Rescuers used a helicopter to save a person climbing in British Columbia this week after she was stung numerous times by wasps.
The rescue took place at the Redoubt Wall climbing area 20 miles northwest of Vancouver on Tuesday, the volunteer Lions Bay Search and Rescue team said on social media.
The climber, who was not named in their post, couldn’t safely hike away after the wasp attack, the group said.
The climber was accompanied by another woman, and the wasp attack started after one of them stepped on a wasp nest, according to The New York Times. The 33-year-old victim was stung over 100 times.
“She was suffering a severe allergic reaction and had taken antihistamines. … Even if you haven’t been stung by a wasp before, multiple stings increase the risk of the systemic reaction. You can develop a severe reaction at any time,” Carolyn Kelly-Smith, one of the rescuers involved, told the Times.
The Lion Bay team handled ground response while another group, North Shore Rescue, used the helicopter to extricate the climber for medical treatment.
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