OPB Crew Encounters Danger In the Crater Of Mount St. Helens | Oregon Field Guide
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- In 2014, the crew of “Oregon Field Guide” set off to explore a new cave system rumored to exist inside a glacier on Mount St. Helens. The production team captured a fascinating story of discovery, but the shoot did not end as hoped. This behind-the-scenes look reveals the challenges and circumstances that lead to a dramatic departure from the crater in the midst of a raging storm. Originally broadcast in 2015.
OPB is revisiting decades of stories our reporters and producers captured while working with scientists, photographers, adventurers and explorers on the volcano since its eruption on May 18, 1980.
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The excitement of dropping in for a visit and staying too long. It's a good thing your host, Mount St. Helens, was really gracious and did not lose her cool.
I am an Oregon native who lived through the eruption in 1980, the night time it brought us in the morning and the inches off ash it dumped all over the northwest, including Portland where I grew up. My father loaded my brother and I in the old Jeep Cherokee and we headed up I-5 to witness the pyroclastic flow for ourselves. We parked at the I-5 bridge over the Toutle river along with countless others, near the mouth to the Cowlitz river. We all yelled at the village idiot who went out on the railroad trellis that was about to fail because of the massive log jam that had built up in front of the bridge, the relentless water pressure pounding on it and was bending that bridge like a toy ready to snap! The whole river was a massive slurry of mud with trees all stacked up as far as you could see, like a massive flash flood, but with entire full grown trees, not sticks. I saw first hand how powerful that eruption was. I later visited upstream and went down a dozen feet below the new flow surface to get into the upper story windows of buildings that had been buried by the ash and flow. All the buildings were buried. You stood above their rooftops. Harry Truman was on my mind the entire time and how awful his death would have been to be buried alive. Let me tell you... that mountain scares the hell out of me. It meant death to those who were on it when it erupted. Anyone who mocks you guys for your bravery here is just too young, macho and naive to understand the risks you took. Just recently geologists have visited the crater... sent rovers in, etc... only to have their research gear smashed and destroyed by falling rocks from the rim in just hours! Guys, you are lucky to be alive! Not just because of the certain death that would have occurred had the mountain erupted while you were in it, or the ice caves that could have collapsed from an earthquake while you were inside. But the toxic hydrogen sulfide gases that are given off inside the crater alone could have killed you, much less a sudden burst of hot steam had you been in the wrong place at the wrong time. Its an incredibly unstable area that is obviously 'active.' Getting stranded inside due to weather is a harsh blow. I know folks who had similar plans on Mt. Hood, got stranded by bad weather... and they didn't make it back alive. My hats are off to you guys for going into the bowels of this incredibly dangerous volcano, giving us the sights and experiences that otherwise would have been missed in our lifetimes. Thank you for this Gem of a Report!! It's amazingly beautiful in there. You made the right call to lead your people out of there, out of harms way, even abandoning the story/film in the name of safety (shows your good character and leadership). I'm really glad you all made it out safely with a great outcome. Nothing but #RESPECT for you and your work OPB/Oregon Field Guide. That was Super Cool! Grab a beer and check that off your bucket list. Cheers to you all!!
I live in Portland and have been up over 9k on Mt. Hood.
St. Helens crater seems way way worse.
We are climbing volcanoes.
Nopety, nope, nope. I love geology but no way do I want to be dropped off in or near an active volcano. Hats off to those who do. Stay safe.
Here I am thinking, "What crazy crap do I have to do to prove myself worthy of being on such an expedition? How can I accomplish this in my lifetime?"
I wouldn't even want to walk in a dormit or even an extinct volcano...
I do. I want to go there and stand right on top of the lava dome of Mount Saint Helen. Knowing your standing on a destructive beast like that knowing it's history would be invigorating. I would flip it off and say all types of curse words to it. That would make me feel really good knowing I'm dominating that beast.
Shit I don't even want to go to Yellowstone because of what it is
@@SOU6900 they are all over the place. Even the east coast. The Appalachian mountains used to be huge and had volcanoes. So big that they were responsible for an ice age. I live in the shadows of Mt. Rainier and I love every second of it.
Right up until the point you mention breathing apparatus, I was like "..and the poisonous gas... ...AND THE POISONOUS GAS!!!"; to me that is the most frightening thing about these type of areas. Rockfalls and explosions are tangible things that are scary but you know about them. Poisonous gas can be invisible, odourless, linger for the duration and be as deadly as anything else when you think you are safe.
