Novice climber, 31, survives 1,500-foot fall down Mount Shasta ^31%

NY Post - By Pierce Sharpe - 7/1/2026, 9:30 AM

Appeal to Authority 33.6% - Framing Effect 20.8% - Anchoring Bias 16.8%

A novice climber somehow survived a terrifying 1,500-foot tumble down California’s Mount Shasta on Sunday — astonishing rescuers who found her awake and conscious after the massive fall. The 31-year-old woman was climbing the Left of Heart variation of the mountain’s popular Avalanche Gulch route with two other novice climbers when... more