Mitch Weber passes away

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Mitch Weber passes away

Post by lowangle al » Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:35 am

I just saw on the eyt site that Mitch died of colon cancer over the weekend As the founder of the origianal Ttips he may be responsible for all of us gathering here now. RIP Mitch
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Re: Mitch Weber passes away

Post by MikeK » Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:36 am

Damn. Never was part of that, but sad to hear. RIP Mitch!
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Re: Mitch Weber passes away

Post by connyro » Mon Mar 28, 2016 2:49 pm

Thanks Mitch!
This is sad news.
Fuck cancer.
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Re: Mitch Weber passes away

Post by jarlybart » Mon Mar 28, 2016 3:48 pm

Truly a sad day indeed. He changed many of our lives forever all due to this site. :-(
Free the heel...and then free it again!

Thank you Mitch for all that you did for all of us. You will be missed!
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Re: Mitch Weber passes away

Post by x-eff » Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:43 pm

He indirectly changed my life, in some ways. Sad sad news...
RIP.
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Re: Mitch Weber passes away

Post by Robert » Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:02 am

That is very sad news. Before the old site was hacked, I posted fairly regularly. And that included some personal contact with Mitch. After the hack, my old posts were gone. About that time, when I was beginning to blog, and was slowing down with age, I was much less active on the forum. I was not posting during the last year that Mitch was running TelemarkTalk. And yet, several times each year since it has vanished, I search to see if there is any news about where he has turned up.

When I was learning to telemark, and beginning to explore the mountains north of Vancouver, being a part of TelemarkTalk made me feel like I was part of a wonderful community. I miss what Mitch created for all of us. Now I am sorry that I will never be able to tell him that.

My sincere condolences to his family.

Robert J Ballantyne
Bowen Island, BC
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Re: Mitch Weber passes away

Post by Digger » Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:34 am

So many people were brought together through his efforts. Here's to Mitch and the long shadow he cast.
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Re: Mitch Weber passes away

Post by teledance » Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:37 am

RIP Mitch, thanks for all the memories. Tele on.
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Re: Mitch Weber passes away

Post by Johnny » Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:19 pm

I wouldn't be a tele skier if it wasn't for TT...
3" of fresh powder overnight here... My morning tour was for you brother...
/...\ Peace, Love, Telemark and Tofu /...\
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Re: Mitch Weber passes away

Post by Digger » Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:35 pm

Here's a little something I downloaded from TTips in the 90's. It was a 20 part series back then that I pasted together. Still one of my favorites.

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