http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2009/07/18/news/doc4a61088828162504453205.txt

Thirty-four-year local “Captain” Jack Carey was killed on Friday afternoon atop Lizard Head Pass while biking when he strayed from his lane and into traffic. He was 64.

San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said Carey was cycling with his wife, Monica. Carey was headed downhill toward Telluride, turned around to look at Monica, possibly circling back toward her, and drifted into the path of a truck coming up behind him, Masters said.

He was killed within “seconds,” according to San Miguel County Coroner Bob Dempsey. The accident occurred around 1 p.m.

The longtime and long-bearded local with a chowder-thick New England accent made his home high up in Ophir, where he’d ski and hike the peaks ringing the valley. He leaves behind Monica and his daughter, Jill Curtis, of Salt Lake City.

But in stories across town in the days after, the Captain lived on. He was a hang-gliding champion and dyed-in-the-wool-sock skier. Someone who snagged first chairs of the season and tended a simple garden.