the last 500 feet below the rim

November 3, 2007 • Monitor Ridge, Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument • Skamania County, Washington

Coordinates: 46.18852,-122.18862
the last 500 feet below the rim [Monitor Ridge, Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Skamania County, Washington]
Filename: 20071103-123826.jpg 2592x1944 pixels, f5.0 @ 1/1000 sec
At any given moment, about half the climbers were moving and half were resting. The last quarter-mile feels brutal.

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