A climbing guide died Monday after a fall on Mount Shasta and four other people had to be rescued off the northern Californian mountain.
Jillian Elizabeth Webster, 32, was tethered to two climbers when one lost their footing on ice and pulled all three 1,500 to 2,500 feet straight down the mountain, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. A nurse who happened to be climbing nearby administered CPR but Webster was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The man suffered a broken leg and head trauma and is listed in critical condition. The woman had a broken leg, but was “alert and oriented,” police said.
Hours later, another man plummeted 1,000 feet and had to be rescued and airlifted off the mountain.
His climbing partner also got stuck a few hours later after continuing without him when she also slid 1,000 feet down the ice.
The conditions of the last two victims is unknown.
The four injured climbers have not been publicly identified.
Mount Shasta sits about 3,600 feet above sea level, less than nine miles from a potentially active volcano.
