Another great loss in the skiing industry

It is with a heavy heart that I write about this incident. Many people have already read about it in the Sierra Sun, and others have read about it on the internet. Last week the skiing comunity lost a great up and coming big mountain skier. Arne Backstrom past away last Thursday after a skiing fall in the mountains of South America. Arne was on a month long ski trip to film for a movie. On June 3rd the group of people headed to the summit of Pisco Mountain in Peru. When heading down, he hiked over to an area known as the South Face. He was heading down when one of his skis popped off and he started gaining speed. He went out of sight of the people he was with. They later found his body at the base of the Face. Arne was the brother of professional female skier Ingrid. He was also Brother of Professional snowboarder Ralph. The skiing industry has lost a great skier, and a great person. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.