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Whoops, walked too close to the edge, fell into a volcano

moshquerade

moshquerade

No Lifer
Hope they get him out alive : /


Climber plunges into crater of Mount St Helens volcano
February 16, 2010 5:52PM


DANGEROUS winds and unstable rocks have stopped rescue efforts to save a climber who plunged into the crater of the deadly Mount St Helens volcano in Washington state today.

The operation will not start again until tomorrow, The Oregonian quoted David Cox, undersheriff for Skamania County, as saying.

One rescuer had earlier reached the crater floor in the search for the 50-year-old but had to abandon his efforts because the high winds were dislodging rocks.

Mr Cox said there was no word on the condition of the missing man, but he had been blowing an emergency whistle.

Authorities last heard from him right before darkness fell.

The man was about 1.5m from the edge off the crater on a ledge when it gave way some time before 1pm local time.

A helicopter crew, battling turbulent winds, spotted him on a 45-degree snow slope near the bottom of the crater.

"One of the pilots thought he saw him moving his head around a bit," Mr Cox said.

The North Country EMS Volcano Rescue Team, which specialises in high-angle rescues, was called in.

Thousands of people climb to the crater's rim each year, although a warning on the U.S. Forest Service website says it is "unstable and can be hazardous at any time".

The mountain is an active stratovolcano in Skamania County, Washington, in the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanoes.

It is most famous for its catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980, in which 57 people died and hundreds of homes were lost.
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/wo...t-helens-volcano/story-e6frf7lf-1225831064784
 
Wow... this is weird because just last night I was watching some documentary about Venus and they kept showing some lava flows on some volcano. Then I thought "I wonder if anyone ever committed suicide by jumping into one of those lava flows...."
 
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Arcadio said:
Wow... this is weird because just last night I was watching some documentary about Venus and they kept showing some lava flows on some volcano. Then I thought "I wonder if anyone ever committed suicide by jumping into one of those lava flows...."
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Traveler's guide to the Planets? The one on saturn was awesome.
 
The episode on Saturn, it's pretty neat, one guy is saying we have the technology to survive on Titan (in suits) because even though it's cold, it's not THAT cold (-300f). It's just a matter of getting there. Basically, if we can get there, and land, there's enough resources for fuel, and with specialized thermal suits, we could literally fly around in a balloon and site see.
 
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