On Aug 9, 12:27=A0pm, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 04:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Siskuwihane
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> <Siskuwiha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On Aug 9, 2:13=A0am, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Evolution in action....
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> >This news must have hit Mike pretty hard.
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>http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3D7161984&vers.=
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> >Metro Chef Dies In Colorado Hiking Accident
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> >Last Edited: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT
> >Created: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT
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> >A young but well known Kansas City chef has died while hiking in the
> >mountains near Breckenridge, Colorado.
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> >Ryan Torpey, 31, didn't return from a hike on Wednesday. Search and
> >Rescue had been searching for him ever since and found his body on
> >Thursday.
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> >Torpey was vacationing with family in Colorado for his sister's
> >wedding. =A0The coroner said it appears Torpey died in a fall.
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> >and co-workers were shocked to hear the news.
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> >Torpey grew up in the metro and is a Park Hill graduate. =A0He started
> >out in Kansas City at Le Fou Frog. =A0He was just out of culinary
> >school, Cordon Bleu in Oregon.
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> >"You could see he was brilliant," Barbara Rafael, co-owner of Le Fou
> >Frog, said.
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> >Rafael said Torpey was well liked and the girls called him Brad Pitt.
> >But she said he especially made an impression on her husband, Le Fou
> >Frog's chef.
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> >"My husband liked him and that's a big deal because there's a lot of
> >people in this industry and when you see ****ning stars you thank your
> >stars they came to you and we were really lucky to have him working at
> >the Frog," Rafael said.
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> >Torpey recently got his big break as executive chef of the Swizzle on
> >71st and Wornall. =A0It recently closed despite rave reviews that
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> >Torpey, "the best chef you've never heard of, a real talent."
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> >"We heard great things that his menu was fabulous and he was just a
> >really a talented kid and it's really sad," Rafael said.
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> >Swizzle's owner still currently owns the Gaf on Wornall and he had
> >just learned of Torpey's death Thursday afternoon and was not prepared
> >to talk about it yet.
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> >"It's shocking and very very sad and I'm sorry for his family and his
> >friends and it's a great loss to the Kansas City restaurant industry,"
> >Rafael said.
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> >The trail where Torpey died is a difficult one, rated for experienced
> >to advanced climbers. But his family told rescue crews that Torpey had
> >climbed it before and was a skilled hiker.
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> >Tess Koppelman, FOX 4 News
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> The fact that you waste time LOOKING for stuff like this shows what
> idiots mountain bikers (and mountain biker apologists) are.
Waste time? It took about 1/10 of a second to Google 'rescue hiker',
loser.
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