'boarder's mysterious death inspires cross

By ANDREW WYATT and GIL BRADY
Casper Star-Tribune

JACKSON -- Perched on the snowy spine of Rendezvous Peak on the "last tram day" of the 2005-06 winter season here, the man who would, snowboard in tow, later attempt to return on foot and by thumb to this restful crest considered his future.

Six months ago, Benjamin Bradley and two friends took a last gander at the edge of Cody Peak: Blue spring skies sawed by the gilded jags of the Tetons. One gal pal, who said she used to call the professional snowmaker “The Gentle Giant,” recalled Bradley’s plan that day to take even more extreme snowboarding treks this winter.

(Click & Read on courtsey of the Casper Star-Tribune)

Photo Captions & Credits: "Ben Bradley (left) & best friend, Travis McAlpine, get ready to mow some sic-nar-pow-pow at Jackson Hole Mt. Resort last January" courtsey of Randy Shacket

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