What I found on Mt. St. Helens 37 years after the eruption

This has been amazing to explore! Climbing to the top of Mt. St Helens and looking down into the massive crater below was a truly amazing bucket list item for me. It was the hardest climb of my life, but absolutely worth it. However I had no idea of the unbelievable magnitude of destruction the eruption left below the mountain. St. Helens erupted May 18th 1980 with such force that it changed the surrounding landscape and destroyed everything in it. Finding all the mangled abandoned trucks still sitting on the county side and walking through the lava tubes was just as incredible as being able to finally climb to the top of the mountain to see it for myself.
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[@aaron_h.]

A logging truck with a tree growing through it and a bulldozer buried in the dirt. Anyone else see the irony?

[@jonathanstuart7354]

Aaron H. Yeah

[@KID-he7of]

Nothing more powerful than nature.

[@desertranger3199]

That truck is from warehouser in longview and is where I was raised warehouser is a huge lumber company stil

[@huskyluva2180]

Kaeden Kersavage nice that must feel nostalgic

[@JSSQuelloAutentico]

@@KID-he7of There will be a day when humanity will surpass nature on earth, but only to end up destroying itself...

[@korndogz69]

I was 8 years old when St. Helens erupted. My Great Uncle owned part of the mountainside, and had cabins on it he rented out to people. That big crater facing the side of the lake is where those cabins used to be, and luckily no one was staying in any at the time. He had a ranch house in the area with animals, and his house was buried over the rooftop with ash. He and his wife both survived.

[@TerriZandecki]

Wow your survive the eruption on Mt St Helens that same as my grandpa James and he was a loger of Mt St Helens he saw it and he survived the eruption of that eruption?

[@korndogz69]

@@TerriZandecki I've personally never been to Washington state. It was my Uncle who was there. I remember seeing it on TV when I was 8.

[@TerriZandecki]

@@korndogz69 so you watch it.

[@williswhatchutalkinbout4367]

No he didn’t.

[@TerriZandecki]

@@korndogz69 I was a little kids in that eruption and such but you can't be that was eruption from 1980 to 2004 and that I was born February 12. Some Nascar driver on Born in 1980 Mt St Helens was in eruption. Kasey Kane , Danny Hamlin and Martin truex Jr and they both born in 1980. You not know believe that.

[@jeremyramsey8804]

That No Smoking sign is irony at its finest.

[@RF1RS]

The mountain didn’t follow that one lol

[@SP_3333]

👍

[@Karri_in_the_PNW]

This video gave me chills. I grew up in WA State and was in Eastern WA when Mt. Saint Helens erupted. It was scary. You couldn't even see your hand in front of your face because the ash was so thick. And back then there was no 24/7 cable news to find out what was happening. It was like the end of the world happened. When the ash started creeping into the house we all ended up in my Grand Fathers small underground wine cellar with a hand held radio trying to get a signal enough to find out what was happening. It was a week and a half later before we dug the car out of the ash and was able to slowly drive with very little visibility out of Easter WA. It was releif when we finally got out of there and onto the other side of the mountains. The air in Seattle was still really ashy but I remember seeing a ray of sunshine trying to Break through and you could at least see 20 feet in front of you. I have never under estimated that mountain since & always get a bad feeling when near it to this day. The landscape is nothing as it was but at least trees started growing again. It's not a Baren waste land as it was for many years after the volcano. Like I said in the beginning, I was getting chills watching you in this video just knowing what happened and what still can happen at anytime. Mt. Saint Helens and Mt. Rainier that was showing behind you in the video are both Ticking time bombs & someday it one of the two will blow again. I know this video is old but Thanks for sharing.

[@JustArcadia]

Wait, wasn't CNN established in 1980?

[@merricat3025]

​@JustArcadia June 1980 CNN established. Mt St Helen's eruption May 18 1980. Not everyone had CNN when it came out either.

[@yorkiepit]

Most of my family has lived in Washington State since my great grandparents settled there in the late 1800's generations. Some of them lived in towns where everyone got snow shovels and dug out the ash like it was snow, really heavy snow.

[@psyffee3755]

It's all fun and games until the Earth has indigestion

[@yeah3096]

CrystalLikesShibes Just give it some pepto bismol

[@dthacker2070]

Nah, just ate at Taco Bell.

[@patrickgragg5602]

You wouldn't believe how close to the truth you are , Mount Saint Helens and all the other volcanic activity literally are equal to pimples on humans face

[@doodledangernoodle2517]

Volcanos are just Earth pimples

[@deadeyes2803]

shut up

[@HunterCivilianPlays]

When a house destroyed 37years ago has the same fridge as you

[@anthony10370]

they don't make them like they used to

[@LaserGuy1]

wonder if it still works?

[@101Volts]

@@LaserGuy1 It would be funny if it does. I know there are older fridges that lasted a long time (although they were energy hogs) but that would be one interesting test.

[@deanpd3402]

@@mikebeesley3150 and you might be a poopy pants.

[@Heidisharree]

How much you wanna bet it still works?

[@Panzerkita61]

Really excellent job young man! I was in my home, in Vancouver, Canada, just finished showing. I was making breakfast when there was a HUGE bang. It felt like a truck rammed into the house. I went out in the paved lane and found a never before Crack was now running from the top of our chimney to about half way. I later found out is was the shock wave from Mt. Saint Helens eruption. My home was, as a crow flies, 290.3 miles away.

[@jamespyacek2691]

That's cool.

[@RobberHobbit]

Man that's incredible. Such a massive shock and so far away.

[@timnewman1172]

My cousin and his wife lived on Vashon Island at the time and they could hear & feel it there!

[@auggie803]

@@timnewman1172 -how far away?

[@triggeredcat120]

That is incredible.

