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Danger never bothered Wallace ("Bud") Werner. He did not deliberately tempt it; for him it just never existed. Some might call that ignorant or childish or foolhardy, but within the special company of downhill racers, Bud Werner won only admiration and respect. Austrians called him "the cowboy from Colorado"; autographed photos of his boyish face decorated the walls of stores and inns in ski towns like Kitzbühel and Bad Gastein...
...Bud Werner was the best male skier the U.S. ever produced. The son of a rancher from Steamboat Springs, Colo., he had never even been on a train or plane when, at 17, he traveled to Europe and in Norway beat Europe's best. If Olympic medals are a true test of a skier's ability, Werner was a failure, because he never won any. He broke a leg training for the 1960 Winter Olympics, and by the time this year's Games rolled around, he was 28 and past his peak. But over the years...
Barbi never had a chance. But Bud almost won the race. Crouched far for ward, poles tucked tightly under his arms, he strained for speed; horrified onlookers guessed that he was hitting 50 m.p.h. Then, just 15 ft. from safety, he stumbled, staggered and fell. By the time rescuers found the two skiers, four hours later, both were dead...
Died. Wallace ("Bud") Werner, 28, ace U.S. skier; in an Alpine spring avalanche near St. Moritz, Switzerland, that also took the life of German Olympian Barbara Henneberger, 23 (see THE WORLD...
...then the trees bud and dead grass grows and the world wakes up. People change. They forget the cold and they open their windows. And you think about His awakening. You know, a lot has changed since then. It makes you sort of wonder...