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| mountaingazelle | Name? | |
Voted 10/10 | Nice route page, Joe. Any idea on where the name Suicide Chute came from? When I climbed the south ridge I remember seeing a memorial plaque up there. It said In Loving Memory of Daniel H Rector who died in September 2002. I am unsure about what happened though. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2006 5:55 pm | ||
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| Joseph Bullough | Re: Name? | |
Hasn't voted | I really don't know where the name suicide chute comes from - I just used the name by which the chute is referred to in the book "The Chuting Gallery" by Andrew McLean. Daniel Rector died in a fall somewhere on Mount Superior, but I don't think there is any relation to the name of the chute, although ironically he was with Andrew McClean at the time of the accident. Here is a short news report on the accident, but I heard elsewhere that he was actually trail running, not climbing, when the accident occured. The memorial plaque is still there at the top of the chute. I took a photo of it for myself, but didn't think it was my place to post it online. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2006 6:13 pm | ||
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| mountaingazelle | Re: Name? | |
Voted 10/10 | Thanks for the info. That is a sad story and it was just an accident. I was surprised to find the memorial plaque up there because I remember hearing about it on the news. | |
| Posted Jun 6, 2006 6:45 pm | ||
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