PatreeseMartin

We are extremely grateful to the climbing and paragliding communities amazing support during this difficult time. Paragliding was Reese's passion. As he used to say, "Who wouldn't want to be able to jump off into the sky from a peak you had just climbed?" He died without pain, doing what he loved, confident in his love for Charlotte and his family. For the detail oriented: The various articles that have been circulating mention that Reese hit a tree. That's incorrect, the result of an overzealous local reporter intrepreting too much out of a stick found at the site. He most likely experienced turbulence that collapsed his wing at an elevation too low to deploy his emergency chute. A full anaysis of his accident is underway and will likely appear in the NHGA publication later this year so that others may learn how to keep the sport he loved so much safer for future pilots. Memorials can be made to the Reese Martin Memorial Fund at the Access Fund. Best, Patrica, Patreese & J.C. Martin