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"I heard screeching behind me and a eagle flew down and attacked me, swooping down and bouncing into the side of my wing with its claws," Moss told Reuters on Friday.
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PARK CITY -- A 49-year-old skier died after apparently crashing into trees at Park City Mountain Resort, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Brett Pendleton was unconscious when discovered in trees near the Pay Day run Wednesday. He was wearing a helmet, resort spokeswoman Krista Parry said.
A Park City Mountain Resort skier died on the slopes Wednesday, the resort said midday Thursday. According to a statement from the resort, Brett Pendleton was reported missing at about 4:40 p.m. Ski patrollers were alerted and found him close to the resort's popular PayDay run, an intermediate slope.
A Draper skier, well known locally as part of Park City Mountain Resort's Masters racing group, died after a wreck at the resort on Wednesday.
Britain's top female paraglider has cheated death after being attacked by a pair of "screeching" wild eagles while competing in Australia.
Hundreds of turkeys on a Suffolk poultry farm have been killed by bird flu, experts have confirmed.Government vets say the H5 strain of the virus was detected.
For many Coloradans, winter means skiing as surely as January means stock show. But the state's barrel of cold-weather fun is hardly capped by what can be seen between ski tips.
A weekly column featuring reader photos.
"I heard screeching behind me and a eagle flew down and attacked me, swooping down and bouncing into the side of my wing with its claws," Moss told Reuters on Friday.
A British tourist who fell to his death from the top floor of a Mexican hotel was due to be best man at a wedding, it has emerged.Adrian Fletche... Italy has indefinitely suspended all international and domestic football matches after a policeman was killed during riots.The officer w...
PARK CITY -- A 49-year-old skier died after apparently crashing into trees at Park City Mountain Resort, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Brett Pendleton was unconscious when discovered in trees near the Pay Day run Wednesday. He was wearing a helmet, resort spokeswoman Krista Parry said.
A Park City Mountain Resort skier died on the slopes Wednesday, the resort said midday Thursday. According to a statement from the resort, Brett Pendleton was reported missing at about 4:40 p.m. Ski patrollers were alerted and found him close to the resort's popular PayDay run, an intermediate slope.
A Draper skier, well known locally as part of Park City Mountain Resort's Masters racing group, died after a wreck at the resort on Wednesday.
Britain's top female paraglider has cheated death after being attacked by a pair of "screeching" wild eagles while competing in Australia.
