http://www.YourMTB.com/taxonomy/term/646/0 en http://www.YourMTB.com/story/ow_owww_ow_wasp <p>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.</p><p><a href="http://www.YourMTB.com/story/ow_owww_ow_wasp">read more</a></p> http://www.YourMTB.com/story/ow_owww_ow_wasp#comments bites ouch pain swelling TALES FROM THE TRAIL wasp Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:13:48 -0600 subunit1 804 at http://www.YourMTB.com