We are all saddened by the loss of Peter Bowle-Evans to an avalanche on January 16, 2008. A thoughtful man, Peter was committed husband, father, community leader and sportsman. From the time that Peter took up Hang Gliding in 1989, he worked tirelessly to make the Mount 7 Flying site the best that it could be. Peter's excellent relationship with BC Forestry underpinned most of the significant improvements and maintenance that occurred during the 1990's to the access road, Lookout and Upper Launch. Peter assumed the role of Mount 7 site development manager over the years that he was flying and was behind virtually all of the fundraising and site organizational initiatives that occurred throughout the '90s and beyond, including handling negotiations with Forestry when the new Mount 7 access road was constructed a few years ago.
Later, Peter broadened his unwavering support to the Hang Gliding and Paragliding community by serving as the President of the Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada. For years, thoughout every flying season, one could expect to see Peter heading up to the Lookout after work to set up and fly. He was basically there any flyable day up until about 2005.
Peter "retired" his hang glider a couple of years ago and, as he put it when I spoke to him last summer, "Flying was great for awhile, but skiing...that's another matter! I'll take skiing over flying any day!"
When he was struck down by the avalanche, Peter was following his heart with the same passion that he always put into everything he undertook. One flying colleague put it this way, "Golden will never be the same without Peter."
Read an article on "Living Life" by Peter which was one of the many items he contributed to the flygolden.ca web site a few years back.
