#MountStHelens | April 12, 1980

After a restless night, filmmaker Otto Sieber and climbers Andy Sterne and Brian Witt finally reach the summit of St. Helens.

They find a desolate moonscape covered in ash and pockmarked with rocks. Enormous cracks crisscross the mountain.

#MountStHelens | April 12, 1980

After filming their beer ads on the summit, the volcano quiets, and Sieber, Sterne, and Witt begin their long descent.

Later reports indicate the commercials were for Olympia and Budweiser. Neither company bought the ads. They remain unaired.

#MountStHelens | April 10, 1980

Scientists note the summit crater has grown over the last two days. “We could stay in the same (eruptive) pattern for days or weeks,' says USGS's Don Mullineaux.

With no new developments, the national media starts getting bored.

#MountStHelens | April 11, 1980

With nightfall creeping on the mountain, filmmaker Otto Sieber and climbers Andy Stern and Brian Witt are forced to halt their ascent due to a sudden eruption.

Clouds of steam and ash boil into the sky, tinted red by the setting sun.

#MountStHelens | April 11, 1980

#Seattle filmmaker Otto Sieber, with seasoned #Cascades climbers Andy Stern and Brian Witt, begins their illegal climb of St. Helens before sunrise.

Their objective is to capture some up-close footage and shoot beer commercials on the summit.

#MountStHelens | April 8, 1980 🧵

A 5-1/2-hour eruption lasts from morning until early afternoon, during which part of Wishbone Glacier caves into the summit crater.

The Toutle Lake School District announces evacuation plans if St. Helens erupts during a school day.

#MountStHelens | April 12, 1980

As Otto Sieber, Andy Stern, and Brian Witt explore the summit of St. Helens, ash and steam begin to erupt.

The three walk to the crater's edge and watch the show at their feet. #volcanoes #cascades #geology #PNW #nature #washingtonstate #PDX

#MountStHelens | April 6, 1980

That's right, roadside sign in Cougar (that's
USGS scientist Pete Lipman in the picture).

Today, St. Helens is covered by clouds, and snow and muddy 'ash rain' are falling in some areas around the volcano.

#MountStHelens in 1980 | April 7

The AP reports of Fred Miller, a 21-year-old climber and anti-nuclear activist from Skykomish, who climbed St. Helens on April 4. Miller describes the climb as a 'real intense life experience.'

#washingtonstate #climbing #kingcounty #wastate

🌋 #MountStHelens | April 9, 1980 (delayed)

The U.S. Forest Service designates Mount St. Helens as a protected 'geologic area,' curtailing future land use changes.

Though quakes constantly shake him, Harry Truman remains adamant that he's safe at Spirit Lake.

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What an event! I remember how I felt back then and all the research I did at the library.

This is my most recent favorite #MountStHelens story I learned of from my sister-in-geology geek loVe.

#GophersVStheVolcano ! 🌋🐇💜

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#MountStHelens | April 6, 1980

Before the snowstorm settled in on the mountain this morning, the USGS Coldwater I station's time-lapse camera captured the sunrise over St. Helens.

#timelapse #otd #volcanoes #cascades #pnw #geology #washingtonstate #history #oregon #portland

#MountStHelens | April 7, 1980

Tom Schell of ABC News updates viewers about St. Helens on World News Tonight. Geologist Tom Benson of Portland State University analyzes today's phreatic activity at the summit.

#volcano es #OTD #1980s #WashingtonState #PDX #Portland #PNW #history #volcano

#MountStHelens | April 11, 1980 recap

#ICYMI : Today's Sieber/Sterne/Witt illegal climb story—  as told through the videos posted today.

#PNW #Portland #Oregon #WashingtonState #PDX #Volcano es #1980s #Outdoors #Climbing #Cascades #Volcano #Science

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Cascade Range volcanoes at normal background levels of activity this week: ow.ly/U6px50R9Ko5. Small earthquakes detected at Mount Baker, Mount St. Helens. Close-cropped image shows 1980-86 & 2004-08 lava domes within crater of #MountStHelens (courtesy of Saisha Brody, WWU).

#MountStHelens | April 4, 1980

Scientists, public safety officials, and loggers meet to get people back to work. The worst-case eruption scenario at St. Helens is a once in a 2-3,000 yr. event, says the USGS' Rocky Crandall.

'I'll work under those odds,' says one logger.

Mount St. Helens 🌋 - Ein Symbol für Kraft & Neubeginn seit seiner Eruption 1980. Von zerstörten Wäldern 🌲 bis zur Erneuerung - die Natur in ihrer ganzen Pracht 🇺🇸 #MountStHelens #KEROLINA #USAreise #WashingtonState #Reisen #Natur

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#MountStHelens | April 4, 1980

Today's clear skies showed eruptions lofting ash as high as 16,000 ft, visible after a snowstorm hid St. Helens yesterday.

Four Clark County residents suffered minor injuries in a plane crash while flying near the mountain.

#MountStHelens | April 5, 1980

60 WA National Guard members begin overseeing roadblocks around the mountain, relieving the pressure on local law enforcement running out of funds.

Four safe viewing areas — some on I-5 — are being proposed as alternate places for gawkers to watch.