At first glance, the items listed for sale on Craigslist seemed benign: Blue socks. A fancy china set. A collectible action figure. But there was odd lingo slipped into the otherwise mundane posts. The socks were 'pressed.' Buyers could 'try' a plate from the china set 'to guarantee quality.' And the action figure was 'pure.
' Henry Zurkow was an honors student at the University of Colorado in Boulder, a mecca for two of his passions, mountaineering and snowboarding. A native of Scarsdale, N.Y., he had climbed all 46 peaks of the Adirondacks four separate times, according to his father, Peter Zurkow. The elder Zurkow described his son as resilient and driven. But he said Henry had repeatedly battled sports injuries and was eventually prescribed painkillers.