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A lone climber sustained injuries after sliding several hundred feet down Mt. Shasta.

The climber lost control while glissading, a technique involving a controlled slide down ice and snow.

An injured man had to be airlifted off Mt. Shasta last Sunday, Aug. 10, after he slid and tumbled several hundred feet down an icy slope.

The unnamed man was climbing alone on ice when he fell at upper Avalanche Gulch near Redbanks, according to an announcement issued by the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

That area is close to the 13,000-foot mark, the steepest portion of the route he took, and one that can quickly turn dangerous, the U.S. Forest Service said in the announcement: “When the slope is too steep or the snow too firm, even experienced climbers can find themselves in

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