Exum Friend Pete Absolon Killed in Wind Rivers

September 11, 2007

By Tom Turiano

NOLS Rocky Mountain director Peter Absolon was killed August 11 while climbing a new route in the Leg Lake Cirque of the Wind River Range.

In the senseless accident, he was struck by a rock trundled by hikers above. More details are available in an 8/29 Casper Star Tribune article and at the NOLS Press Room.

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