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downriver Trail Wise! Posts: 1,069	A Tribute to Fred Beckey May 9, 2024 22:48:05 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by downriver on May 9, 2024 22:48:05 GMT -8 I had not read this tribute; it’s from a few years back in The Mountaineers: www.mountaineers.org/blog/the-speed-of-love-going-the-distance-with-fred-beckey-1 Regards, DR
	Life is a long walk forward thru the cars of a passenger train each filled with; strangers whose stories we never learn, dear friends we long remember and passing acquaintances whose names & faces we take in like a breath and soon breathe away.... So many cars, so many passages." ---Ted Kooser

dustin Trail Wise! Posts: 74	A Tribute to Fred Beckey May 10, 2024 5:46:43 GMT -8 downriver likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by dustin on May 10, 2024 5:46:43 GMT -8 I watched a documentary about him last year. He sounded like he was completely focused on climbing and mountaineering to the exclusion of all else.
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reuben Trail Wise! Gonna need more Camels at the next refugio... Posts: 11,510	A Tribute to Fred Beckey May 10, 2024 9:01:54 GMT -8 dustin likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by reuben on May 10, 2024 9:01:54 GMT -8 May 10, 2024 5:46:43 GMT -8 dustin said: He sounded like he was completely focused on climbing and mountaineering to the exclusion of all else. Yeah, and this made him a pretty famous asshole.
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A Tribute to Fred Beckey May 19, 2024 0:03:14 GMT -8

Post by downriver on May 19, 2024 0:03:14 GMT -8

May 10, 2024 9:01:54 GMT -8 reuben said:

May 10, 2024 5:46:43 GMT -8 dustin said:

He sounded like he was completely focused on climbing and mountaineering to the exclusion of all else.

Yeah, and this made him a pretty famous asshole.

Did you see Dirtbag, Reuben? Awesome documentary.

Regards,

DR

Life is a long walk forward thru the cars of a passenger train each filled with; strangers whose stories we never learn, dear friends we long remember and passing acquaintances whose names & faces we take in like a breath and soon breathe away.... So many cars, so many passages."

---Ted Kooser

reuben Trail Wise! Gonna need more Camels at the next refugio... Posts: 11,510	A Tribute to Fred Beckey May 19, 2024 1:50:40 GMT -8 via mobile Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by reuben on May 19, 2024 1:50:40 GMT -8 I saw something about him several years ago. I don't remember what it was called.
	It's not an adventure until something goes wrong. - Yvon Chouinard

downriver Trail Wise! Posts: 1,069	A Tribute to Fred Beckey May 19, 2024 5:58:25 GMT -8 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by downriver on May 19, 2024 5:58:25 GMT -8 May 19, 2024 1:50:40 GMT -8 reuben said: I saw something about him several years ago. I don't remember what it was called. Patagonia produced the film. DR
	Life is a long walk forward thru the cars of a passenger train each filled with; strangers whose stories we never learn, dear friends we long remember and passing acquaintances whose names & faces we take in like a breath and soon breathe away.... So many cars, so many passages." ---Ted Kooser

A Tribute to Fred Beckey

Post by downriver on May 9, 2024 22:48:05 GMT -8

Post by dustin on May 10, 2024 5:46:43 GMT -8

Post by reuben on May 10, 2024 9:01:54 GMT -8

Post by downriver on May 19, 2024 0:03:14 GMT -8

Post by reuben on May 19, 2024 1:50:40 GMT -8

Post by downriver on May 19, 2024 5:58:25 GMT -8