[@carilee49]

I lived in Gresham OR when it blew. What a mess. I breathed in too much ash even though I tried to protect myself and husband and kids. I'm 72 now with severe problems with my lungs. I've been told that a lot of the problem was the ash. I have several books about the explosion and they tell the whole story in pictures. And I will always say "God bless you, Harry Truman". What a story he lived.

[@christopherwillows5515]

I live there now and I’m 24 just trying to picture this whole thing what was it like here? Grey ash everywhere I imagine but genuinely just wanting to learn more if you mind sharing.

[@joelledon8973]

I was 15 and living in Shelton, WA when it erupted. Shelton is 2 hours away and the noise was so loud I thought 2 speeding logging trucks had a head on collision in front of my house. I jumped out of bed and ran out to the street expecting to see brutal wreckage. Instead I saw the plume from the eruption. My first thought was that the Russians had dropped an atomic bomb, the plume looked just like pictures I have seen on TV. After the initial panic I remember being relieved it was “only” a volcano. After the plume left it was unbelievably eerie to look down the road and see nothing where a beautiful volcano used to rise above the trees. In 1981 I flew from Sea/Tac to San Jose and the view from the plane was crazy, it looked like a seen from an Apocalypse movie. You could see the direction the ash went, it spread out from the mountain to the East. The trees that were knocked down from the blast were all laying the same direction, away from the blast.

[@akiriith]

Joel LeDon that's an amazing piece of history, thank you for sharing it!

[@colinaugustyn2721]

That was probably scary im glad nothing happend to you :D

[@iaxivers7694]

You're 54?

[@jonathanunderwood4657]

@@iaxivers7694 so what that's not strange at all

[@astuka5034]

how scary!

[@bandit999124]

Let's all just hope Yellowstone never wakes up like this one did.

[@irritated888]

And none of them are fast enough. If Yellowstone goes up just enjoy the show.

[@janeiwasduncan8463]

When Yellowstone goes off 1/2 of the country goes bye bye.

[@paulriddle7818]

@@janeiwasduncan8463 all life goes bye bye.

[@phillipecook3227]

In the words of Bill Bryson: " anyone would want to stand well back".

[@phillipecook3227]

@@irritated888 as you kiss your arse goodbye .....

[@ryansheehan9462]

You are quickly becoming one of my favorite KZbin channels. For a history nut like me this is addicting. Thank you for what you do.

[@themaestro8671]

I honestly was thinking the same I love this guy! All that was missing was his wingman on this particular video

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

Natural history is interesting from any time but human history is only interesting 800+ years ago for me

[@markgriffin5889]

I was almost 17 when this happened. Thanks for bringing this back to life for those of us who remember it. What a thrill this must have been for you. Nice job!

[@toots810usa6]

Great video. I was a teenager when this happened, and a couple years later, I purchased a little castle that was made out of the ash as a souvenir. So 2 yrs ago I met a guy at work, and find out he is the one that hauled a couple semi-loads of ash out of there, and had all kinds of souvenirs made with the ash. I pulled out my little castle and he pulled out pictures and he still has the same castle. Small world for sure.

[@lynnlink4629]

Amazing true coincidence!

[@davidlamotta1994]

What if you breathe that stuff. What happens to you?

[@davepowell7168]

​@@davidlamotta1994 now cool snorting it would be safe

[@David_H__]

I don't know why this video was in my recommended feed, but I'm glad it was. Thoroughly enjoyed the video

[@yuurichito1439]

KZbin on drugs as always 😑😂🤣

[@kaileepeters5422]

Same

[@sactown9167]

Same. Yt knows what you need.... 😂 jk

[@highclasswhitetrash9027]

Agreed.

[@cynthiaayers7696]

Because they keep track of what you like to watch, and recommend something around that same topic. Keep tabs on what you watch and you'll see what I'm talkin about.

[@Xehxna]

Thank you kindly for posting this, do to my muscle disease ide never be able to see these without people like u sharing your experience and journey with us.

[@acousticshadow4032]

I live in New England, and was 24 when St Helens erupted. I distinctly recall some TV station interviewing Mr Truman, and him committing to stay & ride it out. This eruption was a major national event that was well advertised long before the fact. Great job on this video, young man!

[@christopher9727]

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Seek his Holy Spirit for guidance peace and purpose today Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus

[@merricat3025]

I was 16. It doesn't seem that long ago

[@dukee3871]

As a Private First Class in the Army and stationed at Fort Lewis, we were ordered to the mountain about 10 am on 18 May 1980. We hauled fuel for the helicopters for the rescue efforts. First a bivouac at Kelso so Jimmy Carter could stop by. Then moved on to Toutle airport so the choppers would be closer to the mountain. The old girl went off again Monday morning scaring the crap out of us all. Ash was 3 to 5 inches deep on everything within sight. There was a morgue set up for the bodies to be identified. An experience that will live with me forever. There are no words to express what we saw or did. It looked like the moon's surface or a war zone. This was a good video and a walk back in time for me.

[@GeminiWoods]

Thank you for your efforts. Must have been a hell of an experience.

[@SpeedDemonS7]

Thank you for your service sir

[@Sp4c3gl1d3r]

God bless

[@jessfucket]

Hey, thanx for doing that for us, man. Seriously.

[@stephentarabetz7192]

Dukee thank you kindly

[@sandyhyatt8463]

Thank U for the Incredible journey. I am disabled so I would never be able to see this 1st hand!! Please be Careful on your journeys....God Bless You!!

