RIP Fred Beckey

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neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Oct 30, 2017 - 03:50pm PT

hey there say, russ... oh my... thanks for sharing...

my condolences to his family and loved ones...

i was given the idea to make him a blanket, with all the names
of the climbers on it-- but it is too late now...

oh my... but, he was already knowing how much you all love and
admired him...

thank for sharing, and thank you supertopo, for sharing, through
the years, about him-- or folks like me, would not have known,
of him, or about him...

job well done, to fred beckey...

the goat

climber

north central WA

Oct 30, 2017 - 03:53pm PT

I saw Fred in Mazama a year or so ago and at the AAC Seattle dinner this past February, it was obvious time was catching up. Nevertheless, he loved to be among climbers and in his element, the mountains.
From boulder problems at Schurmann Rock to distant ranges of the world, this guy did it all. And he remained a true dirtbag throughout. Icon seems like an understatement.

climber

Oct 30, 2017 - 03:58pm PT

Fred had an eye for a line...:(

and an eye for the gals!

RIP, Fred

Climberdude

Trad climber

Clovis, CA

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:07pm PT

Goodbye Fred. Thank you for the great climbs.

eeyonkee

Trad climber

Golden, CO

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:11pm PT

Wasn't he like 157 or something?

Joe Metz

Trad climber

Bay Area

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:13pm PT

No RIP for Fred. He won't sit still long enough!
We will miss you down here, Fred!

Curt

climber

Gold Canyon, AZ

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:15pm PT

RIP, Fred. Who says there are no old bold pilots?

Curt

originalpmac

Mountain climber

Timbers of Fennario

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:20pm PT

Legends never die.

ExfifteenExfifteen

climber

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:25pm PT

WOW!!! Speechless... I thought he was gonna live forever!!! Thanks Fred, for being the one and only Fred Beckey!!!

Ice climber

mogollon rim

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:36pm PT

that image of fred with the schoolgirl twins pretty much sums it up
legendary climbing career and player
seem to remember him doing the wannabee's mom
rip fred

justthemaid

climber

Jim Henson's Basement

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:52pm PT

RIP Fred. What a life he led!

Lived it to it's fullest. We should all be so lucky.

Rankin

Social climber

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:53pm PT

I had a coffee and some conversation with Fred Beckey at the Kava in Bishop about 15 years ago. He was cool as hell and it was an honor to meet him. RIP to a climbing hero.

Jan

Mountain climber

Colorado & Nepal

Oct 30, 2017 - 04:54pm PT

Clear back in the early 1960's I remember Layton Kor saying that his climbs were nothing compared to Fred's. Considering the source, that was quite a tribute. Still is.

Happiegrrrl2

Trad climber

Oct 30, 2017 - 05:03pm PT

He has sure given a lot to climbing, with his routes everywhere and the stories, and being someone so many have partnered up with.

I always say that "No one gets out alive," but if there has ever been someone who could, it would be Beckey.

phylp

Trad climber

Upland, CA

Oct 30, 2017 - 05:07pm PT

He leaves an incomparable legacy. RIP

kenny morrell

Trad climber

danville,ca

Oct 30, 2017 - 05:16pm PT

I had the privilege of climbing with him a few times,what a blast.I still have a couple of his voicemails on my home recorder. I just don't have the heart to delete them.

Brokedownclimber

Trad climber

Douglas, WY

Oct 30, 2017 - 05:21pm PT

Look in the dictionary for "dirtbag climber," and there's a picture of Fred.

I never had the joy of sharing a rope with him, but beer in the Sink with Layton, yeah!

Climb on, dude! See ya' in the next range of mountains.

Bushman

climber

The state of quantum flux

Oct 30, 2017 - 05:28pm PT

I met him back in the seventies while he was sharing some beta with Tobin in Camp Four and thought, "Who is this crusty old cuss?" Of course I was just a young chicken wing back then. I had no idea.