After seeing video footage of guide Stephen Koch using a snowmobile in an area where they are not allowed for skiers and snowboarders, Jackson Hole, Wyoming’s Exum Mountain Guides fired the extreme snowboarding pioneer after 15 years of service, according to a story in the Jackson Hole Guide.
The action by the prestigious guide service came as park officials cited Koch twice for a Feb. 7 excursion that was videotaped and displayed on several Web sites, including Koch’s own. The world-famous alpinist was sacked even as he offered a public apology, printed as this week’s Jackson Hole News & Guide guest editorial, saying he suffered “a lapse of my good judgment,” in making and publicizing his trip.
Sadly, the kind of snowmobile that Koch used (a four-stroke) is legal for fisherman, but not for skiers and snowboarders. Apparently, they forgot to stop and do some ice fishing on the way to the Skillet Glacier.
[Link: Jackson Hole Guide]