[@okami-san6675]

Sandy Hyatt Bless you! You seem like a very nice person! :3

[@sandyhyatt8463]

@@okami-san6675 Thank You!! You also are Very Nice to Bless Me!!.....I try to be nice & treat everyone the same way that I would like to be Treated.....Much Love & Blessings to U 🌻💜🌻

[@monsterdoc]

I watched it erupt when I was 7 years old. I will never forget the eruption and how the day turned to night because of the ash. Silly to think about it now but we all wore masks for a few weeks after the eruption. I also remember camping up at Spirit lake before and after the eruption and how much it had changed the landscape. Crazy to think this happened 41 years ago. Great video

[@jbbradford420]

My family and I lived there for 2 years. My step dad was in the Army stationed at Ft Lewis. We moved 2 weeks before the eruption. Our old house was destroyed. I was 3 years old. Also it’s neat you can see Mt Rainier in the distance. It’s about 50 miles away

[@roge7113]

I was 8 years old when we moved from Ft Lewis in 1979. Remember seeing it on the news, missed it by about 9 months

[@TMPplayz]

He’s not scared to walk in a cave alone, im scared to walk to the fridge alone at night😂

[@whatinthegoddamn]

i've been there its a pretty small cave tbh, and its well traversed so theirs like a 0% chance of spooky shit happening

[@cpulord2685]

I'm scared to go upstairs alone, too many horror movies.

[@user-yg7sq8sr8g]

Well what if the demons come after me

[@letsbehonest4221]

He is not alone ..see when he is on top of the mountain there is someone else in the back ground

[@riverdeep399]

TMP playz there was a female or two in the cave. You can hear half way through chatting voices. Still ballsy though.

[@johnhux7081]

Great Job Kid, Thank you for for taking me where I could never go.

[@nituakter2780]

Ur an idiot

[@Flowerysoobin]

@@nituakter2780 how?

[@Flowerysoobin]

@@nituakter2780 you're an idiot not john hux

[@davidmiller532]

It's not that hard a hike really,I have hiked up and down the Cascades.

[@mr.meeseeks2060]

If Lieutenant Dan could climb to the crows nest with no legs....... Just remember to stay relaxed

[@janetceniza8091]

Today is 7 Feb. 2021, I am 78 and what a wonderful way to see Mt. St. Helens, letting a young man do all the climbing for me.. Sights I would never see in any other way. Thank you so much.

[@sheilaholter4489]

As a local resident, I love that people appreciate the mountain and its history. I am also a day hiker and have been on trails around the mountain many times. Hiker etiquette is to always stay on the trail. And in the Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, it is posted everywhere that the land is protected to allow the habitat to regenerate naturally. I appreciate much of this video, but please, respect the land and stay on the trail.

[@RW4X4X3006]

Yes, after a cataclysmic event, how dare a human disturb the destruction.

[@leathernluv]

I remember going outside while the ash fell. I was a little kid, and I thought "Why is this snow not cold? Why does it not melt?"

[@larryhopper4228]

Cause it's ash it's just falling snow from the heat

[@swebbq131]

larry hopper He knows, he only explains when he was young...🤦‍♂️

[@democracy_is_truth7620]

@@larryhopper4228 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@lucasono9948]

@@larryhopper4228 r/facepalm

[@reindeercat337]

hMmMmMm weird warm snow

[@jimk1988]

I grew up here. Spent a lot of time at the Mountain before it erupted and after. It changed SO much literally in a matter of seconds. Places I went are no longer there. Buried and gone. The destruction was massive. Lives were lost. A place that was once so beautiful, so different now.

[@davidlamotta1994]

Is it fair to say mother nature is a fucking cunt?

[@janetlieb2507]

Sad!

[@espasmemuscular]

It truly was gorgeous, kindda sad. But it'll probably again in the future.

[@alukuhito]

It still looks incredibly beautiful though, but I guess in a different way.

[@FaithfulPuppy]

It's sad and beautiful. Lives were lost but life goes on. Mother Nature will find a way to take back what is hers

[@vincecallagher7636]

The amount of healing the mountain has gone through since the event is beyond anything we expected.

[@vincecallagher7636]

Truman knew what he was deciding, not sad.

[@dr.coomerphd4937]

Actually this is about the amount of healing expected after an eruption.

[@icemaun5379]

Never underestimate the amount of nutrients the ash holds from a volcanic eruption. Some of the best soil known to man was created from volcanic eruptions from the past.

[@belindasanders7072]

Ice Maun, I've heard that also many years ago.

[@belindasanders7072]

Vince Callagher it IS sad. I felt Harry's pain at the thought of leaving his everything. At his age it would have killed him. It's horrific to think of the way he died. RIP Harry.

[@simplysusan.4880]

Wow! This was truly amazing. Thank you. A bucket list experience thanks to you. I'm 71 years old so I truly am grateful.

[@nomad4k]

The best amateur video on Mount St. Helens there is.

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

Yeah it is. Pretty simple and straight forward

[@indigodragon0613]

I find the tree growing out of a logging truck ironic. Mother Nature does have a sense of humor.

[@michaelstrahan2.0]

Yes! Irony at its best!

[@greg1268]

That is AWESOME!!! I love it!!!

[@joethepainter8447]

Lol and the dozer burried

[@ElveeKaye]

I like the bulldozer with flowers growing around it, too.

[@kidgamer7172]

It had revenge

[@joealexander3268]

Amazing Video. So nice to not have annoying and distracting music or inappropriate commentary. Your genuine wonder and excitement of touring this incredible landscape were well expressed. You put so much effort into delving into interesting gems off the beaten path. Thanks so much for sharing the view of a place I and so many would love to explore!

[@janicenorman6712]

I am a volcanologist, was just there on the 18th this year!! Was amazing to see!

[@loendsti]

any info about yellowstone volcano? anything !, i hope, it is dormant

[@janicenorman6712]

@@loendsti nothing to really report, earthquakes continue. The whole system remains the same..

[@loendsti]

@@janicenorman6712 thank you

[@debbymccormack6525]

Lol, I read too fast. I thought you were a ventriloquist.

[@johnknowles2883]

The bulldozer is actually a log skidder and the thing with all the cables is called a yarder for logging

[@dustinmollison745]

no thats definitely a dozer

[@Rokynutz]

Dustin Mollison skidded. I have the same model at my house. The cabs are damn near identical

[@dustinmollison745]

@@Rokynutz thats so obviously a bulldozer, it has a winch not a claw, the blade is right there, and look at the picture at 6:51 and tell me tha thats not a dozer. The cabs being identical doesn't mean anything if they are both cats.

