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Remembering 'Captain Jack' Carey

By Rob Story

Monday, July 27, 2009

[Ed's note: Telluride-based writer Rob Story contributed this piece to ESPN Freeskiing commemorating Jack Carey. RIP, Jack.] The death of Jack Carey matters on the sports scene. No, he wasn't some slightly misspelled member of the Harry/Skip/Chip Caray broadcasting dynasty. No, this wasn't the baseball writer for USA TODAY with the exact same name. This was "Captain Jack," a legend in the Telluride, Colorado and Red Mountain, British Columbia ski areas and many other mountains in between. Capt ...

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