[at-l] At 85, More Peaks to Conquer and Adventures to Seek

[Frank Looper]

SEATTLE — 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...


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/sports/othersports/16beckey.html

Fred Beckey making an ascent in the Sierra Nevada
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