A 1,500-Foot Plunge. A Broken Ankle. An Unbelievable Survival Story.

A 31-year-old novice climber is lucky to be alive after falling 1,500 feet down California’s Mount Shasta.  The female climber suffered a serious fall while ascending the Left of Heart variation, a steeper section of the Avalanche Gulch route on Mount Shasta, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Mount Shasta is the second-highest peak in ...