Our friend Mike Speegle

[Sam Seiber]

I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
other active newsgroups.

bdubya wrote:
>
> The moderator team wishes to announce the passing of Mike Speegle,
> skier and RSAM moderator, on Thursday the 24th of July. Mike was a
> very personable fellow and a friend and skiing buddy who will be
> missed. He is now skiing in light. Memorial donations in his name may
> be made to The Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth, 8101 East
> Dartmouth Ave., #11, Denver, CO 80231, www.shaka.org, and all are
> encouraged to ski a run in his honor at the earliest opportunity.
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/saemisch/A-Basin/MikesLastRun.jpg
>
> See you on the next lap, Mike.

I posted a message yesterday, but it hasn't made it through the
moderation process. In the fullest respect for a man I never
met, I hiked to the top of the basin. I thought of him for most
of my hike to the top. I was lucky enough to have talked to him on the
phone
about 7 some odd months ago. I plan on posting the pictures of
my summer A-Basin hike, as I feel this is the very minimum of
respect I could display for Mike.

I will also be posting this seperately to the sci.space.* news groups
that led me to the rec.skiing.* groups that he help me find.
The sci.space.* newsgroups should know.

BW, thanks for letting us know. I had not seen any posts from
Mike in a few weeks. This explains a great deal.

Sam "I will forever miss Mikes posts in sci.space.* & rec.skiing.*"
Seiber
*******
The above is the post I made to rec.skiing.moderated. I made another
post, including the rec.skiing.moderated, but it has yet to make it
through moderation, so the posts to sci.space.* have yet to make it.
I thought you on sci.space.* would like to know. We lost a good one.
This is about the one time in a million that moderation fails to tell
the story.

Sam "May Mike now be in a position to ski the polar caps of Mars" Seiber

********
The news is only about 2 days old. I dearly miss him.

[OM]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:20:09 -0600, Sam Seiber
> wrote:

>I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
>other active newsgroups.

....I wondered where Mike had been of late. Any details on his passing?

Frap.


OM

--

"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

[Sam Seiber]

OM wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:20:09 -0600, Sam Seiber
> > wrote:
>
> >I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
> >other active newsgroups.
>
> ...I wondered where Mike had been of late. Any details on his passing?
>
> Frap.
>
> OM
>
No, I have nothing yet. When I know, I will let the others of this
group know. I know he was in his early 50's. Way too young to die.
His posts ment a lot to me in the sci.space.* groups, as well as the
rec.skiing.* groups. While I never meet the man, I felt a real
kinship with him. He lived near Boulder CO, and I live in Denver.
We lost a good one. Today I hiked a bit of Copper Mountain CO.
On my drive home to Denver, I decided to hike to the top of
Arapahoe Basin, to remember him. I needed to get a picture of a
ski run he made on his last ski day of skiing.

I really wish I had the chance to met him. Any sane space history
buff who skis is a pretty damn cool person in my book.

OM, cut me a little slack, but his posts in SCI & REC were some of
the best posts I have ever read. I already miss him a lot.
I treasured the man. I regret I never got to meet him.

Here is one picture of him:
http://homepage.mac.com/saemisch/A-Basin/MikesLastRun.jpg

and my attempt to show the same run today (yesterday):
http://www.sbseiber.com/mikespeegle.html
without snow & Mike.



To keep this on topic, I am currently reading "The All-American Boys" by
Walt Cunningham, his newest edition. So far, a very good read.
A few years ago when I visited KSC, Walt was the astro on stage.
His book is starting off very well, I am at page 57.

Sam "Remembering Mike Speegle" Seiber

[Dale]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:00:53 -0600, OM wrote:

>Mike will be missed.

He certainly will. Thank you for letting us know, Sam.

Dale

I thought of him just yesterday as I muttered under my breath
his "what a maroon" while dealing with a really stupid guy :)

[OM]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 01:49:51 -0600, Sam Seiber
> wrote:

>OM, cut me a little slack, but his posts in SCI & REC were some of
>the best posts I have ever read. I already miss him a lot.
>I treasured the man. I regret I never got to meet him.

