Mt. Saint Helens now has it's own topic!

And what's even more interesting, he would have had to have carved out a huge chunk of permafrost (about 18" down) - that either requires high explosives, special hot water hoses, or really heavy equipment. Ask any of the pipeline diggers. This guy makes it sound like he and his buds did it with hand tools. Riiiiight.

I'm still waiting for an explanation on how he and his buds dug up 70,000 cu ft of permafrost with a swiss army knife...And if anyone's really bored, it'd be interesting to calculate how much gas was used up by a F-105 pickup truck back over a 50x50 ft section of mud 28,000 times...[This message has been edited by Quetzal, 09-17-2002]

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I'm still waiting for an explanation on how he and his buds dug up 70,000 cu ft of permafrost with a swiss army knife...

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Well, to be fair, permafrost is discontinuous in the area around Delta. And, as you know, every Alaskan has a backhoe in their garage. The point remains that this is not a trivial task.

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True. However, he mentioned muskeg nearby. IIRC, muskeg only forms on tundra (correct me if I'm wrong), primarily due to the lousy drainage caused by the ground being frozen solid x-meters down. I'm aware that most of Alaska below the north slope is in the discontinuous zone. I wonder if he is?[This message has been edited by Quetzal, 09-18-2002]