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2 US climbers presumed dead on Argentina mountain
MILWAUKEE—Two men from Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are presumed to have died while climbing an Argentinian peak last week, their families said Wednesday. Jarod VonRueden, 22, of Clyman, Wis., and Frank...
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Nanaimo-area teen dies in longboarding crash with truck
FILE PHOTO: Longboarding is less hazardous on closed courses such as this B.C. event in 2012, but riding proved deadly for a young Nanaimo man on a dimly lit city street. Photograph by: JONATHAN...
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Bodyboarder loses life in Santa Cruz
A 47-year old bodyboarder has lost his life at Its Beach, Santa Cruz, Northern California. James Zenk, from Mountain View, was catching waves in 12-foot surf when he was suddenly dashed against rocks...
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Scuba diver dies off Victorian coast
A scuba diver has died after getting into difficulty in water off Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Police said the man was diving alone in waters at Rye when he got into difficulty underwater. He was...
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Legend of Alaska adventure sports, Rocky Reifenstuhl dead at 61
Reifenstuhl was an exceptional fat tire bike racer in races like the Iditarod Trail Invitational. He and brother Steve also won the rugged Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic.Vimeo image courtesy...
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Young triathlete dies after crossing finish line
Tom Lyons collapsed after crossing the finish line of the Hell of the West triathlon. Photo: Facebook. A young man has died after competing in a gruelling triathlon in rural southern Queensland. Tom...
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Judge dismisses heli-skiing ‘ski buddy’ lawsuit
A helicopter returns from a help-skiing excursion near Revelstoke in late January. — Image Credit: Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review A judge has found that a ‘ski buddy’ who was partnered with a...
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A man died after an ice climbing accident in Iceland
A man was ice-climbing along with a guide in an ice-cave on Vatnajokull glacier today. The man fell down the cave and rescue teams were alerted. Forty rescue workers assisted with getting the man from...
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Newlywed dies after failed base jump attempt in Utah
(CNN) - A newlywed woman died after plunging about 2,000 feet after her base-jumping attempt in Utah’s rugged Zion National Park, authorities said Sunday. Amber Bellows, 28, and her husband of two...
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SA track cyclist dies
Jeanne Nell (Picture: @jeannenell – Twitter) Cape Town – Jeanne Nell, a top South African track cyclist, died on Tuesday night after crashing in the Keirin event during a track meeting at the...
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Tsunami widower searches seabed for missing wife
A Japanese man has learnt to scuba dive so he can search the freezing waters of the Pacific Ocean looking for his wife, who has been missing since the catastrophic Japanese tsunami of 2011, it’s been...
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Famed Seattle mountaineer dies during Patagonia climb
Chad Kellog (From MSRGear YouTube video) PATAGONIA, Argentina – The mountaineering community in Western Washington and worldwide is mourning the death of one of its elite athletes. Seattle climber Chad...
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Widow of Extreme Rampage runner sues race’s organizers, sponsors
A Western Kentucky woman has filed a lawsuit in Lexington, alleging that negligence by multiple defendants led to her husband’s death during an extreme sports event last March. The lawsuit was filed in...
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Nine-year-old girl who died on Turkish white water rafting trip was...
Cerys Potter A Welsh schoolgirl who drowned during a Turkish white water rafting trip was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. Nine-year-old Cerys Potter, from Llancarfan in the Vale of Glamorgan,...
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Kayaker’s body recovered near Ramona
RAMONA (CNS) – A 55-year-old man went missing while kayaking at Lake Sutherland near Ramona, and his body was recovered Sunday. The man was reported missing by a city worker at Lake Sutherland Dam just...
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Iron Maori triathlon team member dies
Waitara’s Iron Maori triathlon has been marred by the death of a man taking part in Saturday’s event. Race co-ordinator Lee Grace confirmed Barry Whakaruru died not long after he began the final stage...
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Georgia Avalanche Kills Two in Franco-German Climbing Team
An avalanche has killed at least two people from a Franco-German mountaineering team, with two others still missing in the Caucasus mountains of northern Georgia, media reported on Friday. The two...
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French tourists killed in Jordan climbing accident
The mountains of Wadi Rum on September 13, 2002 in Jordan’s southern desert (AFP/Leila Gorchev, File) AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — An autopsy showed on Sunday that an accidental fall killed three French...
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Quebec police ID man who died scuba diving under ice
OTTAWA – A 53-year-old Gatineau, Que., man who died at a quarry north of the city on Sunday was an inexperienced scuba diver who police believe panicked and likely ran out of air. MRC Des Collines de...
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2 die in separate BASE jumps
MOAB — Authorities in Grand County released the name Monday of a BASE jumper who died Friday in Mineral Canyon just as Zion National Park officials confirmed the second BASE jumping death in the park...
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