Accidents on Shasta on Monday 6/6/22

Sad.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-climbers-injured-mount-shasta-one-dead

Here's a better link so you dont give traffic to fox

https://www.mtshastanews.com/story/news/2022/06/06/california-climbers-airlifted-to-hospitals-after-2-accidents-falling-off-siskiyou-county-mt-shasta/7538821001/

I F wrote:

Here's a better link so you dont give traffic to fox

https://www.mtshastanews.com/story/news/2022/06/06/california-climbers-airlifted-to-hospitals-after-2-accidents-falling-off-siskiyou-county-mt-shasta/7538821001/

This isn't about politics. For most people, anyway,

FrankPS wrote:

This isn't about politics. For most people, anyway,

The commenters on the Fox News link would beg to disagree.

Daniel Kay wrote:

The commenters on the Fox News link would beg to disagree.

Apparently, to some of the readers, too!  I just read it as a story about mountaineering accidents, but I missed the politics in the story, 

Edit: I don't normally read the comments on an article, but I did because it was suggested below. Reminds me of how some Mountain Project threads devolve into ugly, nasty comments. So I just stick to the news articles, for just this reason. Don't think the comments are "enlightening."

Twas a tragic day on the mountain.

vibes to those affected.  seems like some truly horrendous conditions that day...

Daniel Kay wrote:

The commenters on the Fox News link would beg to disagree.

Good god, those comments are cancerous. 

Franck Vee wrote:

Well, perhaps you should go take another look at the comment section there. It's truly enlightening.

Those comments reflect the mindset of a lot of people.  And they lack humanity. 

Condolences to those involved in this accident.

Tragic. Anyone have more info on where the accidents took place on the mountain? On the basis of the fall distances I would have to believe somewhere around Red Banks. 1000ft above Helen Lake puts you somewhere around / above the Heart. 

I was fortunate enough to get in a couple laps of Shasta before heading off to Alaska this year. Avy Gulch was pretty pedestrian through & through minus some occasional rock fall and then a rime coating above Red Banks. That being said, there weren't a lot of good weather days over my month-long stay. Either you contended with new unconsolidated snow or some nuclear winds around Misery Hill.  

This is truly terrible and I wish to extend to Jillians Family and many Friends my deepest condolences and sympathies.

you people up thread need to delete your unnecessary comments- all in very bad taste. 

more or less the same as above. tragic. how awful  

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Solid ice is "unstable"?  Ok.  Damn, that's a nightmare, getting pulled off the mountain by a falling partner.  I'm assuming they were roped?  Short on details, as usual. Condolences to all concerned.

My condolences and deep respect for all those involved. Very sad indeed.

Comment sections of news articles are podiums for the bottom rung of humanity. Pay no mind to them.

Joe Auer wrote:

Comment sections of news articles are podiums for the bottom rung of humanity. Pay no mind to them.

Exactly.

But some people are more interested in the comments than the article. Or more interested in the news organization than the article. Easily distracted, I guess.