I grew up in an area that had a volcano and was fairly active. Unfortunately when I was a tween we lost a tourist couple on the mountain. It was a while after they went missing before we found them, but they had gone skiing into one of the areas taped off and marked as dangerous. They died from the volcanic gas. The area they had gone into was one of the "vents" and other than a few dead trees and the warnings, you would never know its there.
There is only bad gas and bad air if you are in a mine way under the ground. You cant think about all the bad stuff all the time.
We had a guy going into an enclosed space that was below ground. I told him to drop in a monitor first. He laughed and started down the ladder. So i told him if he goes in and loses consciousness we will call the Fire Department to get his body out. He looked angry but came out and dropped a monitor in on a line. Sure as shit it chittered like mad. O2 was 12%. Even though i possibly saved his life he wouldn't even look at me. He was mad cus i would have left him in there to die. Fucking idiot.
Makes me think of the money pit on Oak Island!! The gas is what got them!!
@@greenlawnfarm5827- mines are different. The local geology is well known and the gases documented. Precautions are observed. For example, tin and other metal mines I have visited have radiological alerts in case of radon gas. Volcanoes however, are constantly spewing many undocumented noxious fumes of varying types, more powerful than those in mines, that could kill in moments due to their concentrations. Hydrogen sulphide (extremely toxic) for example, normally smells like rotten eggs and if you can smell it then you know to do something about it, BUT it quickly deadens the smell response and u can no longer smell it so you don't know it's there, or think it has dispersed but it will kill very quickly. Carbon dioxide has no smell and is heavier than air and will accumulate in these ice- caves very easily . In high concentrations will kill you stone dead very quickly. In these environments you MUST think about gas or you will die.
I've visited Mt. St. Helen about a dozen times at Windy Ridge location.
Seeing this video shows how much more there is to see that simply isn't accessible for many.
Thanks for showing us some of Mt. St. Helen that we would otherwise never see.
Amazing story and footage! The caves were spectacular from the inside. I never thought that hole in the surface would've opened up into what it did. Volcanoes can wreak havoc and hold so much beauty at the same time. Love it!
Volcanos can wreak havoc? Well, we know what you mean.
The fact that you are not currently rotting in that hole is a miracle. I have spent a lot time underground and nobody should ever have believed this was safe. Stable underground environments are great but that environment has death written all over it. The individuals that prompted you to do this are idiots.
I live on the Big Island of Hawaii, and the island I live on is home to one of the most active volcanos in the world, Kilauea Volcano. Despite having no active eruption for the last year and a half, I understand the curiosity an active volcano creates. For 10 years, Halema’uma’u was the home of an active lava lake, and millions of people would visit Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. However, Mt. St. Helen is a completely different volcano it appears. During any of her eruptions has she produced lava or mostly ash and sulfur dioxide? Our volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, that have erupted during my lifetime, produce flowing lava. I’d love to have the opportunity to see Mount St. Helen’s one day. I’ve watched several videos of excursions into Mount Saint Helen’s and I think to myself, they are in an active crater!
Mt St. Helens & other cascade mountains are strata cone phreatic eruption volcanoes. They don’t have magma flows, only lahars and explosive pyretic flows and clouds.
Until we see movies like this, we never realise what you guys have to go through to bring us great movies like you do. Thank you so very much for all the hard work you do, and risks you take so armchair explorers can visit these amazing places where we are unable to physically go !
Put putted around Mt St Helen's when she was burping & puffing in 2004. Was fascinating & had some good rangers up there I got to share my coffee with! 1 day we all had to evac fast & my route was cut off. Thankfully able to follow the rangers around the other side & into Eastern Wa. Barely made it back around to Battle Ground to get my kids after school! Watched it from around their school after, they had an amazing view & my son's class had just started studying when he looked out the 2nd floor window & said she is puffing away! Teacher said no that is her usual cloud hat! Then he got her to look closer & sure enough she was puffing steam & ash for sure! Some amazingly beautiful country out there! I spent many happy hours floating on a lake in her shadow!😍 Breathtaking
Absolutely amazing what an experience how many people can say they have been inside an active volcano glad you got out in one piece much respect from South Africa
Thank you for your commitment to your viewers and very glad you’re all safe. Looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Thanks to the Internet and your bravery, we get to go where you go and see what you get to see. Things that are normally forbidden to all eyes. Please never go beyond safe exploration for the sake of entertainment. It isn't worth your lives.
