Outside Magazine article on Adam Roberts

[hop]

Adam Roberts died in December 2016 at White Pass. I knew him for over a decade and skied with him on a few occasions, but it's clear after reading this that I didn't really know him. I'll never forget his last words to me a few days before he passed "I'm trying to get my life together." Adam, I hope you've found peace now and I'm sorry I wasn't a better friend.

Thanks to Christopher Solomon for writing this.

Outside magazine article on Adam Roberts by Christopher Solomon

Edit: time flies.

[Kinnikinnick]

Sad tale.

Even the bliss of the mountains can’t wash off underlying distresses.

RIP


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[John_B]

Goddamn that was quite the article. I knew Adam very briefly from Western but eagerly followed his skiing exploits. Thanks for the link Hop.

[yeahman]

Interesting read. Obviously a very troubled individual. RIP

[dufferdan]

Mental illness sux hugely. This article hit way too close to home.

Tortured individual with so many positive gifts. So sad.

May he be in a better place.

[wickstad]

Did Adam drive an older Merc at some point? Just wondering if I ran in to him one day at the Marysville taco gyamas. Mid eighties Mercedes with Icelandic’s on the roof. Can’t remember what we talked about except that the dude was very cool.

[Angle Parking]

The poor parents who had to watch this unfold despite their very best efforts to help.

[LightRanger]

Read this yesterday. Super well-written. And heavy.

[Single Track]

I didn't know him, but after seeing his name for years in photo captions, I almost felt like I did. While I was reading this, I thought "Man, I don't want to know all this." But after further thought, giving the public an insight into who he was and his struggles is an important way to memorialize him.

[Patarero]

Sad story, tortured soul. Did not know him. We found this memorial in the white pass bc about a week after the incident.