{
  "id": 4039943,
  "title": "Volunteers rescue man stuck on 10,000ft-high ledge in Sierra Nevada",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/volunteers-rescue-man-stuck-on-10-000ft-high-ledge-in-sierra-nevada",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T21:30:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/volunteers-rescue-man-cliff-sierra-nevada"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Climber, stuck on 6in ridge, had veered off treacherous path and ‘any fall would almost certainly be fatal’ 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…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}