Encountering a buzzing and stinging hiking hazard while walking near the iconic teepee in the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles.
Before he was stung, The Idiot was all smiles when he saw a sign proclaiming “Bee Crossing” in the San Gabriel Mountains. (Photo: Ettore Botta)
The Bee Crossing in the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles.
The Bee Crossing is not far from this iconic teepee in the San Gabriel Mountains above La Canada, California.
The Bee Crossing is not far from this view of downtown Los Angeles from the San Gabriel Mountains above La Canada, California.
The Bee Crossing is not far from these beehives in Bee Flat in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Three hikers — Ganesh Sankaran, The Idiot and Ettore Botta — and an iconic teepee near the Bee Crossing in the San Gabriel Mountains.
The Idiot and Ettore Botta before they made the stinging and steep 1.5-mile hike to the iconic teepee and the Bee Crossing in the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."