Shane Krogen dies; a loss to mourn

Fresno outdoorsman Shane Krogen dies in fall from helicopter

Shane Krogen, a Fresno outdoorsman who led crews of volunteers through the Sierra Nevada mountains repairing trails and cleaning up marijuana growing sites, died Thursday after falling from a helicopter while in the high country of Tulare County.


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The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.

Wow, really sad news.

I hope they find out what went so horribly wrong.

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Marek Warszawski: Outdoors, kindness was Shane Krogen's domain

Shane Krogen was one of the first friendly faces I met in Fresno.

He was behind the counter at California Outfitters, the outdoors speciality shop he used to own near Blackstone and Herndon, when I walked in 15 years ago looking for new hiking boots. (I found the store in something called the yellow pages. Kids, ask your parents what that is.)

Shane not only sold me new boots but also measured my feet for high-quality moldable insoles. I balked, but he insisted. And my blister problems ceased that day.

I remember being struck by Krogen's smile and enthusiasm for the outdoors, and it wasn't long before he had me volunteering for his trail crew and signing up for the store's activity classes. He was one of those people you can't help but think of fondly.



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The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.