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 Kurt Gunter and his sons, Jon, 16, and Tim, 19, peer into the crater of Mount St. Helens. They are from Chicago and planned a visit around the climb. (Photo by Jamie Francis)
ATOP MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. — Like a steady stream of ants trekking up a very steep mound, they kept coming. One right after the other throughout the day, all bound for glory.
Thirty-six registered from Washington state, 23 from Oregon. Eight came from Michigan, eight from Minnesota, six from North Carolina, four from British Columbia, four from California, three from Illinois, three from Colorado, two from Utah and one each from Arizona, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. One other came all the way from Austria. |
James Palmer is a freelance journalist working with editors at The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., to contribute to Newhouse News Service. In the past four years, Palmer has reported from Afghanistan, Kashmir, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda and Congo. He headed to Iraq late in the summer of 2005. 