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  • NW_SKIER
    Registered User
    • Aug 2014
    • 4846

    #1

    Rip Duke of Hurl.

    His wife posted on Facebook this morning that Jim passed away in a skiing accident in South America.

    I only had the pleasure to ski with Jim one time back in 2015. He took me up to ski the SW chutes on Mt. Adams. We had never met before and he picked me up at my house, let me sleep in his 4runner with him at the trailhead, and took me skiing the next day on one of the best lines I've ever experienced in my life. We got lost together on the way down and laughed the whole way. He had a way about him that just made everyone around him smile, and his love for life was contagious.

    He was truly one of the most genuinely kind people I've ever met in my life. I regret not being able to go skiing with him the handful of other times he invited me over the years. Now I won't get another chance.

    Make tracks in heaven, Jim. We'll miss you. The good ones are always gone too soon. [ATTACH]488615[/ATTACH][ATTACH]488616[/ATTACH]
  • 2FUNKY
    Registered User
    • Nov 2006
    • 10541

    #2
    Ski in peace Jim.

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    • huckbucket
      Registered User
      • Jan 2007
      • 9770

      #3
      RIP

      This thread from him I think captures the spirit ---> https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ess?highlight=

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      • steepconcrete
        Head down, push foreword
        • Sep 2002
        • 14563

        #4
        ☹️

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        • wolfelot
          Registered User
          • Dec 2007
          • 2637

          #5
          So sorry to hear this.

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          • LightRanger
            Not on IR. For now.
            • Jun 2006
            • 8880

            #6
            Awww man. So sorry to hear this. RIP Jim.
            Originally posted by Ernest_Hemingway
            I realize there is not much hope for a bullfighting forum. I understand that most of you would prefer to discuss the ingredients of jacket fabrics than the ingredients of a brave man. I know nothing of the former. But the latter is made of courage, and skill, and grace in the presence of the possibility of death. If someone could make a jacket of those three things it would no doubt be the most popular and prized item in all of your closets.

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            • abraham
              Registered Lurker
              • Oct 2006
              • 7542

              #7
              Damn. Mag down.
              RIP.

              Sorry man

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              • Mike Pow
                Mike Pow
                • Apr 2005
                • 3306

                #8
                That sucks

                Ride in Peace

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                • Vt-Freeheel
                  I got a hair on my tongue
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 15191

                  #9
                  Such sad news for a dreary Saturday morning. RIP
                  www.apriliaforum.com

                  "If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?

                  "I have no idea what I am talking about but would be happy to share my biased opinions as fact on the matter. "
                  Ottime

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                  • ACH
                    AF
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 4762

                    #10
                    Rip Duke of Hurl.

                    Sad news indeed.
                    I'm sorry for your loss NW_skier.
                    Condolences to all who knew and loved him.
                    RIP Jim

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                    • mooseknuckles
                      Distinguished Degenerate
                      • Jan 2009
                      • 956

                      #11
                      Awful news. Sorry for the loss NW_Skier and to all his friends and family.

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                      • jackattack
                        space invaded
                        • Nov 2006
                        • 4988

                        #12
                        Rip Duke of Hurl.

                        Sorry for your loss NWSkier.

                        Sounds like the Duke knew how to live. Long live the Duke!

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                        • BRUTAH
                          Registered User
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 4782

                          #13
                          Jim was the first person to reach out when I moved to Spokane. The dude was super friendly and got together about 4 or 5 mags to meet up for a beer within my first month to town. That meeting resulted in me landing a part time job at a ski shop owned by another mag.

                          Jim and I never got a chance to ski together, but he'd come into the ski shop and we'd shoot the shit talk skiing and trips we had planned. He also extending invites for trips he was planning.

                          Overall, Jim was the type of guy and skier we should all stride to be like. He was always outgoing and friendly to his follow skiers.

                          Shred in peace Jim. Hope you're hurling the biggest cliffs and shredding those cloud pillow lines and spines up in the heavens

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                          • Buster Highmen
                            Used Register
                            • Sep 2001
                            • 28762

                            #14
                            Condolences.
                            Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
                            >>>200 cm Black Bamboo Sidewalled DPS Lotus 120 : Best Skis Ever <<<

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                            • GeezerSteve
                              mere tourist
                              • Nov 2007
                              • 13239

                              #15
                              That sucks. RIP Jim

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