On Aug 9, 4:24=A0pm, Siskuwihane <Siskuwiha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Aug 9, 3:32=A0pm, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:18:10 -0700 (PDT),Siskuwihane
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> > <Siskuwiha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >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
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> > >> >mountains near Breckenridge, Colorado.
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> > >> >Ryan Torpey, 31, didn't return from a hike on Wednesday. Search
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> > >> >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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riends
> > >> >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
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> > >> >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
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> > >> >Frog, said.
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> > >> >Rafael said Torpey was well liked and the girls called him Brad
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> > >> >But she said he especially made an impression on her husband, Le
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> > >> >Frog's chef.
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> > >> >"My husband liked him and that's a big deal because there's a lot
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> > >> >people in this industry and when you see ****ning stars you thank
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> > >> >stars they came to you and we were really lucky to have him
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> > >> >the Frog," Rafael said.
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> > >> >Torpey recently got his big break as executive chef of the Swizzle
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> > >> >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
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> > >> >to talk about it yet.
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> > >> >"It's shocking and very very sad and I'm sorry for his family and
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> > >> >friends and it's a great loss to the Kansas City restaurant
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> > >> >Rafael said.
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> > >> >The trail where Torpey died is a difficult one, rated for
experienc=
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> > >> >to advanced climbers. But his family told rescue crews that Torpey
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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.
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> > You obviously spend A LOT of time researching me. (That's time well
> > spent, of course. Keep it up! :) )
>
> Yeah, I see a car in your driveway thanks to Google Earth Street
> Views, hypocrite.
WOW! You're correct again that Mikey is a hypocrite. Put Mikey's
street address into Microsoft Virtual Earth and check out where he
lives. I see no sign of wildlife habitat he claims he's creating.
It's quite a shame that Mikey doesn't seek help for his mental
illness, it's really sad how he is wasting his life on his delusions.
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