Billy Poole Dies in Warren Miller Vid

[Lezgo Cycling]

Taken from the Deseret News: http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695246296,00.html (http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695246296,00.html)

RIP Billy. Prayers go out to him and his family.

One of the top names in the sport of extreme skiing was killed while filming a jump near the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon Tuesday.

Billy Poole was taken to University Hospital in extremely critical condition about 12:30 p.m. after attempting a jump and hitting rocks, said Salt Lake County Sheriff's Lt. Paul Jaroscak. A hospital spokesman confirmed he died at 1:30 p.m.
Originally, the sheriff's office was notified of a skier injured in what appeared to be an avalanche.
Jaroscak did not know Tuesday afternoon from how far Poole jumped. The accident happened in the backcountry between Brighton and Solitude Ski resorts. The film crew Poole was with actually skied into Little Cottonwood Canyon after reaching their injured companion.
A medical helicopter transported Poole to the hospital. Poole was known for his long jumps. His bio on skibd.com (http://skibd.com/) says the Montana native, who lived in Alta, Utah, was the first person to jump over the telephone wires at Cardiff Pass
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[bakkeb]

Thats a shame. I was just watchin' WM's "Off the Grid " today. In that one they did a little tribute to Doug Coombs. Sad to see that guy go to. There were at least a couple guys that took rides down the mtn. with some extra snow....they made it out. All those guys know the risks, its just sad to hear when it goes bad.

[Lezgo Cycling]

All those guys know the risks.

"Lifes to short to not go big...So go BIG"

[manual63]

Don't know extreme skiing at all.......except for some vids I see once in awhile. But it's a bummer when someone dies doing what they love to do.

This guy was nuts! I saw some videos of him and he certainly had to know the risks involved in what he was doing.

[Lezgo Cycling]

Anyone into that extreme of a sport knows the risk....But it is sad to hear of tragedy.

[Standard]

Don't know extreme skiing at all.......except for some vids I see once in awhile. But it's a bummer when someone dies doing what they love to do.

While it's definatly unfortunate that he died, I couldn't think of a better way to go out than while doing something that I love.

[decoeric]

While it's definatly unfortunate that he died, I couldn't think of a better way to go out than while doing something that I love.


I agree 100%, even though this is very sad it is a good bet that he was smiling at some piont during has last turns...