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Mountain Climber Reached the Summit, Then Fell 2K Feet

Argentine tech entrepreneur dies after falling more than 2K feet on Mount Shasta

(Newser) - An Argentine hiker managed to reach the peak of California's Mount Shasta, but slid more than 2,000 feet to his death on the way back down. Matias Augusto Travizano, a tech entrepreneur, set out to scale the mountain on Sept. 12, per People . He was descending the 14,...

1 Climber Killed, 4 Injured in Poor Conditions
5 Climbers Fall
on Mount Shasta

5 Climbers Fall on Mount Shasta

Weekend snow brought fog and left a thin layer of ice

(Newser) - A mountain climbing guide was killed and at least four other people were injured in separate accidents this week while climbing Mount Shasta in Northern California in treacherous conditions, authorities said Tuesday. Jillian Webster, 32, of Redmond, Oregon, was leading a man and a woman Monday morning when one of...

Americans May Not Want to Live Near the 'Big 18'

USGS puts these US volcanoes in the 'very high threat' category

(Newser) - Government scientists have classified 18 US volcanoes as "very high threat" because of what's been happening inside them and how close they are to people. The US Geological Survey has updated its volcano threat assessments for the first time since 2005, per the AP , and the danger list...

How a State With Little Rain Suffered a Huge Mudslide

Mt. Shasta lacked the snow that would have protected glacier from sun

(Newser) - The US Forest Service thinks it knows what caused the boulder-filled mudslide that surged down Northern California's Mt. Shasta on Saturday: the Golden State’s extreme drought conditions . According to the LA Times , scientists think water gushed down from the Konwakiton Glacier, causing a mudslide that picked up increasing...

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