Skier dies during shooting for Warren Miller film

[deadheadskier]

sheesh tragic week out in the mountains

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/01/22/extreme.skier.dies.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

 

[billski]

Sad but not surprising. A number of extreme skiers in Warren's films over the years have perished in skiing. He often memorialized them in a film later. This however I believe is the first time one perished while filming for Warren's company.

 

[bvibert]

Does anyone have a link to the story that doesn't have the word sportsillustrated in the URL? That one seems to be blocked here at work... :-?

 

[Puck it]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- An extreme skier died Tuesday from injuries he sustained after jumping off a cliff for a scene in a documentary film.
Billy Poole was flown by helicopter from the backcountry of Big Cottonwood Canyon to University of Utah Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:30 p.m., hospital spokeswoman Vickie King said.

The 28-year-old Poole was sponsored by Salt Lake City-based Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., maker of ski and climbing gear. Chief executive Peter Metcalf described him as a rising star among big-mountain skiers.
"His stature was increasing. He was inspiring, outgoing, friendly, the perfect ambassador for a company like Black Diamond," Metcalf said. "He lived the life of big mountain skier on just enough money to support his habit.
"In this sport," the executive said, "death is part of life."
Poole cartwheeled through some rocks after jumping off a cliff in an area known as Wolverine Cirque, said Penn Newhard, a Black Diamond marketing consultant.
He was being filmed by crews for ski documentarian Warren Miller, said Jay Burke, a spokesman for Solitude ski area. Ski patrollers at Solitude were the first to reach Poole after the fall.

 

[tcharron]

Does anyone have a link to the story that doesn't have the word sportsillustrated in the URL? That one seems to be blocked here at work... :-?

http://cbs4denver.com/national/warren.miller.Poole.2.635794.html

 

[drjeff]

Does anyone have a link to the story that doesn't have the word sportsillustrated in the URL? That one seems to be blocked here at work... :-?

I'll keep looking, but to paraphrase, Billy Poole, 28 years old. Was shooting in the Utah Back County of Big Cottonwood Canyon. Cartwheeled though some rocks after jumping off a cliff. Solitude patrolers aided in the rescue/recovery. On a shoot for Warren Miller productions. Worked for/sponsored by Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. a Salt Lake City Area company.

 

[bvibert]

Thanks guys. What a tragic accident...

 

[tcharron]

It was actually released over AP so pretty much everyones got the same article.

http://news.search.yahoo.com/search...TF-8&p=Warren Miller&fr2=tab-web&fr=yfp-t-501

 

[tcharron]

Video Coverage from local TV station:

http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/page...n=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 

[Marc]

That sucks. But... play with fire, etc. etc.