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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. |
Columnist Chris Rose moved to The Times-Picayune in the summer of 1984. On the Monday after Hurricane Katrina, he began to cover the early stirrings of life in streets and has stayed with that beat ever since, chronicling the city as it puts itself back together, shakes off its trauma and tries to find footing as a viable community. 