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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/kalispell_firefighter_spends_weekends_winning_ski_mountaineering_races/2138/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: Every small town has its sports heroes. Every few years, some local kid puts up big numbers playing hoops or football, gets recruited by a university, and ends up reaching for a wider kind of fame in a distant city. But not every town has someone like Brandon French, an accomplished athlete at a sport both grueling and obscure. Rarer still, are those athletes who serve their hometown with dedication as a Kalispell City firefighter.