You said what many of us are thinking. Some of us are disabled and unable to even think of attempting to do things like this but wish every day that we could.
I wouldn’t say this is for the sake of entertainment, maybe the preservation of history and science, exploration can help shape the future and great risk is necessary.
I perfectly happy with reading about Chernobyl , I don't need anybody going back. Seeing pictures of Helen is enough. My imagination does the rest. But if you decide to take a camera, I'll watch the video.
Algore invented the internayut.
Glad you made it all out alive!
Wow, one little rumble or growl from the mountain & you are buried for life!
I used to live 20 miles from that mountain and the ground rumbled all the time!
You couldn't pay me enough to be inside that hole!
I would love to visit...
Thats what he said.
Aliens be like "Hide there's a group of nutcases headed out way!"
The glacier in the crater of Mt. St. Helens is one of the fastest growing glaciers in the world. It’s also considered one of the most dangerous glaciers in the world. If the volcano had a large eruption, then it could melt the entire glacier in a very short time, and send a horrific and very deadly lahar mudflow down the mountain.
"Crew encounters danger"......---->Danger was minding it's own business till idiots enter its home......
Brian Wilson damn bro you sound mad
@@hughtan6832 probably part of PETA and most definitely a tree hugger.
Don't get me wrong, I like earth. But, I also love cars, factories and new inventions. Sometimes you can't escape pollution and trash. I've accepted this, a long time ago.
@Brian Wilson
Yeah, no shit!
Literally the same thoughts run through my head when people hike in the lava caves thinking it's cool🤦♂️
Hugh and Charlie
You two missed his point. A pretty good point at that. That dome is growing at an alarming rate, again. Not a question of if but when.
Thats what eye was thinking. Crew went in search of danger in dangers house.
Thanks SO MUCH for putting this out on YT !!! I have always loved seeing the crater run through various changes !! This is one of the best !!
great video but you guys are nuts!
@Maggie Satterfield Agreed! And no disrespect OPB intended, but society needs its "lunatic fringe". They bring us not only the best videos, but the greatest push-back on the frontiers of understanding. This is exceedingly rare footage that can be used by experts to help better understand phenomena that has great destructive potential for millions living near volcanic features. (Vast tracts of the American NW, Italy, the South American Andes, any island of volcanic origin, Japan, Indonesia etc and etc)
We can say "No sane person would do that", and not be entirely wrong! But the line between genius and insanity is a thin one. And for those who are willing to skate close to it and accept the risks for the sake of better public safety understanding I would say "bravo".
Provided we can get past what seems like an abundance of high Trait-Neuroticism (sensitivity to negative emotions) that seems to dominate our society right now.
Nuts is part of the game. On your resume : nuts.
Wowzers!!!! I am a Washingtonian. This footage & experience is AMAZING!!! Thak you so much for your bravery.
It left me wanting alot. more.
Glad y'all are safe.
Bravery!!!!! Unhinged would be a better descriptive.
@Casanova Frankenstein Don't worry. They don't use their turn signals in Florida either.
Going where no one else has been so you can leave a trail of trash! Wow great job
Ok Karen
Who said they left anything? Quite presumptive aren't you.
Well sometimes good people doing good things gotta do what you gotta do,so there!!
They clearly stated they had to abandon all equipment! Actually im a presumptive NAZI! How do you like me now??
U just converted me into a Ryan MacFarlane Karen Killer! U got that Ryan MacTrollin?
Ultimate nightmare back in my climbing days... Falling into a hidden waterfall moat on a glacier... Heard of it happening to climbers on Baker years ago and various mountains with the bodies never being recovered...
Anyhow, thanks for sharing your awesome experience... Anytime someone wonders why I have 3 full sets of dry gear nested within an Arcteryx Acrux 50 pack, I will refer them to this video... Digging out a platform on the glacier, pitching and anchoring a HIlleberg tent (I recommend the Allak), and you can take winds up to 100mph even with a partial wind wall. I chuckled and little when you pitched on those poopy rocks and laughed when the tent was coming apart, been there done that...
"we don't even know how to get out of here. We were Flown in, so even if we wanted to, we couldn't get out of here" this is the team that you want planning your next exploration....🙄😑 No back up plans. No emergency plans. Nothing. Just go in and hope for the best.
