Brother Of Sen. Mark Udall Found Dead In Wyo. Wilderness

[cali]

James "Randy" Udall, 61, had left June 20 for a weeklong solo backpacking trip, setting off from a trailhead 10 miles northwest of Pinedale. He was due back a week ago.

Sen. Mark Udall's office released a statement from the family saying Randy Udall's body was found Wednesday. The family said that while an autopsy is forthcoming, it appears he died of natural causes.

"Randy left this earth doing what he loved most: hiking in his most favorite mountain range in the world," the family said.

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Randy Udall helped found the nonprofit Community Office for Resource Energy Efficiency, which promotes the use of renewable energy in the Aspen, Colo., area.

http://www.npr.org/2013/07/03/198532757/brother-of-sen-mark-udall-found-dead-in-wyo-wilderness

[HiPointDem]

1. interesting, wot?

From his perch on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Udall has sounded alarms, written letters to Cabinet members, sponsored bills, threatened to hold up confirmations and even personally engaged President Barack Obama about his increasing sense of alarm that the federal government was trampling Americans' constitutional rights.

The first-term Democrat said Thursday that he was well aware the federal government was broadly monitoring Americans' phone and e-mail communications and he did "everything short of leaking classified information" to try and bring attention to the issue.

http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_23406958/sen-mark-udalls-warnings-federal-domestic-spying-have

[PotatoChip]

2. "it appears he died of natural causes." -quote from the article (nt)

[HiPointDem]

3. yes, i read the article. interesting nevertheless.

[HiPointDem]

5. interesting no discussion too

[cali]

6. to me it just seems too speculative without more info

[HiPointDem]

8. i meant there was no discussion of the death *at all*. typically people come & say "oh, how sad"

or condolences or whatever. but only one person did.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar

[life long demo]

4. Condolences to the Udall family

I remember the father and uncle fondly. I admired Mo and Stewart Udall tremendously. Prayers and sympathy to all the Udall's.