A 39-year-old man injured his leg while climbing Mount Shasta in northern California and required rescue. According to the U.S. Forest Service – Shasta-Trinity National Forest, the climber was stranded for two days on the Whitney Glacier after his injury, which occurred during his descent.
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“In what turned out to be a complicated and difficult operation, the climber, a 39-year-old Florida man, made it off the mountain Tuesday evening after injuring his leg on the glacier while downclimbing the mountain Sunday evening,” wrote the U.S. Forest Service in a Facebook post sharing photos from the rescue. “The climber ascended the mountain via the Avalanche Gulch route and summited the mountain later in the day Sunday. [ . . .] The climber did not have snow and ice equipment and was dressed in sweatpants and a hoodie. He did have a pair of trekking poles and a small amount of food and water. While descending the glacier, he stepped through a thin snow bridge that concealed a crevasse, injuring his leg. The injury prevented him from descending further, prompting a call for help.”
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After spending the night at 12,100 feet in poor weather, the man found relief when search-and-rescue crews were able to reach him the next day with supplies. He then spent a second night on the mountain with two Forest Service climbing rangers, before an air rescue was possible the next day. In addition to the man’s leg injury, he had frostbite on his lower extremities.
See photos and details about the recent rescue on Mount Shasta below.
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