Lanks - his last name is spelled Petersen. Here's some text from the
Parents of Lost Skiers site:
Trevor Petersen
Born in New Westminster, British Columbia on September 15, 1962, Trevor was the youngest son of Arlie and Beth Petersen. He had two older brothers, Lindsay and Rick, who gave him an appreciation of the mountains early on. As a young adult, he was known for his tremendous energy and his contagious enthusiasm. If Trev was planning a new expedition, the phone would begin to ring.
His early ground-breaking first descents were of a number of B.C. Coastal mountains. He was featured in the Extreme Explorations video, Waddington Now, when he made the first descent of the highest peak in B.C. From then on, sponsors chased and he moved ahead to ski the mountaintops of the world.
Although Trevor ultimately graced the covers of many international magazines, his goal was never fame itself. He was a purist at heart whose best part of the day was rising early before the film and helicopter crews, and sitting watching the beauty of the sunrise. He detested the term extreme skiing and at the time of his death, he had achieved world recognition as a first class ski mountaineer.
He was featured on numerous Rap Productions videos; he worked on the film, White Fang 2 as well as being an integral part of the film, Alaska. His expertise in the mountains became legendary. If he introduced you to the wonders of the backcountry with his firm, No Wimp Tours, you were in the safest hands possible. He also worked on a unique project in Greenland, one which captured his heart. The Inuit children loved his smiling, larger-than-life self and, among many other places in the world, his ashes were placed in a cairn erected and dedicated by his Inuit friends.
Trevor loved people in a nonjudgmental way. Perhaps that is his greatest legacy. His energy and spirit continue on in his partnerTanya, his son Kye and his daughter Névé. He touched many lives in his short lifetime - and left the world a much better place to be.
