On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:18:10 -0700 (PDT), Siskuwihane
<Siskuwihane1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Aug 9, 12:27 pm, 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 am, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> 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=7161984&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. The coroner said it appears Torpey died in a fall. Friends
>> >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. He started
>> >out in Kansas City at Le Fou Frog. He 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. It recently closed despite rave reviews that called
>> >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.
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>Waste time? It took about 1/10 of a second to Google 'rescue hiker',
>loser.
You obviously spend A LOT of time researching me. (That's time well
spent, of course. Keep it up! :) )
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