Sad News - Carl Skoog dies

[dave.m]

I first saw this reported on Telemark Tips. Carl Skoog, a famous climber and photographer from the Cascades has died in a climbing accident in South America.

Some of you rec.backcountry old timers may remember Lowell Skoog. And just about anybody who has ever leafed through a Patagonia catalog has seen one or more of Carl's great photographs. And if you follow backcountry skiing, you will recognize Carl's name as one of the guys who skied Mowich Face with Andrew McLean and Rene? Dubois several years ago.

The following link is to a thread with a translation of a news report along with a summary of what happened by Lowell.

Very, very sad thing.

 

[Nadine]

Awwwww. Bummer.
Andrew always talked highly of him. I went to one of Andrew's slide shows a few years ago. He had lots of pix of the Mowich Face descent. As I recall, Carl snapped a couple of the Couloir cover shots of Andrew skiing as well.

He'll be sadly missed by many.

 

[Nadine]

Dave, can you please post that link?

 

[David Metsky]

Translated Link

TeleTips thread

-dave-

 

[Nadine]

Thanks Dave.

The TT thread has a better Spanish to English interpretation of the event.

 

[DougPaul]

The TT thread has a better Spanish to English interpretation of the event.

Also a message and accident report from his brother Lowell Skoog.

Doug