Summer 2015 Commercial Fatalities
Posted: July 15, 2015 Filed under: Paddlesports, Skiing / Snow Boarding, Zip Line | Tags: 2015, All American Adventures, Calving, Chugach Powder Guides, Colorado River, fatality, Flipped, Funnel Falls, Geyser Whitewater Expedition, Glacier, Summer, Westwater Canyon, Whitewater Rafting Leave a commentThis list is not guaranteed to be accurate. The information is found from web searches and news dispatches. Those references are part of the chart. If you have a source for information on any fatality please leave a comment or contact me. Thank you.
If this information is incorrect or incomplete please let me know. This is up to date as of July1, 2015. However information on several of these fatalities is confusing or difficult to determine what is correct. Thanks.
Rafting, Mountaineering and other summer sports are probably still safer than your kitchen or bathroom. This information is not to scare you away from any activity but to help you understand the risks and to study.
Red is a probable death due to medical issues unrelated to the activity
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Date |
Activity |
State |
Location |
What |
Age |
Sex |
Location 2 |
Reference |
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3/2 |
Backcountry Skiing |
AK |
Chugach Mountains |
Calving Glacier |
28 |
M |
|
|
|
5/22 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Clear Creek |
Raft Flipped |
47 |
F |
M258.5 |
|
|
5/31 |
Whitewater Rafting |
MT |
Gallatin River |
Raft Flipped |
43 |
M |
House Rock |
|
|
6/5 |
Whitewater Rafting |
UT |
Colorado River, Westwater |
Raft Flipped |
50 |
M |
Funnel Falls |
|
|
6/10 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Arkansas River, Brown’s Canyon, |
Raft high sided |
11 |
M |
Big Drop |
|
|
6/11 |
Zip Line |
NC |
Camp Cheerio |
|
12 |
F |
|
|
|
|
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Arkansas River |
|
52 |
M |
Salt Lick |
|
|
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Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Animas |
|
|
M |
|
|
|
6/23 |
Wakeboarding |
GA |
Carters Lake |
|
23 |
M |
|
|
|
|
Whitewater Rafting |
NM |
Rio Grande |
|
52 |
M |
|
|
|
7/4 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Clear Creek |
|
20 |
M |
|
|
|
7/6 |
Whitewater Rafting |
CO |
Poudre River |
Medical |
76 |
M |
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Our condolences go to the families of the deceased. Our thoughts extend to the families and staff at the areas who have to deal with these tragedies.
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