LBSAR rescues climber after swarming Wasp-stricken climber is prepared to be airlifted to safety. Photo courtesy LBSAR. Fall is in the air on our local mountains, but the wasps are still out in force. Just last week, members of Lions Bay Search and Rescue were called in to help a climber on the Redoubt Wall (near Loggers Creek) who had received multiple wasp stings. A ground team carrying emergency medical equipment, including epinephrine, was deployed to render aid. And when

Numbers are up, and hikers need to be prepared Screen shot from Petr Lebedev's Sea to Sky Wasp Watch site. Lions Bay Search and Rescue (LBSAR) member Maria Masiar wants hikers to be on the alert for wasp nests on the trails, and to be prepared if the worst should happen. "Search and Rescue teams have been getting reports of stings since May this year," Masiar said. "It was a warm winter, which meant more queens survived, which has meant more and larger colonies along hiking t