He Was Warned About Rattlesnakes
The only time he wasn’t able to keep up with his newfound daily routine is when he was walking through Colorado, where he was bitten by a rattlesnake. Shortly after crossing the Kansas-Colorado state line, and after 16 miles of walking that day, Posner caught up to the RV that housed his assistant to compose himself for the remainder of his walk. He had been warned about the rattlesnakes in that stretch of land prior by a passerby, but the likelihood of being bitten while resting off the trail itself didn’t occur to him.