Three young men with little climbing experience attempted to summit Mt. Shasta, a 14,179-foot peak in California, and their planned eight-hour ascent turned into a search-and-rescue operation. ^[1] Three hikers rescued from California's Mount Shasta on Monday stated they relied too much on AI to plan their climb. ^[2] Meyers said AI correctly told the men the summit should take eight hours, and they took food and water for that duration, but their ascent took 16 hours. ^[3] The three hikers reportedly said they relied too much on AI rather than their own critical thinking, according to a Facebook post by the U.S. Forest Service - Shasta-Trinity National Forest. ^[4] Ranger Nick Meyers said it was the third time this year that AI played a role in hiker mishaps on Mount Shasta. ^[5] The group told rangers they used Google Gemini, YouTube, and the AllTrails app to plan their climb. ^[6] Three 20-year-old men got lost and had to be rescued after summiting Mount Shasta because they went off route in the dark and their navigation phone died. ^[7]