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Crag
Trad climber
Pennsyltuckey
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Oct 31, 2017 - 05:55am PT
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RIP Mr. Beckey...Off Belay.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Oct 31, 2017 - 05:58am PT
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RIP and thank you ,Fred
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Alan Rubin
climber
Amherst,MA.
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Oct 31, 2017 - 06:07am PT
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Very sad to turn on my computer this morning to this news. Though, of course, I knew otherwise, there was somehow this expectation that Fred would continue to defy nature and indeed keep going indefinitely. Legend, icon..neither seems quite to do him justice. Another major loss for our community this year.
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HuecoRat
Trad climber
NJ
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Oct 31, 2017 - 07:41am PT
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There is no place you can go in all of North America that isn't marked with Fred's footprints.
Two questions come to my mind:
1 What is the final tally of first ascents? (I wonder if we will ever know.)
2 Where is the black book?
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Spiny Norman
Social climber
Boring, Oregon
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Oct 31, 2017 - 08:19am PT
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They broke the mold and we'll never see his like again. What a life.
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BigB
Trad climber
Red Rock
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Oct 31, 2017 - 08:26am PT
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does Beckey have any FA's in Red Rock?
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Bldrjac
Ice climber
Boulder
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Oct 31, 2017 - 08:49am PT
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A long and amazing life, lived entirely on his terms. Jack climbed with him a bit BITD, and had many stories. I got to see Fred at the AAC event in Seattle last year...he was still part of the action! I highly recommend the movie "Dirtbag" to get a better sense of Fred, and his influence on climbing and climbers. RIP!
pam
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ec
climber
ca
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Oct 31, 2017 - 08:53am PT
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Trivia about Fred’s Little Black Book: As mentioned in the film, ‘Dirtbag, The Legend of Fred Beckey,’ the book was allegedly in a haulbag lost on Tehipite Dome; it wasn’t actually Tehipite, it was on Angel Wings (reference AAJ). On Angel Wings Fred, et al, lost the haulbag.
Decades later, I found the remains of the contents. I actually used the hammock I had retrieved on another route there...Upon our return, we shared our trip with Dave Nettle, where he penned a short story about finding the book and fueled the tale.
I had spent some time with Fred in the past, and discovered that the Little Black Book was in Fred’s brain (as the film concurred).
One of my last conversations via phone with Fred (talking LOUDLY), “Hey, gotta call you back...I’m in a library. Everyone’s getting pissed-off.
 ec
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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Oct 31, 2017 - 08:55am PT
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Your on belay Fred, see ya at the top.-lars
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rizzuh
Mountain climber
San Francisco, CA
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Oct 31, 2017 - 09:00am PT
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Helluva run. Glad to have met him a few years back. Hard to imagine what the climbing world was like way back when Beckey was in his prime... No climbing gyms or popular mags/publications... only a handful of people who were there because they loved it and needed it in their lives.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 31, 2017 - 09:03am PT
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I’m still here only because of Fred’s advice:
“ALWAYS trust your gut feelings.”
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Adventurer
Mountain climber
Virginia
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Oct 31, 2017 - 09:58am PT
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His was a life well lived. RIP, Mr. Beckey.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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Oct 31, 2017 - 10:01am PT
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The Dad Of Oscurities is now 'off belay'. Glad we had a few chance meetings together. Rest well, Fred-O!
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zeus
Mountain climber
ketchum, ID
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Oct 31, 2017 - 11:03am PT
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Off Belay!
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dfrost7
climber
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Oct 31, 2017 - 11:10am PT
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Sweet guy. Rest in peace, Fred.
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Urmas
Social climber
Sierra Eastside
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Oct 31, 2017 - 11:16am PT
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I got to hang out with Fred briefly during the JT trip in rfshore's pictures. Thankful to have been there!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Oct 31, 2017 - 11:20am PT
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Imagine the amount of vertical feet Fred climbed up and descended in his long life, may we all be fortunate enough to cover half as much in our days. Well done Fred, you'll be missed and long remembered....off belay.
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diggler
Trad climber
Frisco, CA
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Oct 31, 2017 - 11:54am PT
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One of the legends I'd hoped to meet but never did. Bummer. RIP, Fred. You & your climbs have provided me, & will continue to provide me inspiration, for the rest of my life I'm guessing. Only person I can think of that did anything like Fred was Norman Clyde. But Fred did it all over the continent. As others have stated, there won't be another Fred Beckey. Thank you & Godspeed.
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