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| Reflection Lake View - Lassen Volcanic National Park, 1915 |
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| Mudflow - Loomis Volcanic National Park - B.F. Loomis Phot |
Lassen National Park Hike:
Day 0
The preparation for this year’s trip began with a two-hour search for my lightweight, zip-off pants. Apparently there is a gremlin living in my closet, because my pants had somehow found their way beneath all of my clean sheets and towels in the very back corner of my closet. This was not the most auspicious start for the trip. Luckily, the rest of the trip went a bit more smoothly (other than a few leaky food bags).
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| Lassen Peak in Light Eruption - B.F. Loomis, 1915 |
The most interesting part of Lassen’s history is that they didn’t originally know that Lassen Peak was a volcano. In fact, before the eruption of Lassen Peak in 1914, it was believed that there were no active volcanoes on the U.S. mainland. It was such a novel occurrence that people were actually trying to climb the mountain while it was erupting to see what was happening. One man, Benjamin F. Loomis managed to take a number of photos of the eruptions which are now on display at the park’s visitors center. The volcanic activity played a large part in the area surrounding the peak becoming the national park that exists today. For more information, I recommend Footprints in Time: A History of Lassen Volcanic National Park by Douglas H. Strong.
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