Kyle Smaine was reportedly one of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche while back-country skiing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in Japan while back-country skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano and found without vital signs on Monday was US professional skier Kyle Smaine, an outdoor magazine said.which took place at about 2.30pm on the eastern slope of Mount Hakuba Norikura in the ski resort, a Nagano police spokesman said.
“It is with great sadness we report beloved South Lake Tahoe Professional Skier Kyle Smaine has died in an avalanche in Japan,” the magazine wrote.
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