Sarah Moughamian was one of four skiers killed in Saturday s Mill Creek avalanche in Utah.(Facebook)
Army Ranger Matthew Nyman survived a helicopter crash in Iraq that crushed his foot but he learned to climb again, most recently on Alaska s Bear Mountain.
Mr Jessen, Ms Moughamian and Mr Nyman are just three of the 14 people who ve died in avalanches since February 1.
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The bodies of three skiers have been found.(Office of Emergency Management, San Juan County)
It s the highest number of avalanche deaths recorded in a seven-day period since the US Forest Service s National Avalanche Centre started tracking deaths, according to Karl Birkeland, the centre s director.
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