Kurt Gloyer, Pilot Extraordinaire

[mattp]

Any of you who have climbed in the Saint Elias or Fairweather Range may remember Kurt, killed in a tragic accident on Mount Kennedy last week.

[Cpt.Caveman]

[mattp]

Thanks Caveman. What did I do wrong with my html?

[Cpt.Caveman]

you left a space between the tags somewheres.

[forrest_m]

Here's a story with some more details.

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/643572p-687210c.html

and some more details on the rescue: http://www.couloirgraphics.com/AMM/index.cfm?fa=postings&cat1=yes&MainCatID=1&cat14=yes&SubCatID=14&ContentID=116&viewpost=2

[This message has been edited by forrest_m (edited 08-03-2001).]

[Fairweather]

Wow...Stories like this are terrible. Terrible for his family. I've wanted to climb Fairweather (Northwest Basin Route) for a while now and Gulf Air , to my knowledge is/was the only air taxi available. The previous owner, Mike Ivers(?) was killed dropping off some river rafters a few years ago. The flying in this part of AK just seems a bit more "on the edge" than the Denali operations. It's not the climbing that'd scare me...it would be the flying. Maybe I'll start at Alsek Bay...by boat.