Here comes an explosive dessert thread. The following stories are not about the coronavirus.

Monday is the 40th anniversary of Mount St. Helens' historic 1980 eruption. We're counting down the days with some of our favorite ~*volcano content*~ we've produced over the years.

Kathy Phibbs broke rules and boundaries and almost single-handedly changed the face of Northwest mountaineering — and started the Mother’s Day tradition of climbing Mount St. Helens in a dress, too. https://bit.ly/2zuyzKj 

Mount St. Helens reopened to climbing in 1987, about the same time that snowboarding was emerging as a popular winter sport. By the 2000s, St. Helens became a destination for boarders who could peer into a steaming volcano before sliding down. https://bit.ly/2Wp7lgZ 

We got plenty more ~*volcano content*~ where that came from, so keep reading dessert throughout the week for more.

(Or if you just can't wait, go to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3cEr2a8 )

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Ian McCluskey produced our story on Miss Dish.

Our story on St. Helens snowboarding is vintage @OPB_Ed_Jahn from 2002.

@Bradley_W_Parks wrote this thread.

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