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Storm Lightning Sparks Turn Summit Trip Into Pyrotechnic Ordeal
Morton J. Elrod recounts a perilous ascent in northwestern Montana where a storm cloud unleashed electric discharges as a rock monument and glacier loomed nearby. The party, exposed on a ridge, escaped with only the edge of the flare, suffering shocks and chaotic moments before the cloud moved south and they reached safety.
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