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Robb Gaffney on my last ski day with him, on my birthday, January 19, 2023.
By Rob McCormick
Beloved Tahoe local, Robb Gaffney, lost his four-year battle with Leukemia on September 22, 2023. Robb was a longtime friend of SBDC contributors, Rob and Susan McCormick, and frequently featured in this blog. Robb was more than an amazing skier, he was an amazing person.
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New residents of North Lake Tahoe: Robb Gaffney and Rob McCormick in Olympic Valley, October 1994.
Melissa Siig from Moonshine Ink asked me to write a piece on Robb after his passing.
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Who will get picked up first? Hitchhiking at Berthoud Pass circa 1992.
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Robb Gaffney in Granite Chief Wilderness March 2019
I wrote about one of my favorite adventures with Robb, in a zone we call the Land of the Lost, back in 2013.
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Robb’s celebration of life at Olympic Valley Stables on October 6, 2023.
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My signed copy of Squallywood.
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