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03-11-2016, 12:40 AM
Avalanche kills director of Oregon avalanche center
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The director of an Oregon avalanche awareness and educational center was killed earlier this week by an avalanche.
SEE ALSO: Terrifying POV video shows avalanche hitting Mount Everest base camp (http://mashable.com/2015/04/26/avalance-mt-everest-video/)
Kip Rand, who had been employed by the Wallowa Avalanche Center since last **vember, had been*backcountry skiing when disaster struck.
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Kip Rand is seen carrying skis in a photo posted on his Facebook page in 2014.
Image: Facebook/kip rand
Rand, an experienced skier, was "caught at the very top of an avalanche" where he was swept down a near-vertical slope approximately 600 feet,*Wallowa County Sheriff Steve Rogers told*Oregon Public Broadcasting (http://www.opb.org/news/article/kip-rand-wallowa-avalanche-death/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/avalanche-kills-avalanche-director/)
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The director of an Oregon avalanche awareness and educational center was killed earlier this week by an avalanche.
SEE ALSO: Terrifying POV video shows avalanche hitting Mount Everest base camp (http://mashable.com/2015/04/26/avalance-mt-everest-video/)
Kip Rand, who had been employed by the Wallowa Avalanche Center since last **vember, had been*backcountry skiing when disaster struck.
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Kip Rand is seen carrying skis in a photo posted on his Facebook page in 2014.
Image: Facebook/kip rand
Rand, an experienced skier, was "caught at the very top of an avalanche" where he was swept down a near-vertical slope approximately 600 feet,*Wallowa County Sheriff Steve Rogers told*Oregon Public Broadcasting (http://www.opb.org/news/article/kip-rand-wallowa-avalanche-death/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/avalanche-kills-avalanche-director/)
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