Wasp nest at anchors of Roadside climb

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weber
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Wasp nest at anchors of Roadside climb

Post by weber »

Friendly warning: A deep 4-inch pocket about a foot above the anchors of Kampsite at Roadside is home to a family of nasty tempered wasps. They waited until I had clipped into the anchor before attacking en mass. Although there were at least a couple dozen flying around, I ended up with only seven stings. Cleaned the anchor and bailed in record time. Not sure what pissed em off (Liz thinks it musta been my BO), but you might want to tread lightly around that anchor.

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rhunt
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Post by rhunt »

Wow :shock: that sucks, thanks for the heads-ups!
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Post by SikMonkey »

Man, I hate wasps. Power2U and I ran into a couple of them at the anchors of Foreskin Follicles at Military. I will be climbing with a can of Raid on my harness the next time I go up that one.

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chester
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Post by chester »

they did the exact same thing to huggybone on Monday...they waited until he clipped into the second anchor and the bam! sneaky.
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dhoyne
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Post by dhoyne »

Hey, at least they have the courtesy of waiting until you clip... it would be alot worse if they stung while you were trying to clip! :lol:
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Meadows
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Re: Wasp nest at anchors of Roadside climb

Post by Meadows »

geezer wrote: Not sure what pissed em off (Liz thinks it musta been my BO),
:lol: I knew that would put you in a precarious situation one day!! Did I just say that? :roll:
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The Pirate
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Post by The Pirate »

also wasp at the top of jump for joy at roadside, and on snake at fortress...
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Joel
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Post by Joel »

And at the top of Blue Runner, Fortress.
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sirtoots
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Post by sirtoots »

Good grief, they're all over the place apparently.
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