Victim of climbing accident remembered as free spirit (Appleton Post-Crescent)

APPLETON � A 2001 Fox Valley Lutheran High School graduate who loved nature and adventure died Sunday after suffering multiple broken bones while climbing in California�s Owens River Gorge.

Ian Mack, 23, a 2005 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studied environmental conservation and biology, had hiked and climbed in places as far-flung as Europe and the Pacific Coast.