Alex van bibber biography
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Alex van bibber biography
Alex Van Bibber, an incredible Yukon trapper, just may have been the toughest man in Canada
On Wednesday, Van Bibber died at 98. Only weeks before — despite congestive heart failure and bruising from a nasty fall — he had still been running his trap line
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Alex Van Bibber was probably the toughest man in Canada.
He was born under a spruce tree and he went to school at age 13 by piloting a log raft down the Yukon River.
At the age of 82, he dislocated his arm after rolling his ATV, and hiked three miles to catch a ride to the hospital.
At 93, he walked five miles through thick snow after his snowmobile broke down.
One time, already well into old age, the veteran trapper was demonstrating a powerful new steel trap to a classroom of his peers when it suddenly slammed shut on his wrist, shattering his watch and sending pain shooting up his arm.
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