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Unprepared Hiker Rescued From Atop Mount Shasta Following Injury, Difficult Weather and GPS Mishap
Rescuers said the solo climber followed his GPS onto Whitney Glacier, where he fell into a crevasse and spent two nights stranded.
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Unprepared hiker rescued from atop Mount Shasta following injury, difficult weather and GPS mishap
A 39-year-old man from Florida injured his leg while climbing Mount Shasta, where GPS directed him on the wrong route, and he fell through a snow bridge on Whitney Glacier at 12,000 feet elevation.
·New York, United States
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He Summited Mount Shasta in Sweatpants and Running Shoes. Getting Down Took Three Days and 40 Rescuers.
A wrong turn suggested by a GPS app turned a successful summit of Mount Shasta into a two-night survival ordeal on the coldest part of the mountain, and it took search and rescue volunteers from as far away as Marin County and Oregon to bring the climber home alive. The 39-year-old Florida man reached the …
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