View Full Version : I GOT IT!
evldave
07-13-2006, 06:02 PM
You all probably don't care, but they just re-opened Mt. St. Helens for climbing. It is the only active volcano in the lower 48. Climbing is by permit only, and the mountain has been closed to any activity for 1-1/2 years.
Next Friday, the 1st 100 permits to climb an ACTIVE VOLCANO are released. Guess who now has a permit? ME....ME! ME! ME!
So in about a week or so, I'll have pictures of inside the crater of an active volcano. I haven't been this excited since I was part of a geology group that camped in the crater about 10 years ago (I was a geologist back then). WOOHOO!:D :D :D :D :D
It would be totally cool if it actually erupted while I was at the edge of the crater! Those would be some great photos!
That is all...
HummBebe
07-13-2006, 06:18 PM
Uhhh, Dave, those would be some pretty crispy photos....but if you're happy, I'm happy.
Congratulations:D
CO Hummer
07-13-2006, 06:48 PM
Congrats evl.
I'm so sick of wheeling on inactive volcanos. An active one would be nice for a change.
HummerHippy
07-13-2006, 06:48 PM
Way cool! How often does one get that close to a volcano!
Yes Pics Please!!! :)
evldave
07-13-2006, 07:14 PM
I'll be trying to find a good line up the rockfield on the way up. Maybe we could convince the Forest Service to allow a Hummer Happening on the crater rim? I'm going to be carting up all my nice camera equipment with me, so lots of good pictures, let's hope the weather is nice!
HIHUMMER
07-13-2006, 07:16 PM
Congrats! What a great b-day gift to yourself...again ;)
Have fun and stay safe.
Sewie
07-13-2006, 07:24 PM
How often does one get that close to a volcano!
Every time I eat Mexican food it seems. :eek: ;)
Congrats Dave! Have fun and be safe. And of course get lots of pics. :D
Agriv8r
07-13-2006, 07:41 PM
waiting for the pics...
Bully13
07-14-2006, 05:56 AM
That's awesome! Don't stay too long:eek: ;)
DRTYFN
07-14-2006, 06:13 AM
I'll be trying to find a good line up the rockfield on the way up. Maybe we could convince the Forest Service to allow a Hummer Happening on the crater rim? I'm going to be carting up all my nice camera equipment with me, so lots of good pictures, let's hope the weather is nice!
I flew over & around it about a year ago. Amazing to see the destruction up close. 25 years later and all of those billions of board feet of timber are still laid out like so many toothpicks.
Jesus Christ
07-14-2006, 06:39 AM
Just don't hike there on February 12, 2009 and 18 weeks after..
DRTYFN
07-14-2006, 06:41 AM
Just don't hike there on February 12, 2009 and 18 weeks after..
KK will be there?:eek:
I flew over & around it about a year ago. Amazing to see the destruction up close. 25 years later and all of those billions of board feet of timber are still laid out like so many toothpicks.I can't imagine what that looks like in person.
westhillsat
07-14-2006, 06:50 AM
Uhhh, Dave, those would be some pretty crispy photos....but if you're happy, I'm happy.
Congratulations:D
X2
Be careful and have fun!!
DRTYFN
07-14-2006, 07:36 AM
I can't imagine what that looks like in person.
Living here in the NW, I've seen countless pictures & video from every conceivable angle. But they don't even begin to convey the magnitude of destruction caused back in '81. I got to fly around the volcano back then, but as a teenager didn't fully appreciate the enormity what I was looking at.
DennisAJC
07-14-2006, 07:46 AM
We could see the plume all the way over here in B.C.
We were all dancing around laughing and cheering, "The Americans are blowing up! The Americans are blowing up!":D
evldave
07-14-2006, 02:05 PM
I was lucky enough to climb it before it blew (as a small kid) and actually could see the old top from the bedroom window of my parents house growing up and watched the eruption from my house. I'm going to do a night climb (leave at midnight) to be able to look down on the crater and maybe see some laval oozing from the dome in the dark.
NEOCON1
07-14-2006, 02:43 PM
Congrats evl.
I'm so sick of wheeling on inactive volcanos. An active one would be nice for a change.
X2 :D
Big Z
07-14-2006, 04:16 PM
Isn't it Growing @ 5' per 24 hours now? :confused:...Something coming! :eek:
I was lucky enough to climb it before it blew (as a small kid) and actually could see the old top from the bedroom window of my parents house growing up and watched the eruption from my house. I'm going to do a night climb (leave at midnight) to be able to look down on the crater and maybe see some laval oozing from the dome in the dark.If yo could see that thing when it blew, you're lucky to be alive.
Isn't it Growing @ 5' per 24 hours now? :confused:...Something coming! :eek:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060509_st-helens.html
Giant Rock Growing in Mount St. Helens Crater
John Roach
for National Geographic News (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/)
May 9, 2006
A massive fin-shaped slab of hot rock has recently been seen growing in the crater of Washington State's Mount St. Helens. The feature is the seventh such structure to rise in the volcano's crater since it began slowly erupting in October 2004, say scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Cascade Volcano Observatory....
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The newest creation currently stands about 300 feet (90 meters) tall and is 330 feet (100 meters) wide at the base, Dzurisin says. The feature is growing at a rate of 4.6 feet (1.4 meters) a day....
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