Man Survives Fall into Mount St. Helens Crater

Hey Salamander, Did not mean to hijak the thread. This happened practically in my backyard so I orginally jumped in casue it was of local interest. I had no idea it would evolve into what it has become.

Brian - anyway we can start a new thread and copy everything over starting with at least the fourth post? I would hate to see this thread that evolved out of the orginal die off cause no one knows it is here. I'm sure there are a lot of forum members who would like to weigh in that otherwise not know it was here.
 
Good idea, James. And Mike, thanks for chiming in, too! I'll get 'er done later today, and Salamander, it's my fault for the hijacking. Please accept my apologies.

I've trained cops, so I know EXACTLY the weirdness scale rating you're talking about. :D
 
Wow! 1300 foot fall and the guy survived? Incredible...

For those that get the chance to hike up Mt. St. Helens, it is really incredible. It is a moderate challenge in the summer. You start in the forest, move out of the treeline and into snow, progress from there to rocks and rocks, and finish with a sand dune. One way distance is about 5 miles, 4-5000 feet gain if I remember correctly. Coming down you can slide down the snow most of the way.

At the top it is really amazing to look into the crater. The distances are intimidating, and you can see and hear loose rocks falling from the rim. I would love to go back and see what the inside looks like now with all the activity in the last few years.
 
There IS the concern that SAR interferes with natural selection :eek: ...

One of the benfits of volunteering for SAR is the moral high-ground for all the toys :D:D !!

Seriously it is an honor to just be around some of these folks.

Cheers,
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Vary your sources, practice your methods.
 
River-8 said:
There IS the concern that SAR interferes with natural selection :eek: ...

One of the benfits of volunteering for SAR is the moral high-ground for all the toys :D:D !!

Seriously it is an honor to just be around some of these folks.

Cheers,
8

Vary your sources, practice your methods.
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Agreed. One of the things that I do keep in mind when dealing with the stupidity is that there are times when people with the proper experence, training and equipment get into trouble. Sometimes crap happens and people do have accidnets. Occasionally we do get calls of this nature although I can't seem to be able to think of any off the top of my head.
The other thing that helps is knowing that despite the individual(s) attempts to remove themselves from the gene pool we either provide clousure for the family or save the family from the pain of coping with the death of a loved one. Who knows maybe buy saving somebody we open their eyes and the change their ways. One can hope.
 
James 61 said:
... Who knows maybe buy saving somebody we open their eyes and the change their ways. One can hope.
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There's an individual who absolutely KNEW they were dead. No doubt. The end.
We managed to intervene, and years later I bumped into them; they were quite
adamant that day their life changed - for the better, as it turns out :).

Rather makes everything worth it; 'pears there IS hope!!

Nothing we can do about stupid, so lets work on ignorance...
 
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