SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. - The identification of the woman who died after a fall while climbing Mount Shasta on Monday has been released.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said 32-year-old Jillian Webster of Redmond, Oregon, was pronounced dead at the hospital. She was a guide with the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center.
The incident was first reported at 8:35 a.m. in an area above Helen Lake. Deputies said two climbers and Webster were tethered together and ascending the mountain when one of the climbers lost their footing, causing all three of them to fall.
They slid on snow and ice about 1,500 to 2,500 vertical feet down the mountain, deputies said.
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SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. - The identification of the woman who died after a fall while climbing Mount Shasta on Monday has been released.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said 32-year-old Jillian Webster of Redmond, Oregon, was pronounced dead at the hospital. She was a guide with the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center.
The incident was first reported at 8:35 a.m. in an area above Helen Lake. Deputies said two climbers and Webster were tethered together and ascending the mountain when one of the climbers lost their footing, causing all three of them to fall.
They slid on snow and ice about 1,500 to 2,500 vertical feet down the mountain, deputies said.
阿尔卑斯山的马特洪峰，第一次成功攀登的队伍下山的路上一人滑倒把其他人带倒，安全绳断了。。
Self arrest, 缺点是可能导致所有人一起下滑，正如这次的事件。
根据报道，这次还有一点是前几天天气暖和融雪，然后气温突降下雪，导致底层结冰，表面thin snow, false security, 及其硬滑, 容易摔倒也造成self arrest 的难度。
我不久前还提过。
RIP.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/pomona-college-professor-dies/146659/
气温历史，降雪历史，风力历史，导致冰，雪，水三种不同的组合。
现在是融雪期。气温风力来回拉锯……