Exum Friend Pete Absolon Killed in Wind Rivers

Exum Friend Pete Absolon Killed in Wind Rivers

September 11, 2007

By Tom Turiano

NOLS Rocky Mountain director Peter Absolon was killed August 11 while climbing a new route in the Leg Lake Cirque of the Wind River Range.

In the senseless accident, he was struck by a rock trundled by hikers above. More details are available in an 8/29 Casper Star Tribune article and at the NOLS Press Room.

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