Dispatch
Jumping Cholla
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The one about getting stuck by a jumping cholla. Dispatch 19 begins with a small desert misfortune that quickly becomes a lesson in humility. After an encounter with a jumping cholla cactus, the narrator finds himself trapped by a plant whose tiny barbed hooks resist every attempt at self-reliance. What starts as an evening of colorful language, pliers, and stubborn determination gradually opens…