CHP   Northern Division Air Operations   Mt Shasta Rescue
Channel: heidel420
Date: 2016-06-30

On June 22, H-14 responded to Mount Shasta to attempt a rescue of a climber who had fallen near the summit. H-14 was stripped of almost all of its equipment to be light enough to affect the rescue, including the FLIR camera. The crew decided to "go around" on two approaches but was able to set down on the third approach. With the climber loaded, H-14 flew directly to Mercy Mount Shasta under 5 minutes and transferred him to a waiting ambulance. To date, this is the highest rescue performed on Mount Shasta by the Northern Division Air Operations unit.
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