in Karen, Athi River and Limuru, but not since the early 1960s. This might be of interest to you.
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@OwlInASack My wife doesn't recall them either. My father's drilling company was called Karlssons and Finne Ltd. My grandmother was Dorothy Hale (she sometimes used Hillman-Hale) Her 650 acre farm, Park Grange Dairy, was in Karen, on land she bought when the Karen Blixen estate was put up for auction. Her original farm was only 1 mile from Nairobi town centre.