Matt Dewar

Montana | Owner of Hyline Media Video/Photo

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Richard "Dick" Lasher was on his way to drive his dirt bike when Mount St Helens erupted on May 18, 1980.

He spent the Saturday night packing some gear figuring he would head out first thing in the morning to get a look at the mountain.

His plan was hitching his Yamaha IT enduro bike to the back of his Pinto, driving up to Spirit Lake, then exploring the area via dirt forest roads on the bike.

Lasher drove down toward Spirit Lake from the north, likely dropping down from U.S. 12 and the town of Randle into the forest roads of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

He possibly made it as far south as Forest Road 26 by 8:32 that morning of May 18.

The time the volcano blew.

And if he had made it to the lake, he would almost certainly have died. The sheer force of the blast lifted the lake out of its bed and propelled it about 85 stories into the air to splash onto adjacent mountain slopes.

Luckily for him, and he did not realize until later just how lucky, he was on the opposite side of that ridge in front, because the entire forest was flattened from the ridge down, and he was in the lee side and protected from most of the blast.

That's the photo: a red Ford Pinto with a blue dirt bike hitched to its bumper, angled across a forest road.

[Matt Dewar @mattdewski]

@Kgothatsoxo Insurance

[Tomac’s Dozer @DozerTweets3]

Ken knew what needed to be done in the main event and went for it ! One of the coolest championships I’ve witnessed, WOW.

[Matt Dewar @mattdewski]

@CMXR__ Washougal man

[The Voice of the Drunken People @Drunken_People]

I think Trentino takes the top spot for “most picturesque professional motocross track in the world”. Even over Washougal

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@Josh_Wahlers Ugh

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@NickWatts Welcome

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@pulpmx Those shades are nuts

[MXG @MXGRyan]

Nashville Vibes 💚

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

Several people and horses outside the historic Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone in the 1920s.

[Matt Dewar @mattdewski]

@lady_valor_07 Looks like where one of the latest bonds was filmed.

[Adam Wheeler @adamwheeler_R19]

Digital magazine memories. There was only one choice for the cover of issue #84 in 2014. Jeffrey Herlings was eying a 3rd MX2 title that season (we all know what happened). Together with Ray Archer we set up this shot in practice in Sweden. I think JH nearly crashed from it. We had a small telling off. Awesome shot though

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@LoraleeLogan

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@CMXR__ Haha that was legendary dude

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@Josh_Wahlers Amen

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@KyleChisholm11 I’m so over him man. Not impressed

[Art of Life 🦋 @Art0fLife_]

He literally explained why you must keep going.

[Monty @risklikemonty]

The fucking head tilt bro…

What a shot by Vital 📸🔥

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@nickimoraa Realtors

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@elitomac We love Tomac