....Nobody on this end is attempting to restrict your slack, Sam. I
share your grief as well. Mike's posts were worth reading without
question, and his contributions around here will be missed. Except, of
course, by Bob Haller, as I note that the last few posts I have in my
archives from Mike were ones pointing out Bob's fallacies and idiocy.

Mike will be missed.


OM

--

"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

[Alan Erskine]

Why do I get the feeling this is the same stuff that has been posted about
me?

--
Alan Erskine
alanerskine(at)optusnet.com.au
John Howard doesn't speak for this
Australian in the Amrosi death sentence -
Jail, not death.

"Sam Seiber" > wrote in message
...
> I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
> other active newsgroups.
>
> bdubya wrote:
> >
> > The moderator team wishes to announce the passing of Mike Speegle,
> > skier and RSAM moderator, on Thursday the 24th of July. Mike was a
> > very personable fellow and a friend and skiing buddy who will be
> > missed. He is now skiing in light. Memorial donations in his name may
> > be made to The Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth, 8101 East
> > Dartmouth Ave., #11, Denver, CO 80231, www.shaka.org, and all are
> > encouraged to ski a run in his honor at the earliest opportunity.
> >
> > http://homepage.mac.com/saemisch/A-Basin/MikesLastRun.jpg
> >
> > See you on the next lap, Mike.
>
> I posted a message yesterday, but it hasn't made it through the
> moderation process. In the fullest respect for a man I never
> met, I hiked to the top of the basin. I thought of him for most
> of my hike to the top. I was lucky enough to have talked to him on the
> phone
> about 7 some odd months ago. I plan on posting the pictures of
> my summer A-Basin hike, as I feel this is the very minimum of
> respect I could display for Mike.
>
> I will also be posting this seperately to the sci.space.* news groups
> that led me to the rec.skiing.* groups that he help me find.
> The sci.space.* newsgroups should know.
>
> BW, thanks for letting us know. I had not seen any posts from
> Mike in a few weeks. This explains a great deal.
>
> Sam "I will forever miss Mikes posts in sci.space.* & rec.skiing.*"
> Seiber
> *******
> The above is the post I made to rec.skiing.moderated. I made another
> post, including the rec.skiing.moderated, but it has yet to make it
> through moderation, so the posts to sci.space.* have yet to make it.
> I thought you on sci.space.* would like to know. We lost a good one.
> This is about the one time in a million that moderation fails to tell
> the story.
>
> Sam "May Mike now be in a position to ski the polar caps of Mars" Seiber
>
> ********
> The news is only about 2 days old. I dearly miss him.

[Chuck Stewart]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:46:05 +0000, Roger Balettie wrote:

> My deepest condolences to the Speegle family and friends...

Has there been any verification that Mike has indeed passed on?

After all the anon trolling I'm somewhat catious.

> Roger

--
Chuck Stewart
"Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?"

[Chuck Stewart]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:33:53 +0000, Rusty Barton wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:28:52 +0000, "Chuck Stewart"
> > wrote:

>>> My deepest condolences to the Speegle family and friends...

>>Has there been any verification that Mike has indeed passed on?

> The announcement appeared in REC.SKIING.ALPINE.MODERATED on Aug 8.

> http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=twig.1060565647.4537%40news.cis.dfn.de&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Drec.skiing.alpine.moderated

Damn.

He will be missed.

> Rusty Barton

thanks for the info.

--
Chuck Stewart
"Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?"

[Herb Schaltegger]

In article >,
"Roger Balettie" > wrote:

> "Sam Seiber" > wrote:
> > I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
> > other active newsgroups.
> >
> > > The moderator team wishes to announce the passing of
> > > Mike Speegle, skier and RSAM moderator, on Thursday
> > > the 24th of July.
>
> My deepest condolences to the Speegle family and friends...
>
> Roger

Mine, as well. Mike seemed to be a real good guy to know and I always
appreciated his posts.

--
Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D.
Reformed Aerospace Engineer
"Heisenberg might have been here."
~ Anonymous

[Rusty Barton]

>"Sam Seiber" > wrote:
>> I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
>> other active newsgroups.
>>
>> > The moderator team wishes to announce the passing of
>> > Mike Speegle, skier and RSAM moderator, on Thursday
>> > the 24th of July.
>

I've read Mike's posts in the SCI.SPACE.* groups for years and always
enjoyed his input. He will be missed.


