A SKIING accident has claimed the life of an Aldbourne man. Ian Gardener, 36 fell to his death while skiing off-piste in Switzerland
The lawyer fell some 300 metres (984 ft) after losing his footing ending up in a snow gully at the resort of Verbier in the Alps.
In 2002, Mr Gardener was featured on the National Geographic game show Game for It, following a dramatic cycling trip through the Mekong Delta with his friend Justin Wateridge.
The trip, which covered more than 4,500km helped to raise £18,000 for disabled charity, Motivation which provides wheelchairs to people in Asian developing countries.
It is understood that Mr Gardener's funeral took place last week in Aldbourne.
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