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Hank Williams Jr. Recalls Vivid Details Of Horrific, 500-Foot Fall Down A Mountain In 1975: “That’s Why I Lived… I Remember Every Bit Of It”

Summary by Whiskey Riff
Somehow, he lived to tell the tale. On August 8th, 1975, Hank Williams Jr. and his friend Dick Willey went hiking in Montana, up near the Idaho border around Ajax Lake. With Ajax peak resting up 10,000 feet, Hank encountered a snow field about a thousand feet below it, but when he attempted to cross, the snow underneath him gave way, and fell down the mountain about 530 feet. His face struck a boulder on the way down, fracturing his skull in a n…
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Whiskey Riff broke the news in on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
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