3 California hikers trusted AI to plan Mount Shasta climb; 8-hour trek became a 16-hour ordeal that left them injured, stranded overnight and ultimately rescued
- Hikers and rescuers make their way down Mount Shasta after the group became stranded during their descent.
- / Siskiyou County Sheriff’s OfficeThree novice hikers from Roseville, California, were rescued from Mount Shasta after an attempted summit climb that they had planned with substantial help from Google's Gemini AI turned into a dangerous overnight ordeal.
- The three men expected their ascent to take about eight hours and carried food and water based partly on that plan.
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- Hikers and rescuers make their way down Mount Shasta after the group became stranded during their descent.
- / Siskiyou County Sheriff’s OfficeThree novice hikers from Roseville, California, were rescued from Mount Shasta after an attempted summit climb that they had planned with substantial help from Google's Gemini AI turned into a dangerous overnight ordeal.
- The three men expected their ascent to take about eight hours and carried food and water based partly on that plan.
Sources: Times of India