Dirt, sand, those little whitish-tan lizards (fast as shit!), scorpions (if you leave something sitting
for more than a few minutes, check to make sure one didn't crawl under it for shade). As
Black-Tigersaid, put your boots up when you take them off, or give them a good shaking before you put them
back on. Critters like to use them for shelter.....
Drink, drink, then drink some more.....
Standing on the ridge, looking down into the Whale, you can get a real good feeling for how easy it
is for a person to die in that terrain if they're lost or stranded.
Tarantulas - the cold makes them lethargic, so you can literally turn them over w/ your boot in the
morning, and they lay there like that, then SLOWLY right themselves. Fast when warm though.
Not sure if the standard has changed (I doubt it) but when you go to turn your equipment back in at
the end of the rotation, they are
ANAL about their check-in PMCS's.
Bring coffee, as TheRedHorseman said, as you'll be sitting around playing dead a lot
HOT in the day,
COLD at night. Take your fartsack - they rest of the guys thought I was crazy for
taking mine. I stayed warm at night, and they shivered in their poncho-liners.