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Aug 6, 2008 6:06 pm US/Pacific

Woman Rescued After Shasta Ice Field Fall

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A 35-year-old Oakland woman remains in serious condition after tumbling into a fissure on a Mount Shasta ice field over the weekend.

Olga Teslenko told Siskiyou County sheriff's authorities that she was climbing the 14,162-foot mountain on Saturday when she slipped into a crevasse.

She crawled out a few hours later despite head and neck injuries but was unable to descend the mountain.

On Monday night, she called for help from a Boy Scout troop, which helped her until rescuers arrived. By that time, it was 3 a.m. Tuesday.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Susan Gravenkamp says the hiker was stranded at about the 6,500 foot level and was disoriented when rescued. Teslenko remained in serious condition Wednesday at Redding's Mercy Medical Center.

Gravenkamp says the 15-member Explorer troop was from Maryland and continued its climb on Wednesday.