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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 29 > Falling rock causes Mount Hood death

Falling rock causes Mount Hood death

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
July 29, 2008

HOOD RIVER — A 55-year-old oncologist descending from the summit of Mount Hood died after a rock fell from the snow and knocked him a thousand feet downhill, authorities said.

Dr. Gary Lee, of Eugene, was an experienced climber who was with his son, Devon, Sunday afternoon when a rock....

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