911 Call leads to SCSO Search & Rescue efforts on Mt Shasta

911 Call leads to SCSO Search & Rescue efforts on Mt Shasta

YREKA, Calif. - On Saturday, September 26, 2020, just before 7:00 PM, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) received a 911 call from a female climber on Mt. Shasta reporting that her boyfriend had fallen down an embankment and was injured. The call provided the location on the north face of Mt. Shasta at approximately the 11,000 foot level.

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Rescuers help stranded mountain climber and hikers

Rescuers help stranded mountain climber and hikers

On Saturday, August 31, 2019 the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) received a call from a female stating her climbing partner, later identified as Mr. Carlos Flores, 24, from Baha California, Mexico, fell while climbing on Mount Shasta and was unconscious at or near the 11,000 feet level of the mountain.  He reportedly fell on Casaval Ridge in the area of Red Banks.

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