William Gregory "Greg" Smith
SMITH, WILLIAM "GREG" GREGORY, 45, of Ketchum, Idaho, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005. He was a native of Louisville. He was a world renowned rock climber and paraglider, an entrepreneur, a carpenter, and a Mason. He is well-known in climbing circles for having made many first ascents in the Eastern United States including Red River Gorge, Seneca Rocks, as well as in Patagonia. He was a member of the American K2 Expedition. He was the North American Paragliding Champion in 1988, a USHGA Class III Paraglider Instructor, a member of the 1989 US World Team and the #1 US pilot in 1993. He was the former President of the EDEL USA, a distributorship and the former owner and operator of Sun Valley Paragliding. He is survived by his mother, Mary Smith; his father and step-mother, Coleman and Jean Smith; his sister, Kelly Cowles; his nieces Whitney and Rachel Cowles; and his step-brother, Jack Baldwin. He will be missed by his family as well as an immeasurable amount of friends world wide. His memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, October 17, 2005 at the Chapel at Highview Baptist Church, 7711 Fegenbush Lane. Another memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, October 29, 2005 in Hailey, Idaho. Memorial gifts may be given in Greg's name to Highview Baptist Church, Whitefield Academy, or to the Idaho Youth Ranch 7025 Emerald Boise, ID 83704.
Published in The Courier-Journal on 10/8/2005.
Greg Smith
Haiku Route Memorial for Greg Smith
Haiku Route Memorial for Greg Smith
This coincidence
http://xoomer.alice.it/merton/DualeUnohaiku.jpg
the first Haiku poetry route taped on a gym wall in Rome, Italy -
on Greg's Birthday last year -
gave me the idea to start this Memorial for him. Please write a poem and tape it to a rock wall, climb it, then take a photo of it and post it here (for example, one word on each piece of tape for every movement, two words in the case of "match hands").
It will be an honor for me to print these and place them in albums for his closest family members.
Peace,
Sherri McFerran (Russo)
This coincidence
http://xoomer.alice.it/merton/DualeUnohaiku.jpg
the first Haiku poetry route taped on a gym wall in Rome, Italy -
on Greg's Birthday last year -
gave me the idea to start this Memorial for him. Please write a poem and tape it to a rock wall, climb it, then take a photo of it and post it here (for example, one word on each piece of tape for every movement, two words in the case of "match hands").
It will be an honor for me to print these and place them in albums for his closest family members.
Peace,
Sherri McFerran (Russo)