Rusty Barton - Antelope, California

[Rusty Barton]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:28:52 +0000, "Chuck Stewart"
> wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:46:05 +0000, Roger Balettie wrote:
>
>> My deepest condolences to the Speegle family and friends...
>
>Has there been any verification that Mike has indeed passed on?
>
>After all the anon trolling I'm somewhat catious.
>


The announcement appeared in REC.SKIING.ALPINE.MODERATED on Aug 8.


http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=twig.1060565647.4537%40news.cis.dfn.de&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Drec.skiing.alpine.moderated




Rusty Barton - Antelope, California

[Sam Seiber]

Chuck Stewart wrote:
>
> Has there been any verification that Mike has indeed passed on?
>
> After all the anon trolling I'm somewhat catious.
>

I trust the source, as I have meet & skied with him.
It also explains the lack of posts by Mike.

Sam Seiber

[OM]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:12:53 -0700, Rusty Barton >
wrote:

>I've read Mike's posts in the SCI.SPACE.* groups for years and always
>enjoyed his input. He will be missed.

,,,A quick search on google revealed what I believe is Mike's last
usenet post, on rec.skiing.alpine, dated 7/23/03:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=author:mikespeegle%40netscape.net&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=bfn66h%24g2a6l%241%40ID-130573.news.uni-berlin.de&rnum=1

....Does anyone happen to know where Mike hailed from, or where he was
living at the time of his passing? An obit might be available online
that can be linked or reposted here.

OM

--

"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

[Sam Seiber]

OM wrote:
> ...Does anyone happen to know where Mike hailed from, or where he was
> living at the time of his passing? An obit might be available online
> that can be linked or reposted here.
>
> OM

He lived very close to Boulder Colorado. I looked at the Boulder
paper online (dailycamera.com), but could find nothing. I also
checked news.google.com, and again came up with nothing. I am
keeping an eye out in the ski newsgroups for further info.

Sam Seiber

[Sam Seiber]

Agent Blue wrote:
> Very sorry to hear that. Does anyone know how he died, was it a skiing
> accident?

I doubt it, as the last ski area in Colorado to close was A-Basin, on
July 2. IIRC, he was done skiing for the season about two months
before that.

Sam Seiber

[Let Mikey Ski It!]

Chuck Stewart wrote:

> Has there been any verification that Mike has indeed passed on?

Yes, we verified the information before we posted the note.

> After all the anon trolling I'm somewhat catious.

Always a wise course.

Mike... (one of his fellow moderators on rec.skiing.alpine.moderated)

--
See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us
Carpe powder-diem

[Doug...]

In article >,
says...
> I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
> other active newsgroups.
>
> bdubya wrote:
> >
> > The moderator team wishes to announce the passing of Mike Speegle,
> > skier and RSAM moderator, on Thursday the 24th of July. Mike was a
> > very personable fellow and a friend and skiing buddy who will be
> > missed. He is now skiing in light. Memorial donations in his name may
> > be made to The Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth, 8101 East
> > Dartmouth Ave., #11, Denver, CO 80231, www.shaka.org, and all are
> > encouraged to ski a run in his honor at the earliest opportunity.
> >
> > http://homepage.mac.com/saemisch/A-Basin/MikesLastRun.jpg
> >
> > See you on the next lap, Mike.

The death of a man is a tragedy, especially a man who has enriched my
life.

Mike will be missed.

--

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for | Doug Van Dorn
thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup |

[David Sander]

Sam Seiber wrote:
>
> I felt that all of you should know. I saw this in one of Mikes
> other active newsgroups.
>
> bdubya wrote:
> >
> > The moderator team wishes to announce the passing of Mike Speegle,
> > skier and RSAM moderator, on Thursday the 24th of July.

Sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

A gentleman and a genuine contributor to this online community.

Damn ... I'm going to miss you, Mike.

:-(


David
--
per aspera ad astra