Yah, i heard that also and thought, "oh really? I thought these guys were professional explorer scientists?! They cant figure out how to climb out?! I thought studying the volcano is what they did BEFORE they went there so they knew the topography and environment?
So hilarious.
Yah dont give these guys anymore grants unless it is for studying urban landscaping.
Bad planning all the way around. They should have had a escape route planed out before going in. GPS and photos of the area the were heading into before leaving should be proper practice.
Good job, guys. Proud of you and the work you do. Keep safe.
I’m so grateful ya’ll chose life over your film & equipment!!
To many chose wrong. And you were rewarded with getting it all back.♥️♥️♥️♥️
Just looking at that crater gives me the creeps. Going into it is insane
This is incredible... so grateful for people brave enough to go into volcanoes to help prevent tragedy.
Well shared, and well articulated! Even if the production crew only saw "an awesome original story", they managed to push back the barriers of knowledge of a geologic phenomena that has suddenly taken the lives of perhaps millions who didn't understand the risks they were taking.
Oh, and the also netted an awesome original story!
What an experience. Thanks for going & thanks for sharing.
Kinda sucks everyone calling y'all dumb when I'm pretty sure everyone on that team is gonna score way higher than these those guys. You guys are crazy,smart, excited people and it shows in your smiles guys great shots.
Be glad that no Sasquatch had been there too. Great pictures from the caves. Congratulations ! Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹 Europe!🏔🏔🏔👍🇦🇹🇦🇹🛶🥨🍺
They had to cut that part out.
Considering the eruption was in 1980 that Glacier has formed incredibly quickly, how long before it spills over the edge?
you see it has to do with altitude and...oh never mind, i think i will teach my dog about dark matter...i might have a chance in hell with him...you have a great day Spanky!
Dude ignore that idiot other guy, you gave a perfectly valid observation. It's one of the very few glaciers in the world that are actually growing rather than shrinking, and this is because it lies in the shadow of the cone of the volcano. The blast from the eruption was directionally north, and the volcano of course is in the northern part of the states, so the glacier is never exposed to direct sunlight. When the glacier advances such that the advancing end reaches an area out of the shadow, the sunight will likely slow the advance as this area melts and weakens. The main body of the glacier will still build though, and the sheer mass will continue to push it along. Additionally, the periodic ash-fall onto the glacier acts like a blanket, insulating it and keeping the heat out.. The major danger of this glacier is that it sits right next to the lava dome and very close to molten magma below the surface at several hundred degrees C or F. If the glacier becomes directly exposed to hot lava/magma it could cause serious meltwater issues resulting in mudflows, debris flows and lahars which will be devastating on the "downstream" for miles.
@@philtripe Lol, it really isn't about Altitude, it has more to do with the shadowing of the Volcano and most importantly the constant landslides which cover the snow preventing it from melting so, go back to talking to your dog buddy, he seems likely more your speed anyway.
Good question.
OPB also put out a video on this topic.
Last I'd heard, and this is from 2017, so it may be a little old, the USGS figured the glacier was just about at equilibrium between growing and melting where it is above the Loowit Channel. It's not going to get much larger until something changes, like the 2004-2008 dome-building eruptions. I should have more up-to-date information in a month; if there's anything new, I'll post another comment.
Regarding the lahar threat; it's very real, and very present, but actually, and this surprised everyone during the 2004-2008 eruptions, the insulation of the mass of ice actually kept the glacier mostly intact despite the magma squeezing out through it. The new dome punched through the deepest part of the glacier, and mostly levered it out of the way rather than melting it, which is why it filled in the front of the crater. However, we might not be so lucky with the next dome, depending on how hot it is and where it comes up.
Wow. You successfully captured the scale and enormity of the location. Thank you for the new perspective.
Thank you for the work you guys do and the guides do! Blessings!
Camping in the crater of an active volcano, what could go wrong?!
Wow. That is truly frightening! I'm glad everyone made it out without major injuries!
Seeing these guys in that crater is amazing. I saw the 1980 eruption out my bedroom window. That was truly amazing.
Glad everyone made it out OK.
Eddie Cartaya and Brent McGregor are a couple hard-core outdoorsman. They explored new glacier caves on Hood, St Helen's, and Ranier.
I'm so glad you all are out safely and you took great footage so weenies like me can see what it looked like. I love the internet and thanks for sharing your experience.
I want so many more details about your hike down!!! That entire journey sounds terrifying.
Incredible footage! The chance to go somewhere no one else has been is rare these days! I like caving but I'm not sure I'd go into a cave that slowly moves.
