Although this isn't specifically geoscience I still thought it was pretty interesting. The title says it all, a 52 year old hiker fell 1,500 feet into the crater. Apparently he was posing for a picture and must have slipped or the ground must have gave way. To me I think it would be pretty hard to miss the crater considering its size, so to just blindly walk into it seems unlikely. According to the article the man fell in this past Monday, tried to rescue him but failed due to weather conditions. Officials are planning on attempting again today, though I'm sure it'll still be a challenge. Luckily the man didn't fall all the way down nor did he fall straight down either. He seems to have landed on a slope of the crater. Officials are unaware of the injures he has endured but have dropped survival supplies to help him out as best as they can. Pretty sad story, hopefully the man will survive and be rescued.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/16/washington.hiker.volcano/index.html?hpt=T2
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