Mount Shasta Rangers Rescue Unprepared Goose at 10,000 Feet

Mount Shasta rangers rescue 'particularly unprepared' climber — a goose
Mount Shasta rangers rescued a goose stranded at around 10,000 feet, proving even the wildest climbers deserve a helping hand.
Goose with 'one layer of down' escorted by Mt. Shasta ranger on snowmobile after rescue
In Siskiyou County, Mt. Shasta climbing rangers snowmobiled to safety a stranded goose from the Old Ski Bowl at 10,000 feet.
Rescued ‘climber’ unprepared for Mount Shasta, despite down coat, California rangers say
Two rangers on patrol discovered an unusual, unprepared “climber” high on Mount Shasta — a goose, California officials reported. Rangers Nick Meyers and Eric Falconer found the goose about 10,000 feet high on the mountain in December, the U.S. Forest Service said in a Jan. 12 news release.
Rangers rescue goose 10,000 feet up a California mountain
The U.S. Forest Service said rangers stationed in the California mountains came to the rescue of "a particularly unprepared Mount Shasta climber" -- a goose.
U.S. Forest Rangers rescue goose from Mount Shasta
Two rangers with the Shasta-Trinity National Forest division of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) made an unusual rescue last month, the agency said. According to the USFS, two rangers on patrol came upon a goose they estimated to have reached about 10,
Climbing ranchers rescue goose stranded on Mt. Shasta
A goose is safe after attempting to summit Mt. Shasta last month. While on a routine patrol, climbing rangers with the Mount Shasta Avalanche Center spotted the goose at the 10,000 foot elevation point where Old Ski Bowl is located.
Goose With Head for Heights Taken Back to Safer Altitude by Mountain Ranger
A goose found high on the slopes of the 14,000 ft Mt Shasta in California’s Cascade Mountains was rescued and returned to a local pond by rangers, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest said on January 12.
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