WOW what a awesome trip you guys had. The closest experience I had to this was as a kid we went to St. Helens Ape cave. To me it was such a mind blowing experience. I love your channel
Glad other people have the strength, skills, knowledge & fortitude to venture into places like this to share with us. And it's really cool to realize how close this very unique environment is to where I live. I can see it right from my window as I type this comment.
The concept of a glacier cave is to me just “stay away.” Has
That was breathtaking, totally incredible underground cathedral you found there....thanks so much for showing this. Subscribed for more!
What an amazing and incredible Adventure! Thanks for sharing beautiful
I always felt that raw geology has a compelling majesty about it.
That looked really fun.
A USGS Volcanologist took us on a private tour around the caldera about ‘85-‘87. That person told us that “it would blow again”. They did not say How many times, nor how frequently.
This is not an amusement park ride.
Wow. So amazing and everything ended ok. Thanks for sharing
Anything could've happened and you risked yourselves for reasons partly selfless,and partly selfish..and for that..I thank you ✊😎
U did a good job , we as a human would never know or understand how these glaciers are still alive must be remarkable to even imagine to be there ❤
Risky... Adventurous... Thrilling... great video! 👍👍👍
Awesome experience, thanks for the share!
Awesome adventure guys beautiful images. Glad y'all made it out safely.
Omg u guys had such an awesome experience thanks for sharing
Amazing Amazing, show.. Glad you got the shots and exited out safely..
Real life modern day adventure captured in audio visual media!
Thanks for that effort😎
So did you find gold?
I can't believe y'all got to get that. It was beautiful down there. Congratulations. I know I'm a year behind but better late then never.
You couldn't get me to go into the crater for all the money in the world. The risk of going into the ice cave, unbelievable. You could be crushed by the cornice collapsing, one of the massive ice blocks shifting or rock falls.
Mountain climbing is dangerous enough, this is tempting fate. Glad everyone made it out safely.
Loved this. Fascinating and fun to watch. Subbed!
Glad the whole crew is fine, God bless.
And the added information of what this Mt and that eruption long ago, provides a lot of information about how fast rushing water can carve the earth.
Answers in genesis has been doing a wonderful documentary for anyone interested, including the crew in this video.
Be safe, keep your eyes open, and thank God.
Dangerous, but very cool. A lifetime memory very few people will ever have. 👍
What an awesome story. Glad y'all got home safe!
Brave people, interesting expedition... Though some will call it crazy, these are, in fact, the shoulders humanity stands on, from Mount St Helens to the Moon, Mars and beyond.... Another was Chuck Yeager, the West Virginia who broke the sound barrier. Mr Yeager left us just a few hours ago, at 91, I believe they said... Condolences to his family... and may this flight take him right thru Heaven's door. R.I.P.
Awesome job an thanks for sharing !!
Why not make a wind wall out of rocks? I would of stacked a bunch of rocks up and set my tent behind it so that way the wall would block the wind.
Joel Smith lol trueee
That was something to watch !
Just goes to show...nature can never be beaten
They flew me into the crater of the volcano with permission of course. And that glacier seems to be getting bigger or bloating up. Awesome sight.
What a shock! They encountered actual danger inside the crater of an active volcano? I find that hard to believe….
The words Amazing, Thrilling, Life Changing, doesn’t express correctly what I just watched ! Thank You for doing this and sharing with the World !! I’m Grateful Everything turned out as well as it did ! I wonder what happened to each member when you come back home, all the aftermath ! Colds, weight loss, ?? Beautiful !!! The Earth is So Alive !!! Thank You !
Awesome and scary ! Thanks for the view !!
Wanted to see more video of the cave system not just the process of getting there although that was cool. Understood there was a storm brewing but just seemed like you guys got a lot more than you're showing us LOL
What you're seeing here is the behind-the-scenes story. If you'd like to see the complete story about the caves themselves, you can watch that one here. Thanks! : th-cam.com/video/6o0fFp6z4aE/w-d-xo.html
When ‘adventure’ doesn’t care about YOUR plans...OR whether you DIDN’T QUITE THINK THINGS THROUGH. One of THE very BEST examples of that saying ‘“Just because you CAN, don’t mean you SHOULD”
These guys are what I call future statistics.
rdaystrom True but we all become a statistic sooner or later.
nah that’s prolly a green screen
Clams McGee Can we just agree that the main stream media news is on the same level as Westborough Baptist Church. It’s all a bunch of hate and lies and we probably shouldn’t even be talking about it
Darwin Award winners
future stats.....? that's what i call future barbeque...........!!
