Todd Skinner dies while trying to free leaning tower

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Todd Skinner dies while trying to free leaning tower

Post by PAW » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:45 pm

this is the news all over the web. No details as to what happened.

But my condolence go out to friends and family he was a pioneer. :(

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Post by Brendan » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:54 am

terrible... apparently it was a 500ft rappelling accident!?
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Post by Alpinist89 » Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:15 am

Looks like he was using old harness ...
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Post by Kevin » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:08 pm

Here's a link to a lengthy obituary to Todd Skinner that was published October 28th in the Independent newspaper (UK).

http://news.independent.co.uk/people/ob ... 935912.ece

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