Anybody else hit hard by this pests, Friday i got stung by paper wasps on friday at work . I get to miguels on sat and get nailed by yellow jackets. Sunday morning at roadside and another hit from a hornet on the stomach. Needless to stay climbing was painful for me this weekend. I guess it could be worse, i heard yoda got a bad catch out west!
T-bone I can feel your pain. That's what last fall was to me. OH & Bberlier wants to know what cologne you are wearing at the crags, so he can avoid it!
lots of shit happened this weekend. ya im ok. i got dropped 30+ feet. the belayer was not paying attention and the rope wasn't long enough. I compressed 2 vertebraes down to nothing. HURTS. But I'm alive..
No cologne gretchen, dont wear it. just the normal stench!! The hornet sting is still swelled up big time, the others just itch like hell now!! I think yoda is ok! i sure he will fill us in soon.
Man Yoda, I'm sorry to hear that. I've been dropped before, but compressed vertebrae sounds pretty bad. What is the whole story so we all can learn from it?
T-bone, the stingers were out in full force for sure.
I got stung just shy of my nipple while I was climbing motha. Kinda freaked me out for the rest of the climb.
"how ironic....now he's blind after a life of enjoying being able to see."~Homer
All I can say is I'm glad you all are posting this stuff. I swore off climbing for August because the bugs were just too bad in July. Sounds like I did the right thing for me. If you can deal with it, power to you! But my little wimpy ass is enjoying the break from being a weekend feast.
Sorry to hear about your fall yoda. I hope you're OK.
Does he have a strange bear claw like appendage protruding from his neck? He kep petting it.
My boyfirend swears that taking garlic supplements daily wards off the bugs. He never gets bit but I don't know if the garlic is repsonsible. He took garlic 3 times a day when he was in Guatemala and never got bit by the MOAS (Mosquitos of abnormal size). Worth a try.
