A MAN WHO GOT LOST WHILE SKIING AT GRAND TARGHEE RESORT HAS DIED FROM HYPOTHERMIA. OFFICIALS IDENTIFIED THE SKIER YESTERDAY AS 46-YEAR-OLD EDWARD FITZGERALD FROM FOREST HILLS NEW YORK. THE TETON COUNTY WYOMING SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SAYS FITZGERALD GOT LOST TUESDAY NIGHT WHILE SKIING OFF THE BACK SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, ULTIMATELY GETTING LOST IN THE SOUTH LEIGH CREEK AREA. FITZGERALD CALLED A DISPATCHER IN IDAHO TO REPORT HE HAD SKIED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY AND HAD A GLOBAL POSITIONING DEVICE BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS FROM BOTH STATES FAILED TO FIND HIM TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY STARTED THE SEARCH AGAIN YESTERDAY MORNING, FINDING HIM IN A CANYON UNCONSCIOUS AND UNRESPONSIVE. FITZGERALD WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT SAINT JOHN'S MEDICAL CENTER IN JACKSON.
