From the inspiring to the tragic, ‘Adventure News of the Week’ presents a wrap-up of top news in the world of exploration and adventure.
RUN: Pam Reed Becomes Member of 100 100-Miler Club. Three weeks before her 60th birthday, Jackson, Wyo., runner Pam Reed finished her 100th 100-mile race. Her 100th finish came on Feb. 3, 2021, at the Grandmaster Ultras in Arizona.
Her accomplishment includes 14 Wasatch Front 100 finishes and 11 Badwater 135 finishes (making it to the top three each time). She joins 16 other runners in accomplishing the feat.
SNOW: Avalanche Deaths Across U.S. Mark This Week Deadliest in Over 100 Years. It’s been a tragic week in the backcountry, with three multi-death avalanche incidents and several single-skier burials. In Colorado, three Eagle County residents were killed in an avalanche on Monday.
On Thursday, a man who entered Colorado’s backcountry terrain near Vail, identified as Eagle resident John Kuo, died in the East avalanche. And in Utah, four were rescued and four others were killed in the Wilson Basin avalanche on Saturday. A local business has started a GoFundMe for the survivors and victims’ families.
In Alaska, three men were killed in a slide on Bear Mountain near Chugiak. Thomas Devine of Chugiak, 54, Matthew Nyman of Denver, 43, and Edward Watson of Miami, 50, died in that avalanche.
Other avalanche deaths this week include a skier in New Hampshire, a backcountry skier in California, a skier on Square Top Mountain in Utah, and a snowmobiler in Montana — putting the death toll at 15 in a 7-day period.