[@leejohnson2550]

Yea it's a skidder with a dozer blade😂

[@82dorrin]

Inventors of the Atomic Bomb: No explosion could possibly be more powerful than this! Volcano: Hold my beer.

[@missesmew]

Onyx1916 lol, wait til Yellowstone, make St. Helens look like a firecracker 🧨! Don’t think they’ll sell tee shirts though 😳

[@killerskillet]

Mother Nature is undefeated.

[@healthinspectorroy6616]

HA!

[@ThePhantomSephiroth]

@Stephanie Logan Toba: ''You guys are real cute.''

[@cjpow4867]

The people who invented the atomic bomb knew they weren't as powerful. Now a Nuclear bomb, like the tsar bomb is getting closer, but not by much. ( I understand this commented is a joke)

[@David.lovesU]

I vividly remember the ash landing on southern California the night of the eruption. Staying outside caused nasal problems of a burning sensation of fiery smoke. I had to go inside the sky was ominous red. The next morning we has a blanket of white ash on the roof it looked like frost. Thank you for the video

[@realist-2024]

I was a junior in high school living in the foothills of the cascades between Mount Rainer and Mt St Helen's...I will never forget that day...so surreal...it went from daytime to almost dark immediately and the ash fell like heavy snow covering everything in inches of Grey ash...not far from where I was folks were dying...when she went it was like the biggest bomb a person could ever imagine...I feel very fortunate to be here.

[@misharobinson1679]

Him: *throws a snowball at the mountain* Helens: Oh.. you really wanna play? *ground starts shaking*

[@tedgegi155]

40 years later today. RIP to all who perished on that fateful day.

[@kendrahordiyenko5498]

It's so hard to take in the amount of just, WOW. Its so cool how history still sits to be seen. Of what has been used. To a sight of history.

[@ronwilken5219]

Although I live a few thousand miles away I remember the eruption coverage on the news. I'd only been in Canada for about seven months. I've since read accounts by survivors of the eruption and the magnitude of it just baffles the mind. Your hikes up the mountain helps to scale the enormity of the eruption. The current crater looks like a huge open pit mine that would have taken humans fifty years to produce. Mother nature did it in seconds and we think we can control the earth with our silly laws and activities. That one eruption probably expended more energy than man has used in ten years. It truly boggles the mind. Thanks for undertaking this project. I wish you well on your future endeavours. Thanks from Canada's banana belt. 👍🇺🇲🌞🇺🇦🕊️🇨🇦🍌🥋🤞

[@divaden47]

Can't believe its 37 years ago. The mountain is just sleeping, they seldom die completely.

[@apexone5502]

It was 37 years ago during the time of filming. May of this year will mark the 40th year.

[@mamavswild]

It’s latest eruption was actually around 2009- pretty big one too. It’s very much alive

[@Ganiscol]

Reason being, the tectonic plate on which these volcanos are isnt moving as much as, for example, the Hawaiian islands, where its basically like a conveyor belt moving over the magma source, creating a volcano that grows to an island, spits lava for a while and eventually is cut off from the magma source as the plate moves past it. Then a new volcano forms at the bottom of the ocean, grows to an island, spits lava for a period of time and dies... There are, however, expected to be a few more very dangerous volcanos bubbling up in the region. Its not just St. Helens by any means...

[@marshalofod1413]

They ALWAYS die completely, at some point. There are, or have been, far more completely inert former volcanoes, than there are active ones. Four and a half billion years is a long time, to put it mildly, and most of the Earth's original crust has long since been subducted into the mantle, and along with it, any volcanoes that were once a feature of that original crust. Beyond that, there are still former volcanoes, in "modern" crust, which still exist, some of which are still clearly volcanic in origin, yet which are absolutely dead, being cut off from their magma sources, rendering them just another piece of terrain feature. Just because there are active volcanoes, some of which have been around many thousands of years, and some of them remain dormant, doesn't mean that they seldom die. It's just a matter of geological perspective vs. human perspective. The volcanoes always die, but vulcanism hasn't yet "died" either, though it too will also cease someday, as will the planet itself...

[@moonriseproductions]

The new thing to watch out for on Mt. Saint Helens is the Glacier forming at the top. If it gets too big, even a smaller eruption could melt it into a devastating Lahar (superheated ash and mud flow). This would easily cause immense destruction downriver of the volcano, without needing to be as large of an eruption as last time because the side has already been blown wide open.

[@ivorybow]

Thank you for doing this. I am getting on in years and would never be able to make the climb to see it now. I was 35 when the eruption happened. It was a huge HUGE event, that captured the nation's attention for weeks.

[@cherihill2003]

Well said. I was 38 when it happened and still remember it well.

[@davidlamotta1994]

If you live out there I'm jealous as that was at one time a beautiful place. Now, who knows when that damn volcano will have indigestion again?

[@juliewilson400]

I was 11 yrs old and remember it was all over the news. I don't recall much just that it was in the news

[@suzanne529]

I visited Mt St Helens a few weeks before it erupted. We got ash in Eugene, Oregon where I lived at the time. My son was born in August of that year. (That is how I remember how long ago it was!) Went back few years later and there was very little plant life there. It is amazing to see the changes over time.

[@lantose]

I went through in 1993 and it almost looked like it did in 1980. I was so mesmerized by it I bought the National Geographic magazine and kept up with it ever since and finally made it! Like he said, you have to be there in person to realize the scale of destruction! As far as you could see with binoculars to the NW was total devastation, just all gray and virtually no vegetation to speak of; just millions of trees scattered in the direction of the blast zone laid down like toothpicks in various directions based on the topography!

