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Mount St. Helens, Then and Now

As a young woman, I climbed lovely, symmetrical Mount St. Helens three times. It had erupted in its early history, but wasn't considered particularly dangerous. At the top of 9,677' Mount St. Helens, I recorded my name in a "summit book" where my climbs became a part of the mountain's history.