Joshua Randich’s wing collapsed during a flight Sunday near Mount Magnificent in the Eagle River Valley. A friend was taking photos and videos of him when he disappeared from sight.
Updated: 15 minutes agoJoshua Randich, near Turnagain Pass on Dec. 13, 2014. Randich died in a speed-flying crash Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, near Eagle River.
“I think it’s pertinent to know that he didn’t necessarily make an error,” Starr said. “I don’t know, we won’t know. But he had a wing collapse and it caused a crash.”. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. He became interested in speed riding before he developed a serious hip injury that made it painful to ski, Starr said. But after he had a hip replacement in 2018, Randich fully immersed himself in the sport.
“He had done it safely and really just maintained a pretty incredible record of safety over all the years with hardly any injuries or any close calls. Everybody has some of those things, but when you look at what he did and how long he did it and the level, you would expect to see a lot more incidents than there were,” Starr said. “I think it was just a testament to his decision making and his approach to the mountains.
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