Two Salt Lake City hikers rescued after 36 hours lost on Mount Shasta
Search crews found the pair uninjured at the bottom of Cascade Gulch after their phones died during a day hike.
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Two hikers from Salt Lake City were rescued after being lost for about 36 hours on Mount Shasta in California, Utah Public Radio reported in its daily news rundown. [1]
According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, a 20-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man set out on a day hike early Monday. They called dispatch that night, saying they lacked enough food, water and clothing for below-freezing conditions. They kept descending on dispatch's advice, but their phones died. Search and rescue found them uninjured the next afternoon at the bottom of Cascade Gulch. The sheriff's office said it was the third rescue on the Avalanche Gulch route within the last month. [1]
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