An accident paralyzed Jill Kinmont Boothe, shown in May. Her recovery inspired the movie “The Other Side of the Mountain.’’
(Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times via AP)
Jill Kinmont Boothe, 75, national champion skier
An accident paralyzed Jill Kinmont Boothe, shown in May. Her recovery inspired the movie “The Other Side of the Mountain.’’
(Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times via AP)
Jill Kinmont Boothe, a champion ski racer whose struggle to recuperate from a paralyzing fall became the subject of the popular 1975 film “The Other Side of the Mountain,’’ died Thursday.
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