See Mt. St. Helens blowing up right now!!!

It's starting to act like New Faithful.

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Originally Posted by KQ

I was fortunate enough to be flying 25 miles to the west of the mountain yesterday when she let off some steam and ash - spectacular!!! It was a picture perfect moment.

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Get any pictures? That must have been something.

Welcome back, BTW. ;)

Looks like new faithful went off again today for the second time.

Jeezuz, it's got the hiccups.

Now THIS is cool:
edit: It was much cooler when I posted it. Crystal clear. :rolleyes:
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocam...volcanocam.jpg

Now that's MY kindof stoke - snow to ski, and an erupting volcano. DOesn;t get much better than that.

you no like da kine Kilauea, brah?

That picture makes me think of a sweet tall tale.

Dude, I had just hiked 4,000 vertical feet to schralp some gnar on the side of Mt. St. Helens cone when the whole damn thing started to blow. As I was putting my skins away, I noticed a huge wave of lava headed right for me. So I tossed my skis on my feet and straightlined the whole damn face. Lava was nipping at my tails and giant flaming boulders were landing everywhere around me. My heart felt like it was going to explode, as I was doing mach looney down the hill. It was so fuckin' rad.

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Originally Posted by splat

you no like da kine Kilauea, brah?

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Nah, get plenny love for Tutu Pele, but she no mo' nuff snow fo make tracks, ah? She get one sistah, Poliahu, who get plenny nuff steeps fo' geev um down Mauna Kea.
http://www.familyofthedolphins.org/R...s/puliahuS.jpg

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Originally Posted by Lane Meyer

Nah, get plenny love for Tutu Pele, but she no mo' nuff snow fo make tracks, ah? She get one sistah, Poliahu, who get plenny nuff steeps fo' geev um down Mauna Kea.

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... and Kilauea is boring and predictable (a sheild volcano). Mt. St. Helens can go off at anytime. It's kinda like comparing Kilauea to that old girlfriend of yours a few years back who acted like a dead fish in bed (fun, but lacks spontinaity and zest), while Mt. St. Helens is that gothic chick/exhibitionist that you hooked up with for a few months in college - wildly unpredicable, highly explosive, voraceous, but you don't want to stick around for long because she's also pretty darn dangerous.

geev em, brah. at da woodhood.

Here's a neat pic taken looking down into the crater a few days ago:
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/M...-20-04_med.jpg