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Mount Katmai in Alaska was once a cluster of smaller volcanoes. Katmai's 1912 eruption was the largest eruption in North America in this century. The eruption lasted 60 hours and ash covered more than seven cubic miles. Lava flowed up to 15 miles and filled an adjacent valley, producing the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.

One of my idols in those days was my big brother Mike. Six years older than I, he always seemed to know and do everything. One of the activities I envied the most was how he was allowed to walk across the frozen river to town. I desperately wanted to walk across that icy surface.