[@owenborg2535]

“Hope you could see that barrel roll” Plane: literally disappears out of existence

[@davidpitts5851]

It was just dimensional travel duh

[@juno1915]

Sounded like a Merlin. Prop driven aircraft. Either a spitfire or mustang. Theres the museum of flight and another group that have a great collection of classic war birds that fly.

[@bosun1908]

Oh honestly, you really make me sigh Borg!!

[@seanhatfield6736]

As soon as the plane disappeared I immediately started looking for the comment😂

[@Brandon_J]

Juno 191 I doubt there’d be an original merlin spitfire just casually doing rolls near Mt. St. Helen’s.

[@littlebirdlife2389]

I'd be afraid I'd find a skeleton in one of those trucks in the middle of nowhere.

[@Huanchee]

Pretty sure after everything was finally over and rescue crews could go in , they got all the bodies out there of the obvious spots such as ones in the vehicles, so the chance of him finding a skeleton there was slim. The ones no one could find chances are were either buried so deep in the ash and mud that they’d be impossible for someone to just “stumble” upon, or they were burnt to ash themselves and/ripped apart from the explosive eruption that you’d never find an even remotely complete body.

[@gringocolombian9919]

Also after 37 years they probably would have decomposed after being left out in the wilderness

[@imeepysleepy]

Yeah, the upside down truck probably has a body in it.

[@rhz5802]

Only 57 people died, scattered across almost 1/10 of a state, 40 years ago, in nature, tons of ash, and rescue crews got rid of the main bodies

[@dporter5936]

Logging equipment was outside the original "red zone". It was Sunday morning, no one was working those sites. Ditto for the Weyerhauser Log Yard which was flooded out by the mud. There was a crew on the fringes, that were hit by the hot ash, but all 4 survived, if I remember correctly. Only Johnson on the ridge, & Harry at his hotel on Spirit Lake, of known victims, were never recovered.

[@Tinaf653]

I keep coming back to this video. I have a fascination of sorts with that eruption, (at the time though, I was only a 3 year old here in the UK) and something keeps pulling me back to this. Amazing stuff! Hope you had a good long rest after that!

[@owlivdejong5086]

I'm just a bit older and my grandparents lived in Washington at the time hundreds of miles from the volcano. Falling ash covered everything and my grandpa just sprayed everything off with the hose. That night watching the news he learned it's destructive and dangerous to mix ash and water. The mixture produces lye/caustic soda/sodium hydroxide with a pH close to 14.

[@vananderson2895]

Just an FYI, the trees in Spirit Lake, for the most part, were not blown into the lake by the volcanic blast. Rather, the landslide that came off the collapsing north flank of the volcano plunged into the lake, sending a gargantuan wave up the north slope behind the lake. That wave denuded the hillside, bringing the trees into the lake and creating the raft of logs you still see today.

[@micheleh5706]

I remember this day very well. I lived in Springfield, Oregon about 200 miles South of Mt. St. Helens. The sky was grey and ash was falling. I could not believe what I was seeing. It was sad to think about all the people who lived closer and about those who lost their lives that day. Thank you for sharing this. I have often wondered how it looked today.

[@TerriZandecki]

Wait you live in Springfield Oregon after that volcano eruption! And you see ash in the mountains.

[@quickgirl80]

And considering the distance the wind was blowing to the East when the eruption happened which is why Yakima was covered & Portland barely got any ash.

[@Chiller01]

Wow I was living in Eugene then. Just other side of the highway. It was a very strange time.

[@jerrimichael7561]

Thank you for exploring and sharing this adventure with all of your viewers!

[@michaelbedinger4121]

This is a great video, thank you very much for all your efforts. I remember when Mt. St. Helens erupted. My supervisor, at a job I had at the time, had just gotten his car painted. It was a early 1960s mercury, either a comet or a Monterrey, I forget which. He had to keep that car in his garage until there was no more ash in the air.

[@narrowstone5363]

"so I'm about a mile down, deep in this lava tube", please lord never let me hear this again

[@youcamp132]

That's really just how far into the lava tube he is. It's not very far underground, maybe 10 to 20 feet at best as I recall.

[@youcamp132]

@@sylvieanderson2779 It's really not that bad Sylvie. I've done it a dozen times, even with my 8yo kids at the time. It's not scary, it's not hard except in a couple of spots. But even they weren't anything of concern.

[@ginnybagwell1580]

Thank you for showing me things I would never see in my life. I enjoyed all the things you pointed out. Thx

[@kathleensullivan4547]

Lived in so cal when this happened..within seconds it was all changed.. incredible ❤ thank you for making the hike 🙂 I was an avid hiker but injuries ended that so thank you so much for taking me on this journey

[@Calbrea]

I remember this happening. I was living in So Calif and the smoke drifted across the country and states. Later after the eruption we headed up to Idaho to move some furniture so we went by St Helens on it's eastern side but we did not get close enough to see the damage, I do remember seeing the Trucks in this video and I also remember them interviewing Harry Truman before the explosion. I ended up living outside the Seattle area and nervously watching the mountain on the drive up. Interesting place.

[@MtnTow]

US gov: Build here. Volcano: kills people. US gov: Now pay to hike it.

[@graysonc.6661]

Well you need to understand that when this volcano blew up there would’ve been more deaths if the scientist their hadn’t warned them and if the government hadn’t listened. This volcano is still incredibly active, they want to keep it safe and let the landscape develop.

[@Hollywood2021]

So taking hikers money is a safety measure? That’s rich.

[@ShinXer0]

@@Hollywood2021 stonks ⬆

[@robertplant9694]

Hollywood preventing mass tourism to allow plant regeneration

[@Brandon_J]

Hollywood if it was free, dozens of people would be going a day, increasing the risk of more people dying if something were to happen again. Also what’s wrong with getting some extra money from some tourism? This isn’t the USSR, you have to pay to see cool things.

[@tolget4684]

A few years after St Helen's erupted, I was in junior high school. I remember kids that went there on vacation, would bring back ash in a bottle. Stores would sell them as souvenirs.

