Fred Beckey Was An Elusive Climber

Fred Beckey is one of the most important characters in North American climbing history. He was also an incredibly complicated person who could drive his partners nuts with his dogged determination and singular focus. As northwest-based author and mountaineer Mac Bates recalls, he could also be elusive and hard to pin down!
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I’m 40 and I know people who have climbed with him. Epic.