After Wasp Attack, a Canadian Rock Climber Is Rescued by Helicopter

A 33-year-old woman was rescued along with her climbing partner on Tuesday after she was stung more than 100 times while hiking in the British Columbia backcountry north of Vancouver. Two women who were climbing in the Canadian backcountry north of Vancouver, British Columbia, were rescued by helicopter on Tuesday after one of them was stung by wasps more than 100 times, according to rescuers. Lions Bay Search and Rescue, the agency that responded to a distress call, said the pair had finished climbing what is known as the Redoubt Wall near Loggers Creek north of Lions Bay, British Columbia. They were hiking down a trail when one stepped on a wasp nest, the agency said . The authorities did not release the names of the women, but said that the hiker who was badly stung is 33 years old. “She was suffering a severe allergic reaction and had taken antihistamines,” said Carolyn Kelly-Smith, a member of the rescue team who treated her.

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