Two young climbers from the Bay Area were rescued Monday morning from Mount Shasta after one of them slid roughly 700 feet down the mountain and suffered serious injuries during their descent, authorities said.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call for help at 8:22 p.m. Sunday from the pair, ages 19 and 20, who had summited Northern California’s tallest peak earlier that afternoon.
While descending Avalanche Gulch, one climber lost his footing below Red Banks and fell about 700 feet, sustaining significant injuries to his shoulder, hand and ankle, according to the sheriff’s office. The injuries left him unable to continue down the mountain…