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Isn’t this your greatest fear?

In Uncategorized on 28 March 2009 tagged blackerby, canadian, death, died, dying, evanblackerby, evanshawblackerby, expectation, extreme, italy, McConkey, parachute, plummeting, shane, skier, vancouver with 12982 commentshttp://evanshawblackerby.com/2009/03/isnt-this-your-greatest-fear/Isn%27t+this+your+greatest+fear%3F2009-03-28+13%3A12%3A46evanblackerby

Canadian extreme skier and base jumper, Shane McConkey, died Thursday following a ski-base accident that ocurred while filming his latest movie in Italy, the Inquisitr reported.
McConkey, 39, experienced problems in the air after jumping off of a cliff in the expectation that he would be able to detach his skis and deploy his parachute, thus [...]