A glacier so quickly!? "How dare you, mother nature!"
Thank you, Oregon Field Guide crew! Your Mt St Helen’s stories have been so exciting, you really scrapped to get it🕊⛺️🎥
Oh yea, the horror of being flown in.... yea, so tough... OF course the hike would have taken them all of ~4-->8 hours to get to the same destination if they weren't fat old slobs out of shape. The horror of having to walk ~5 miles out to a trailhead and be picked up. So "tough". Boo hoo hoo
As the captain from Wall-E adequately put,
"I don't want to survive!
I want to live!"
Excellent work! Ya’ll are Superstars! 🌟
Thank you!
Wow, great expedition!
Wow! Glad Mt. Saint Helen's kept quiet! 🙏🙏🙏
Great video!
Thanks for the adventure
Stunning!
Glad you got out safely ☺️
Thank you for the great video's.
Amazing story.
Wow! Kudos for you guys!!!
This is like something Alex Honnold might do. Same type of courage I suppose. Fun to watch but also very.suspenseful.
Hope they had lots of spare bottles for those SCBA packs because even the largest ones with a 45 minute air capacity rating can be used up fast when you're working hard.
It's not stupidity about filming and being on the mountain but if you don't know how quickly weather can change around mountains well there you go for those who are making stupid comments! Field Explorers or any field of research always takes some form of risks!! I love their adventure on the mountain. It shows how quickly events go from perfect to hell on earth!
Incredible story!
I was there on may 18 1980 with the KVAL
news crew..
I don't know whether I applaud these guys or think they are stupid. Adventure is such a subjective thing. Anyway, a great story and a great video, so well done.
The guy was motivated by not being to have access.
Documenting these things is important for science and posterity, they must have put forward a good proposal in order to get permission to go there, and they clearly had the right support crew. Risks like this are often worth taking when opportunity presents to the right people, so I say "fair play" to these guys for having the stones to do it. If I were a younger man I'd love to have joined them!
@@WolfricLupus What scientific items were studied? I see a bunch of guys who went down a hole to say they went down a hole. They endangered themselves needlessly to see something "cool".
@@kennethfharkin - They mapped and recorded the ice caves in a highly dynamic environment. Not sure what other information they gathered but mapping alone gives important information into the make-up, behaviour and dynamics of the glacier. Also it provides geomorphological information to future scientists who need to go there for other reasons, or if others go to investigate any change in the local dynamics or morphology, which can then enable us along with other data to understand how the volcano is changing over time. Any information about the place, which they bring back, can lead to any number of other scientific questions. Scientific research is far more than going to a place and taking some physical samples. Someone has to lead a pioneering expedition to any unknown and unexplored areas first to gather basic data with which to inform subsequent visits.
@@kennethfharkin - If you watch the video on the same channel as this, entitled "Glacier Caves Discovered on Mount St Helens" it gives you a more detailed account of the actual expedition, explains the extremely highly experienced cavers' team, the mapping they do, the analysis of dangers etc., whereas the video on this page mainly skirts around that a bit from the perspective of the film-makers. This trip would have been made by the cavers with/ or without the film crew. The OPB crew were just along to film it.
Talk about a "well duh" moment. You're in an active volcano, lucky that you didn't fry up.
Be careful what you wish for. Thank god you made it out alive!
Ok o need to watch whole vid Tanks for heads up &less waste of data!!
This made me laugh. 🤣❤️🤣❤️
3:52 - See the guy in the yellow suit with the sleeves hanging/dragging? Just roll your sleeve cuffs up 1 or two turns (loosen velcro first) - or sooner or later you're gonna put an axe or crampons through the arm or worse, trip and fall due to it. Worse if someone else stands on it because you can flip them if you move too quick. It's a quick simple solution and reversed in 2 seconds.
Been up to the exclusion zone a couple times
Wouldn't wanna be on the receiving end of some of those boulders man.
It's only a matter of time before the remaining sections of St. Helen's collapses.
The cone is doing it's thing rebuilding the mountain
Any interesting rock hounding up there?
That was Amazing !
You cant put a value on epic adventures and the confidence you gain when you succeed.
Thanks for the pix. I don't have to go there now, thanks again. :)