| First Name |
Doug
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| Middle Name |
Brown
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| Last Name |
Coombs
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| Full Name at Birth |
Douglas Brown Coombs
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| Alternative Name |
The Doug Coombs Foundation, “The Dean of Flow.”
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| Birthday |
24th September, 1957
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| Birthplace |
Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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| Died |
3rd April, 2006
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| Place of Death |
Couloir de Polichinelle, La Grave, Hautes-Alpes, south-east France.
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| Cause of Death |
Coombs slipped off a cliff edge and fell 1,500 feet to his death while trying to rescue friend Chad VanderHam
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| Build |
Athletic
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| Eye Color |
Blue
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| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Distinctive Feature |
Rob Cocuzzo: "unwavering optimism and positivity, Quote: "I don’t make the impossible, possible, I make what people think is impossible, possible"., When Doug was 16 years old, he had a skiing accident in which he broke his neck. His cervical vertebrae was broken badly., Quote: "The mountains are my religion"., Emily Coombs: "This big head of hair & big beard"., Emily Coombs: "He couldn't handle money, he was the artist, the absent-minded professor"., Porter Fox: “He was nothing but gracious and inspiring, always,”, Porter Fox: “There was not one part of him that wasn’t completely devoted to skiing and you felt it, and were inspired from it, when you were around him,”, Peter Stark: “To see him ski is to see fluidity, as if he were a droplet of water trickling down a rough plaster wall,”
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| Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
American
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| High School |
Bedford High School
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| University |
Colorado State University, Montana State University (Geology degree)
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| Occupation Text |
Alpine extreme skier, steep-skiing camp business owner, stunt skier & mountain guide and teacher
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| Occupation |
Skiing
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| Claim to Fame |
American alpine skier who helped to pioneer the sport of extreme skiing.
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| Year(s) Active |
1991-1991 (award: World Extreme Skiing Champion), 1993-1993 (award: World Extreme Skiing Champion), 1993-2005 (stunt skier: 2 x films), 2005-2005 (actor: 1 x film), 1996-2007 (self appearances: 5 x documentaries), 1993-2001 (founder: 'Valdez Heli-Ski Guides'), 1993-2006 (founder: 'Steep Skiing Camps Worldwide'), ????-???? (qualified: as a UIAGM-certified guide), ????-???? (employee: of 'Exum Mountain Guides' in the Tetons), 1986-???? (ski guide: for 'High Mountain Heli-Skiing' in Jackson Hole, Wyoming)
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| Associated Acts |
Steep Skiing Camps Worldwide, Valdez Heli-Ski Guides, Exum Mountain Guides, High Mountain Heli-Skiing, Skinny Skis’ Avalanche Awareness Night
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| Official Websites |
coombsfoundation.org/
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| Pets |
Chad VanderHam (friend), Emily Coombs (spouse m.1994), David Douglas (son b.2003), Pierre Risaldo (a longtime guide in La Grave), Matt Farmer (skier), Christina Blomquist (skier), Jim Conway (ski friend), Emil Tanner (ski friend), Tom Jungst (ski friend), Scott Raynor (ski friend), Miles Smart (family friend), Connie Kemmerer (Jackson Hole Mountain Resort owner), Hans Johnstone (pro-ski colleague)
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| Favorite Places |
Valdez, Alaska, Jackson Hole Ski Resort, Wyoming, La Grave, France, French Alps, France, White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA, Chugach Mountains, Alaska, Nashoba Valley, Boston, Massachusetts, Bridger Bowl Resort, Montana, Verbier, Switzerland, Chile, Antarctica, La Meije Mountain Range, La Grave, French Alps, Greenland, Big Sky Resort, Montana
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Doug Coombs (September 24, 1957 – April 3, 2006) was an American alpine skier and mountaineer who helped to pioneer the sport of extreme skiing, both in North America and worldwide.
