Glissader Wearing Crampons Injured, Duh

Who: A 23-year-old man from Arcata
Where: Mt. Shasta, California
His mistake: He was glissading a steep slope wearing crampons
What happened: A man decided to glissade down a steep slope above Helen Lake wearing crampons. He became the poster child for wearing crampons when glissading when his crampon caught some ice, his leg snapped and was sent tumbling 500 feet down the slope.

Two local snowboarders saw the accident and helped the injured man down to Helen Lake. Three skiers then took over and lowered him further down the mountain until rangers met with them and took over the rescue.

I’ll admit that I glissaded down the same hill wearing crampons for part of the slide. But I kept my feet way above my head like I was getting my diapers changed.

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