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Skamania County, Wash.

Volcano death: A man who had previously climbed Mount St. Helens 68 times died this week after he plunged 1,500 feet into the volcano’s crater. Joseph Bohlig, 52, was with a companion and was posing for a picture about five feet from the crater’s edge when the snow cornice he was standing on gave way. He landed, buried in snow, on a 70-degree slope along the south crater wall, and was able to blow his emergency whistle for help. But two separate helicopter efforts to rescue him were thwarted by high winds, unstable rocks, and small avalanches, forcing Bohlig to spend the night in the crater. His body was recovered the next day.

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