Leo lived an adventurous life from 1961 to 1992, when he
fell while flying a parapente (paraglider) in Owen's Valley, CA. He was doing
what he loved best.
During his life Leo moved from
being a jazz musician, marine biologist, telemark ski
instructor, ecology activist, runner, mountain climber,
and cross-country cyclist, into being a successful computer
graphics entrepreneur. His friends in New Zealand said in tribute,
"Designer, climber, flyer, friend, he." Leo had come far towards his goal
of having warm friends and was close to starting his own family.
This page is a place to offer his contributions to the world.
It includes his art and writing.
Many of the small graphics are links. The major topics are:
Many pages are about paragliding. An honor is the Leo
Geary Memorial Trophy.
Memorial Flying Home
Graphic Art
Photographs
Bicycle trip journals
Outline of all pages devoted to Leo Geary including Facebook.
Related links
I've heard from many pilots, friends of Leo, and web surfers. For example, Bernard
Varaine wrote in 1995:
"I met Leo two or three times I think, when I came in NZ late 1990, as I was driving my son to the NZ champs in Queenstown, and then in Christchurch the year after. This year at the NZ champs, we had a Leo Geary Award attributed to the best 'new pilot'. This was a very moving moment in this prize ceremony and I think that all the pilots present who had met Leo at one time or another were touched by this."
The Leo Geary Award is a trophy in the form of a Maori war club. As Leo's mother, I would have liked to have seen it when I traveled to New Zealand, winter, 1996. I didn't find the pilot who earned it.
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