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Billy Poole, a rising star in the extreme skiing world, was killed on Tuesday after taking a fall during a Warren Miller film shoot in Utahs Big Cottonwood Canyon. According to news reports, Poole, 28, fell badly and cartwheeled through rocks after jumping off a cliff in an area known as Wolverine Cirque. He was flown by helicopterto Salt Lake replica Breitling Avenger M1 Titanium Men's watch Citys University Hospital, where he died at about 1:30 p.m., according to the citys Sheriffs Office. Penn Newhard, a representative for BlackDiamond, a ski company that sponsored Poole, told the Salt Lake Tribune that the extreme skier was a dedicated athlete who was well-liked onthe ski circuit.He was highly regarded as an up and coming and talented youngathlete, Newhard said.
Poole, who was raised in Missoula, Montana, and had been skiing since he was a child, had appeared in magazines, billboards and ski films from Argentina to Japan. According to Black Diamonds Web site, one of Pooles most recent backcountry accomplishments had been in Little Cottonwood Canyon, where he was the first skier to jump over the replica Breitling Aeromarine Colt Oceane Ladie's watch telephone wires at Cardiff Pass, a stuntman huck over 30 feet.“His stature was increasing, Black Diamonds chief executive, Peter Metcalf, told the Associated Press. He was inspiring, outgoing, friendly, theperfect ambassador for a company like Black Diamond” “In this sport, Metcalf told the AP, death is part of life.”--Damon Tabor
