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  Quote huckin harms Replybullet Topic: Early Season Snow Tradegy
    Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 8:48am
A 'true hucker' meets his maker:
 
 
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  Quote warlickone Replybullet Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 10:31am
Wow...it's strange how I can be at the same time surprised and not surprised. I guess that conflict of thoughts is how these things go. That's still really sad. His little ones....oh man...

That is a well written article that captures what I knew about him. I was living in Driggs skiing Targhee when he did that big jump. He made a stir around there.

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  Quote phil Replybullet Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 11:12am
Sad.

Strange that such an accomplished skier, skiing early season fresh snow wasn't wearing a beeper though.
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  Quote huckin harms Replybullet Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 11:35am

sad indeed...

Phil, how do you come by he wasn't wearing a beeper? 
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  Quote Ellingferd Replybullet Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 11:35am
Not sure where you got that he wasnt wearing a beacon. Dude is a pro-skier and skied harder than anyone out there. He was only partially buried in the first place and died due to injuries sustained. That means you could see him when the slide stopped = you wouldn't turn your beacon on to find him because you can see him. Critiques aren't necessary, just condolences. He knew what he was doing.
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  Quote Rescue Randy Replybullet Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 12:11pm
Here is a link the the Utah Avalanche Center Avalanche Accidents web page.

http://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche_accidents

Check out the Gad Valley 11/13/2011 Report for the accident details.
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  Quote huckin harms Replybullet Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 2:46pm

thanks Randy for sharing that link....

sounds like they really stirred it up.  very sad. 

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  Quote phil Replybullet Posted: 17 Nov 2011 at 4:41pm
Early reports said they weren't carrying rescue gear. From the link Randy posted it appears that was the case.

That incident report is terrifying.
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