Ow....Owww....OW....Wasp!!!!

Twas a hot day on the trail and Abe, Dave and myself were having one of our regular saturday morning rides on the Doumont Trail system in Nanaimo, BC. We were on a trail called 'Styx' which is a winding, rooty trail with lots of upturned trees and rotting logs. At one point we had stopped for a breather and some H2O. Dave was having a drink when he though he had a stick stuck in his shirt as he was being 'poked'. But it kept sticking into him - time and time again. He had actually stopped about 5 feet from a wasps nest in the side of a rotten fallen log. Then it really started to sting and that is when he realized it was something biting him. A wasp had gotten inside his shirt. The next part you will have to try to visualize as Dave (still having his helmet on) - tried to take his shirt off to rid himself of the wasp. Well shirts don't come off heads too well with your brain bucket attached. Picture a man running around in the bush with a shirt pulled halfway over his head trying to upclip his helmet. He was able to get the shirt and helmet off and toss them 20 feet into the bush as he continue running down the trail. We caught up to him 60 feet down the trail with multiple bites on his arms and back. When we recovered the shirt and helmet - the wasp was still attached to the inside of it. I have a attached a few pictures. Sorry Dave - I had to share.