Beware fellow Portland climbers. I came into contact with either a toxic plant or toxic catapillars last weekend and it's caused a severe itchy rash on my back and arm. The doctor confirmed it was an allergic reaction to either a plant or an insect. I did see little hairy catapillars at the base of the crag at Blacknor South last Sunday, and may have come onto contact with some when laying down having a rest! Otherwise it was the high vegetation I walked through that did it, as I was wearing a short sports top as it was so hot. Just keep an eye out so it doesnt happen to anytone else. Blacknor South