[@dontswin]

Plenty of that on ebay as I just looked. I'll probably get something.

[@indianlakeohio1050]

I have an ash vase from MSH.

[@michaelwheatley3873]

Being a fan of trucks and trucking history and a retired trucker, that tandem axle with the smashed cab and the tree growing through the frame looks like it may have been one of Weyerhaeuser’s old Kenworth dump trucks; the truck with the brush all around was definitely a Chevy/GMC. The engine almost looks like if it could be extricated it would run. Amazing footage you captured. And the lava tube!!!

[@phillipecook3227]

That was really fantastic. Your footage of the torn crest of the volcano was especially incredible. Trying to imagine the sheer scale .... the noise, the violence, the release of pent up energy and heat at the top where you were filming .... terrifying.

[@speedyfalcon5618]

The truck having no radiator fluid seems to be the least of the problems with it

[@George83_Thomas]

speedyfalcon 561 No doubt! How’s someone supposed to drive that thing without a license plate on it?

[@judithfenske2311]

Did anyone notice the DRIP when he lifted the lid?

[@davidlamotta1994]

I agree. But as the commercial once said, it was built Ford Tough.

[@rileyhogan8248]

@@davidlamotta1994 I bet that old Y Block would run, too.

[@garygetty6599]

The radiator wasn't dry I seen a drop of water fall off the cap it's just low and probably take a couple gallons

[@sirenwerks]

The equipment you found at 7:26 is a Skagit brand cable yarder, which winched logs off of the mountain, and at 9:35 was a lumber company fire pumper.

[@samstarr7766]

They should of brought a bigger fire pumper.

[@jaymoe5.7]

that fire pumper has a W block 409 in it too, pretty desirable for a hot rod or muscle car when built right, I'm sure that one is junk tho.

[@brianmcdonald6519]

He did mention it right at the beginning. He showed all those trees laying on the ground, and stated how they were all blown off the mountain in the explosion.

[@orygun9mm761]

I wonder where the tube ended up? Didn't see it. Maybe Weyco salvaged it.

[@TheJstroud24]

I have now lived on the north and south side of St Helens and that restaurant has my absolute favorite burger. Most gorgeous area I've ever been to in person

[@timnewman1172]

I was a teenager when it happened, and got to go there in 1981... there was still a large exclusion area then so we couldn't get close, but it looked like a moonscape. I'm amazed how big the trees are now!

[@theowinters6314]

Thank you for getting the hiking permit. So many other youtubers wouldn't bother, so it's awesome that you did.

[@4406bbldb]

Chrysler dissected some emergency vehicles from the Mt.St. Helen's area. I was one of the mechanics. It was amazing to me how the ash totally clogs the air inlet in 10 minutes but further in the engine bearings are ruined and the wheel bearings and alternator bearings are shot to. All failed within minutes. There was a cop that understood the choking of the air filter and cleaned (shook the ash out) every couple minutes. Saving his life and giving us the best example of ash intrusion to a operating car.

[@diane9247]

Interesting! Not only is the video informative, the comment thread is, too. (Some of it, anyway.)

[@twatbass]

Great comment Don, yeah I bet that dust soaks up oil and grease quick and the bearings destroy themselves. Now imagine what it would do to your eyes and lungs. Horrible.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@twatbass it's ground glass, I believe.

[@MrGaryGG48]

When that first eruption went off, the plum was carried east for several states. I saw news photos of Yakima and Spokane police cars with panyhose stretched over the engine's aircleaners as a "pre-filter" and apparently it was fairly effective. They had a hell of a time getting the ladies wearing them to sit still, but it worked pretty well!! ;^)

[@Emiliapocalypse]

That’s so fascinating! I know nothing about cars, would have most certainly sucked ash and died. There was another commenter here who mentioned driving a 69 VW van with an air cooled engine the day of the eruption, and having to change his plans and stick around in the area for 3 months before he could be sure engine would survive the drive. Smart decision!

[@pablojose4890]

I remember traveling through this area right after she blew. I feel so old! I still have the "Where Were You When The Mountain Blew?" T-shirt.

[@aunamonet]

wow!

[@twinteensmom]

I was 17 when Mt. St. Helen's blew. I remember seeing the devastation on the TV, hearing that it would be a couple of decades before trees returned. I also remember thinking that meant I would be close to 30 and couldn't picture it. Then, in 2010, I heard that it was the 30th anniversary and couldn't believe how fast time had flown. Funny!

[@davidb1089]

Being a gear head and loving ancient machines I really wish I could save these.

[@dontswin]

As crazy as it sounds you may be able to coordinate this with funds and backing with the Federal government for something related to the Smithsonian Institute. The Feds give monies to all kinds of weird projects and special interests. There probably is some groups you could contact.

[@davidb1089]

@@dontswin oh ok

[@nipafilms236]

Lot of work with these machines if you want restore :p

[@LaughingblueSu]

May, 1980, we were fishing the Satsop river when a big "boom" made the ground shake. We jumped up and threw gear in the car and raced for home. The ash was like driving in a Blizzard. The ash scraped the windshield and ruined it. It was hard to breathe. No one went anywhere for a couple days.

[@albertkundrat814]

In mathematics, one radian of a circle is 57.3 degrees! A possible coincidental meaning in 57? Did Mout St. HELENS give out one radian of fumes to cover 57 People?

[@Alexkk47]

I was just about to say imagine fishing at that lake and you see the volcano erupting

[@anggahartoto]

Same goes for my dad, just he was on a business trip with his boss and the CEO when a nearby volcano erupted Edit: The ashes went for about 300+ miles, he only rely on Google Maps, this was about 4 or 5 years ago

[@homerosanchez204]

Please tell us more. Did the blast wave reach you?

[@Mike_Greene]

14:15 came to an end, stopped flowing.... omg make it make sense.

