How old are you? Thinking of retiring? Really?
Fred at 82 in 2005, at Alaska Range
Fred Beckey, born in 1923, is today 86 and still climbing mountains.
So – unless you are older than that, shame on you for thinking of retirement!
He is a legend in mountain climbing.
On Louise Falls, 2006 - age? 83 years old
Note: Photos from wikipedia
“He had been called a vagabond, a recluse and a schemer, a cantankerous mountain man hiding his little black book of secret climbing techniques from the world. In seven decades, he had claimed more virgin ascents than any mountaineer alive. Some ascribed his feats to vengeance of a long-ago slight, others to the murder of his own fears. He was said to howl at tourists. His past was the stuff of lore, his plans the stuff of mystery.
Then, this fall, word of his next expedition spread among the worldwide network of contacts whose telephone numbers he kept scribbled on notecards wrapped with rubber bands in the gearbox pocket of his station wagon. The plan was announced in disarmingly casual fashion.
“Hi everyone, Fred Beckey called yesterday and he is going to northern Spain in early to mid-December,” began one posting this autumn at an online rock climbing forum. “Might be a long shot, but he’s looking for a partner to hook up with in Barcelona.” “
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So I am switching off the computer now
and
GETTING OUT THERE!
Are you joining me?
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