he's recovering pretty well but it's going to be a long road. He was alone hiking on a trail in Benezette. Alone, no cell reception and 2.3 miles in. Stepped over a small stream to get some water and the snake got him. He told me if he was in 3.3 miles instead of 2.3 miles he wouldn't have made it. He got lucky, when he was coming out at the trailhead there was a guy just coming in to check on a cabin he owned. He told me that when he gets out of the hospital he's stopping to pick up a set of snake boots! Probably wear them mowing his lawn, going to the corner store... church...I told him there ain't no snakes when you ice fish!