[@eganfo]

Great stuff. I’ve climbed the mountain a few times and the scale is so hard to comprehend until you’re there. Thanks for the wonderful video.

[@TheBrunoNet]

Thank you so much for this! I took my kids up there two weeks ago and didn’t have the time to go looking for all these neat things you found. Can’t wait to show them your vid.👏🏼👏🏼

[@hatcher2262]

It’s like hiking and you’re doing the hard part. I can quit anytime I want and go lay down on the couch, in fact, it’s virtual hiking while laying on the coach and snacking on chips. This is great.

[@jaylew8408]

Awesome touch adding the side by side photos. As well as the input of audio maps from after it erupted. Not many put the little extra things that make a huge difference then had it not been added. Class act

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Jay Lew those additions added huge points in my book. It really helps someone like me who isn’t familiar with the area so we can really see how things were affected

[@nickjeffrey8050]

I totally agree! Without those pictures this wouldn’t of made it into my epic videos book

[@sallyrickerson9139]

I truly appreciated this breathtaking video! When you made it to the top, and saw the miles and miles of mountains, and scars from the eruption, that had to feel emotional.

[@irishluck6469]

Wow, this video just showed up in my feed today...and I am wowed. I am so captured by Mt. St Helens, learning about it never gets old. This was incredible footage and a great update to see what it's like up there! Since there would be no way I would do it! Thank you so much for hiking up there and showing us!

[@cowboygeologist7772]

"And here I am...in physical pain." LoL. Thank you SO much for taking us on this wonderful adventure!

[@pyromaniac354]

Seeing what happened here in new Zealand with our active volcano white island a few days ago is eerie,RIP to sightseers

[@cricketking8450]

gfy, I seen it on the news about the volcano in your country on white,s island, I don't understand why some of those people would get on the island knowing that volcano is about ready to Erupt. When Mount St, Helens, erupted I was in the Us Army, and stationd at Fort Knox, Kentucky, I remember seeing it on the news.

[@esco5593]

@Gregster Exactly, they even gave evacuation orders before the Mount St. Helens eruption, so I'm wondering the same thing. Almost everyone who didn't evacuate died. You'd think they would've got those people off the island, especially because I heard a lot of them were tourists with guides

[@dporter5936]

​@@esco5593 Most the St Helen blast victims were Outside the Red Zone. Only two were inside: Johnson, as a researcher observer, placed well past what they thought would be a deadly location, & Harry, at Spirit Lake, who refused to evacuate. There was a logging crew doing maintenance on the red zone fringes, who survived. Every other victim were at the wrong place at the wrong time. No expert expected the mountain to erupt to the side the way it did. That the experts know NOW it is possible doesn't negate they didn't know then. The "Red Zone" then was inadequate.

[@MM-zs7ir]

I was 15 and remember hearing about it all over the news. But seeing the films and photos as time progressed - I was mortified. Great presentation!

[@mrtraumaboyy4098]

I think this is the third time I have watched this one. For a Floridian who will never travel that far from home this is awesome!! Was an 8 YO kid with my grandparents in the Great Smokey Mountains when this happened. I remember watching it on TV.

[@michelleisker343]

I was camping 40 miles away from it, on the river in the morning when saw the sky black coming at us. Crazy time.

[@darbychai]

Could I hear more details? I like hearing everyones' stories

[@thatvampirelorraine]

@@darbychai yeah please wanna hear I was 10 living in an isolated highland community with Ltd media coverage , was it true about the Bigfoot bodies ?

[@rolodexpropaganda]

You too old to be on KZbin

[@griffon3226]

Rolodex Propaganda ?

[@MidnighttArtz]

@@rolodexpropaganda what do you mean? Please elaborate on your comment "Too old to be on youtube"

[@OhItsThat]

I was born in Portland Or in 77. One of my earliest memories is watching my dad clear ash off our car in the driveway with a mask on. I can remember thinking it was snow and wanting to go out and play. I don’t know about today but back in the 90s and early 00s you could dig down to ash in our yard.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Why not try?

[@docleadpill5556]

Because he's lying. Portland did not get ANY ash. I lived through it I know.

[@wileywheatley19ch]

Doc Leadpill my mother has a photo of an inch of ash on her car in southeast Portland everywhere within a 500 mile radius got at least a dusting of ash my uncle in Bozeman Montana got ash

[@ibringthepayne8365]

I came across your video today by chance while viewing something else entirely different. So, I'm not sure how this came to be, but I'm so happy I found your video, and channel! Thanks so much for your truly informative video! I love how you are actually exploring the mountainside with before/after visual. Climbing that mountain seemed remarkable! Not for everyone that's for sure! Our planet is one filled with wonder! Hope the best for you in all your endeavors, and adventures! I'm a subscriber!

[@dianebliquez4852]

Wow, enjoying footage near its anniversary explosion..I climbed it in 1988. So cool to see the trucks and appreciated the red dots with locations of recordings! Can't believe you hiked in lava tunnel first! You are fearless, thank you for this video!! I was 14 when it erupted and saw it from my house in Gladstone Oregon.

[@markkulyas2418]

I did all that from my lazyboy recliner, thanks man.

[@independenttntn3276]

Me too, and it wore me out!

[@sugarbombs6884]

After 37 years that bulldozer's turbo still looks so good. Chuck that on ya Honda 😆

[@timothycook2917]

Probably still has a better warranty than what you can buy new off the shelf today 😊

[@Gonzo.S.Thompson]

I was thinking if I saw that I'd take it off and rebuild it.

[@Gonzo.S.Thompson]

@@timothycook2917 maybe if your buying your turbos off eBay.

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

👊😁❤🇺🇸 THATS what Im sayin' homie'!!

[@kelownarealman]

A Honda would have still started. Not a chev.

[@wendysea1693]

Thank you so much!!! What a fantastic job you did making this and I'm glad you shared this with us.

[@OhMasters.]

