Another Bling Gnome Sighting!
May 1, 2008
While the Dungeon Runners team was busy pushing Build 118 to PTS (and hopefully Live soon), the notorious Bling Gnome celebrated the occasion by showing up on Mount Saint Helens!
Okay, more specifically, the Bling Gnome didn't have the guts to actually show up on the active volcano (he apparently does have the cojones to scare some South American kids).
However, he instead managed to show up for a scheduled appearance at the Johnston Ridge Observatory, which is located some five miles from the blown-out gaping maw of the volcano. Unfortunately, his timing was a little off and the Observatory was still closed for the winter, but the Bling Gnome proved very helpful in clearing away snow piled in front of the Observatory's Volcanocam.
Said USDA Forest Service Webmaster Dennis Lapcewich, "I have no idea how long he will remain there, considering access to the JRO (Johnston Ridge Observatory) is all but impossible except by Forest Service Snow cat. He may remain a while until the snowdrift underneath him melts away."
However, the Bling Gnome's patience is not a commodity to be wasted, and as of today he has vanished from the area.
