Smokejumper Obituary: Hentze, Mark (Redmond 2000)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Mark, 37, died March 6, 2012, when he drowned in a flash flood on the Santo Domingo River in the South American nation of Colombia. He graduated from Eastern Oregon University in 1999, and while studying, he worked as a Forest Service seasonal firefighter. Mark jumped from Redmond from 2000 through 2011. He was also a freelance writer and photographer and had made kayaking and photography expeditions around the globe. He first traveled to Colombia in 2005, returning every year thereafter to explore and document rivers for the book Colombia Whitewater, which he co-authored with Aaron Rettig.

Identifier

Hentze_Mark_Redmond_2000

Publication Date

April 2012

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Hentze, Mark (Redmond 2000)" (2012). Smokejumper Obituaries. 852.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/852