blurpy Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 (edited) Trip: Mt St Helens - Monitor Ridge Date: 9/21/2007 Trip Report: Went up Thursday evening, camped out at the bivouac. It was cloudy, and I commiserated with some climbers signing out at Jack's while I signed in. They had been in clouds the whole time, and had seen nothing other than the sand at their feet. We built a fire and watched while it began to clear. I was up at 5am under a brilliant Milky Way, and the approaching dawn signaled a perfect day. We left the bivouac at 7.40. I reached the summit at 11.15 and my buddy at around 11.40. The sky was a bit hazy, but there were no clouds. Rainier and Adams were brilliant. There was a significant (we thought) tremor while we were at the edge of the crater. The rockfall got significantly louder and the whole ridge shook for a few seconds, while deep ominous sounds came up out of the crater. We were quite happy when that was over. During the descent we noted the smoke plume from a fire in the gorge. From our perspective it looked like the Mt Hood wilderness had exploded. Here are some photographs. Hardy souls can see the full album here: Mt Saint Helens Trip Gear Notes: Boots. Saw plenty of people in sneakers. Usually they were dumping out gravel or massaging sore ankles. Approach Notes: vehicular. Edited September 24, 2007 by blurpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blurpy Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 I neglected to mention that, even though this was no epic and earned us no hardman points, it was super fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fettster Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 (edited) Nice job, certainly a lot funner if you can actually see something when you crest the rim. Is that some green I see in the crater? I can't believe that wearing tennis shoes would be any fun at all. A nice bonus with the tremor huh? It's quite something to experience how the sound is directed up out of the crater. Edited October 17, 2007 by fettster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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