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Doug Coombs arguably did more for the sport of ski mountaineering than Michael Jordan did for basketball. He won his first World Extreme Skiing Championships in Valdez, Alaska in 1991, and pioneered extreme skiing in North America and Europe in the years that followed. Coombs has skied steeper lines and made more first descents than anyone in the sport, all the while running his own heli-skiing company and running Steep Skiing Camps. Coomb's generous and adventurous spirit may have been his Achilles heel. In April 2006, as he was showing his friend Chad VanderHam lines in Couloir de Polichinelle in La Grave, France, when VanderHam fell and Coombs died trying to rescue him. Coombs' influence over the industry would have undoubtedly been felt further had he not died a premature death. His legacy of his Steeps Skiing Camp as well as Valdez Heli-Ski Guides (and heli-skiing as a whole) lives on in his memory.

Inspired Lines | Tracking the Wild Coomba

A new book explores the life and death of skiing icon Doug Coombs

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