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Why are people still risking their lives to get close to active volcanoes?
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[QUOTE="Mark44, post: 6835387, member: 147785"] About a year and a half before Mt. St. Helens erupted, a friend of mine and I were on the mountain. About Jan. 2, 1979, we were attempting a winter climb of this mountain. At the time, the temperatures were very cold, dropping to an estimated 5 deg. F. during the night. Because we got to the mountain late at night we camped at Spirit Lake. Also, because it was so cold, we had a late start the following morning and made it only to a feature known as the Sugar Bowl, a small, dome-shaped vent the next day. During that night, the temperatures warmed up a bit, rising all the way up to about 32 deg. F. When we finally set out in earnest the second morning, the snow was rock hard, but crampons gave us an excellent grip. Unfortunately for us, the warming temperatures caused the low valley clouds to rise up and merge with the high clouds, so by the time we got to about 8300' we were socked in and had used up all our red-flagged wands. Discretion being the better part of valor, we decided to call it, and headed back to the car. I didn't mind so much, as I had climbed the mountain about five years before that, on a beautiful summer day. [/QUOTE]
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