Rock Climber Stung to Death by Bees
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Bees are normally gentle, passive creatures who just go about their business, hoping to avoid whatever is causing colony collapse disorder and live another day. When their home appears to be threatened however, bees can and do attack with a vengeance.
One of the rock climbers who helped retrieve the body of one of his peers, Eric Rhicard, called the sight “tragic and horrifying,” and it’s easy to see why: Tucson’s Steven Johnson was found dangling from a cliff, where he had been stung to death by bees, reports the Arizona Daily Star.
Johnson apparently rappelled off the cliff looking for a place to climb, but he had the misfortune of ending up in mid-air a few feet from a beehive on the rock. The medical examiner said he died from “mass envenomation,” the result of hundreds of stings.
Rhicard said the climbers found Johnson’s small dog, which also had been killed by bee stings, and buried it on the mountain.
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Well sad as this, is look at this story and grab yer junk boys.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/467900/20130515/man-sweden-dies-sex-hornet-s-nest.htm
Moral of the story, don’t go sticking Big Willie and the twins where they could be hurt. I’m just trying to help you out.
Bees are an endangered species at the moment – the odd rock climber is a small price to pay to ensure bees survival.
Poor sod. Wrong rock wrong time but such is life eh?
Why would any sane person want to climb up a rock or mountain? According to said loonies ‘because it’s there’ – so was a bees nest. oops.
Tragic, really tragic. The bees move way up on a mountain side and still they are bothered by humans. Can you blame them for being pissed off. Seriously, this was a tragedy.
This is very disturbing to me as climber. I see bee hives all the time.