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The Guardian - US
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Uwa Ede-Osifo

Volunteers rescue man stuck on 10,000ft-high ledge in Sierra Nevada

A person climbing a mountain.
Rescue team on the way to secure man stuck in Sierra Nevada. Photograph: Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue Team

An ill-fated move left a man stranded on a 6in ledge over 10,000ft off the ground for hours in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, before a volunteer rescue team came to his aid.

The climber, who has not been publicly identified, had been scaling the Mendenhall couloir, a gully on the face of Laurel mountain, with a friend on Saturday.

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