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Sad beyond words, Rick was one of the real good guys in this sport. I remember Rick as a kid flying his Standard Cirrus in the first Sports Class Nationals at Minden. He built our club house at Air Sailing and CD'd a regionals there. What a loss..............mark the next thermal for me old friend..
JJ Sinclair

From Paul Mayfield

First of all, an explanation.
I spoke with Ricks brother, Jeff Walters this morning.

Rick was riding his new titanium road bike at speed and something
caused a horrible accident.
It might have been a rock, a high-speed wobble, nobody knows.
Rick suffered severe head trauma and was airlifted to hospital.
At 4:05 am this morning he was taken off life support.

The accident took place near Hope Valley, a beautiful place.

From Paul Mayfield

First of all, an explanation.
I spoke with Ricks brother, Jeff Walters this morning.

Rick was riding his new titanium road bike at speed and something
caused a horrible accident.
It might have been a rock, a high-speed wobble, nobody knows.
Rick suffered severe head trauma and was airlifted to hospital.
At 4:05 am this morning he was taken off life support.

The accident took place near Hope Valley, a beautiful place.

From Paul Mayfield

First of all, an explanation.
I spoke with Ricks brother, Jeff Walters this morning.

Rick was riding his new titanium road bike at speed and something
caused a horrible accident.
It might have been a rock, a high-speed wobble, nobody knows.
Rick suffered severe head trauma and was airlifted to hospital.
At 4:05 am this morning he was taken off life support.

The accident took place near Hope Valley, a beautiful place.

On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 4:41:55 PM UTC-4, wrote:
We have lost another Great soaring pilot and human being Rick Walters passed away yesterday after being involved in a bicycle accident here in Nevada

How very sad , Rick was a gentleman and someone I greatly admired as a Glider pilot of very superior skills . My sincere condolences to his family and friends .

It has all been said already. He was a wonderful, talented human being and he will be greatly missed.

Bob

On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 4:41:55 PM UTC-4, wrote:
We have lost another Great soaring pilot and human being Rick Walters passed away yesterday after being involved in a bicycle accident here in Nevada

My Dad used to say that more people are killed on bicycles than in airplanes, don't know if that's true anymore?
Sorry to here, what a loss.
Glen

On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 1:41:55 PM UTC-7, wrote:
We have lost another Great soaring pilot and human being Rick Walters passed away yesterday after being involved in a bicycle accident here in Nevada

This was particularly sad news as Patrick McLaughlin told me just after I arrived at the Region 8 Championships at Ephrata to assist Chris Klix in preparing to launch some of Arnold Skopil's ashes over the Plateau. Arnold was a pioneer in motorgliding who would fly from Hoquiam (near the Pacific coast) across Puget Sound, and then the Cascades for a weekend of soaring at Ephrata. He would commute home the same way.

Like Rick who I met through a mutual soaring friend, Arnold was a great soaring pilot and a greater human being, never hesitating to help anyone and never failing to give a special thanks to anyone who helped him.

For more about Arnold, go to the "2014/2015 December/January" issue of Towline, the Seattle Glider Council newsletter (http://www.seattleglidercouncil..org/).

When ever I learn of the Final Glide of another soaring pilot, I hear Ed Kilbourne's voice in my mind, singing "Cloudbase."(https://www.edkilbourne.com/)

Both Rick and Arnold are now at Cloudbase - where we will all go to rest at the end of the day. Godspeed to both.

On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 1:41:55 PM UTC-7, wrote:
We have lost another Great soaring pilot and human being Rick Walters passed away yesterday after being involved in a bicycle accident here in Nevada

What a terrible loss. I am sad beyond words too, and my condolences to his closest friends and family. "keep the glider in the air, and something good will happen." So long Rick.

Any funeral or memorial dates?