Wow, what a awesome video! Thanks for taking me along with you to see this. Love your videos bub!

[@FrankiesFancy]

I want to say thank you to you for exploring and recording this. I was 20 when this happened. I was living in California. We watched on the news in amazement. I've always wondered about it but I never would have seen it if you hadn't went to all the trouble to do this so thank you.

[@debzter1039]

@frankiesfancy. I was also 20 when this happened. 😎

[@janebook294]

holy shit ,37 years ,where the hell did 37 years go ??????

[@skunkhollow1]

I want some of whatever you were smoking when you wrote this comment.

[@leatherneck7501]

All we are , Is Dust in the Wind .

[@Emiliapocalypse]

This had 37 likes til I just messed it up

[@IowaKim]

I was thinking the same thing. Wow.

[@rickmanley767]

I watched the explosion cloud from my front yard. So long ago now.

[@peggiegreen4420]

Wow!! That was incredible to watch!! I couldn’t keep watching when you kept going deeper into the lava cave, but continued to watch the rest after you came out! Again absolutely incredible! Thank you for sharing this and for all the hard effort in doing so! Be safe!

[@martinsalas9127]

Thank you for the video .. .yes nice climb .. really appreciate you taking us along up with yah peace.

[@geoffreyholland328]

Cool video bro. Here's some info I found about the trees from the Weyerhauser website. "1. Salvage Salvage and recovery plans began immediately. Much of the downed timber could be used, but was at great risk of insect damage and disease. Quick work was needed, but safely. After a government study to assess the hazards of working in ash finished, full-scale salvage began. More than 1,000 people were involved in the salvage efforts. Up to 600 truckloads of downed logs were removed each day. Salvage work continued for nearly two years. The efforts helped save 850 million board feet of timber, enough to build 85,000 three-bedroom homes."

[@bajoobiecuzican]

Thanks for sharing this information.

[@Mike_Greene]

good reason to blow up a mountain huh? SALVAGE my arse. theres sooo many holes in this me se helens story. maybe the next big conspiracy, we will see

[@geoffreyholland328]

@@Mike_Greene you win today's idiot of the day award congratulations.

[@Mike_Greene]

@@geoffreyholland328 the academy gives the academy award, bet gives the bet awards...... now wwho the heck you think give the idiot award? fricking idiot. let this serve as proof that you dont think. smh @ ur dumb ass keep believing everything ppl tell you, THAT is idiotic, nut. Go figure yourself out

[@Mike_Greene]

@@geoffreyholland328 thanksa for proving my point idiot........ how do you know about this tree recovery again.....???? i didnt say it was a conspiracy IDIOT. I said savage my arse. Can you even explain a volcano? NOPE reason why you think wwhat you do. Please tell me how you know about these trees..... as if you been followwing the story for 2 years.... oh yeah i forgot you think I AM the idiot. you believe every story a comedian tell too, dont you? there is no reason to believe them ust as much as there is reason to. YOU DONT KNOW SHIT. all you did wwas spit to us from what someone else said/wrote/ Give me a couple of companies that participated so maybe i can track down some more info to come back here with. How deep did you WIKIPEDIA? IDIOT

[@arnepianocanada]

I totally love how respectful you are - no matter what the subject

[@arnepianocanada]

I hope your disclaimer didn't arise from snarky past responses. You don't deserve that treatment, man.

[@arnepianocanada]

(Truck radiator) "It's gonna overheat..." Hahahaha! I think the overheating happened outside the truck.

[@Suciareef]

I climbed Mount St Helens in 1998. Watching you reach the summit brought back great memories! The coolest part was that when I sat up there with only one other person in awe of what we were seeing, a blue and yellow biplane flew over and did barrel rolls, loops, etc - it was our own private half hour air show. They flew over us when done and dipped their wing to us. When I saw the same thing happened to you, I was astonished! Do you remember what your plane looked like?

[@nationalparksprincess3216]

I was 12 and living in California when the eruption happened. I remember what it looked like afterwards, and up until about 8 years ago, I thought it still looked that way. I saw some footage on what it looks like now, and it's amazing how much beauty has come back to that area. We travel alot and for the last few years I have really wanted to get over and stay and explore that area. I'm to old to be able to climb to the summit, so this video is amazing 👏 I really like that they left things as they lied after the destruction, it's an important part of the history of that eruption. I really enjoyed this video, so well done. Thank you!

[@milkbread9616]

The tree crushed a logger, *theyre fighting back*

[@mediocregaming2417]

Snooper Guy The rebellion has begun

[@kayleethacker1085]

Snooper Guy LMFAO I THOUGHT THE SAME EXACT THING 🤣

[@WesternkindArt]

Snooper Guy You value a tree more than a human life? I am very surprised.

[@Jacob-uq6nl]

@@WesternkindArt your the kid at school who tells the whole class to be better students

[@americanmilitiaman88]

Loggers plant more trees than they cut down.

[@BloBlas123]

i also had a pretty scary experience with lava once, dug to deep in minecraft so yeah, rock and roll partner

[@dthacker2070]

Whoa dude, are you okay. That's pretty hard-core.

[@ethanmountain9303]

#1 Rule: Don't dig straight down

[@gogankoko7411]

minecraft doesnt count idiot there talking about real life

[@Bananappleboy]

@@gogankoko7411 Im gay, so r/woooosh. Also sometimes pros can be real brave in minecraft and dig straight down real fast with a bucket of water or 2.

[@MexicanBeann]

Woosh if ur gay ever heard of a fucking joke

[@chriscosby1561]

My mother lived in that area and has told some awesome stories about the eruption and about the brave geologists that stayed there to record what happens during a volcanic eruption.

[@MovieMakingMan]

What a great video! Thanks for creating this to show us. It is so interesting. Spectacular footage! 👍👍👍

[@paulcarpenter2800]

Good to be back with you. Fantastic documentary! Best wishes, Paul.