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Fred Beckey

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Friedrich Wolfgang Beckey (14 January 1923 – 30 October 2017), known as Fred Beckey, was an American rock climber, mountaineer and author, who made hundreds of first ascents, more than any other North American climber. [1]

63 relations: Alaska, American Alpine Club, British Columbia, Business administration, Canada, Canadian Rockies, Cascade Alpine Guide, Cascade Range, Columbia River, Düsseldorf, Denali, Devils Thumb, Devils Tower, Eric Bjornstad, First ascent, Forbidden Peak, Fraser River, Germany, Heinrich Harrer, HistoryLink, Hudson's Bay Company, Jim Whittaker, John Middendorf, Layton Kor, Lhotse, Liberty Bell Mountain, Library and Archives Canada, Library of Congress, Minneapolis, Mount Baker, Mount Deborah, Mount Despair (Washington), Mount Edith Cavell, Mount Everest, Mount Hood, Mount Hunter (Alaska), Mount Seattle, Mount Shuksan, Mount Stuart, Mount Waddington, Mountaineering, North America, North Cascades, Ottawa, Saint Elias Mountains, Seattle, Sierra Club, Slesse Mountain, Snafflehound, The Mountaineers (club), ..., The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Timothy Egan, United States Geological Survey, University of Washington, Victoria, British Columbia, Washington (state), Washington, D.C., Wind River Range, Winnipeg, Wyoming, Yale University, Yvon Chouinard. Expand index (13 more) »

Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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American Alpine Club

The American Alpine Club (AAC) is a non-profit member organization whose goal is "a united community of competent climbers and healthy climbing landscapes." The Club is housed in the American Mountaineering Center (AMC) in Golden, Colorado.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Business administration

Business administration is management of a business.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canadian Rockies

The Canadian Rockies (Rocheuses canadiennes) comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains.

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Cascade Alpine Guide

The Cascade Alpine Guides are a series of three climbing guides written by Fred Beckey, longtime explorer and climber of the Cascade Mountains in Washington and British Columbia.

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Cascade Range

The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf (Low Franconian, Ripuarian: Düsseldörp), often Dusseldorf in English sources, is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany. Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre, renowned for its fashion and trade fairs.

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Denali

Denali (also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level.

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Devils Thumb

Devils Thumb, or Taalkhunaxhkʼu Shaa in Tlingit, is a mountain in the Stikine Icecap region of the Alaska–British Columbia border, near Petersburg.

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Devils Tower

Devils Tower (also Bear Lodge Butte) is a laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Mountains (part of the Black Hills) near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River.

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Eric Bjornstad

Reginald Munger Sullivan "Eric" Bjornstad (1934–2014) was an American climber and author, noted for his many climbs in the desert southwest as well as climbs in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

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First ascent

In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guidebooks) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route.

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Forbidden Peak

Forbidden Peak is part of the North Cascades and is located near Cascade Pass.

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Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for, into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Heinrich Harrer

Heinrich Harrer (6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman, geographer, and author.

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HistoryLink

HistoryLink is a website that is an encyclopedia of Washington State history.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group.

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Jim Whittaker

James W. Whittaker (born February 10, 1929), also known as Jim Whittaker, is an American mountaineer from Seattle, As a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition led by Norman Dyhrenfurth in 1963, he was the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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John Middendorf

John Middendorf (born 1959 in New York City) is a big wall climber and inventor of climbing equipment.

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Layton Kor

Layton Kor (June 11, 1938 – April 21, 2013) was an American rock climber active in the 1960s, whose first ascents and drive for climbing are well known in the climbing world.

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Lhotse

Lhotse (ल्होत्से;, lho rtse) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga.

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Liberty Bell Mountain

Liberty Bell Mountain is located in the North Cascades, approximately one mile south of Washington Pass on the North Cascades Highway.

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Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) (in Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is a federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving and making Canada's documentary heritage accessible.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Mount Baker

Mount Baker (Lummi: Qwú’mə Kwəlshéːn; Kw’eq Smaenit or Kwelshán), also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is an active glaciated andesitic stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington in the United States.

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Mount Deborah

Mount Deborah is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Mount Despair (Washington)

Mount Despair is a rugged mountain in the North Unit of North Cascades National Park in Washington state.

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Mount Edith Cavell

Mount Edith Cavell is a mountain located in the Athabasca River and Astoria River valleys of Jasper National Park, and the most prominent peak entirely within Alberta.

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Mount Everest

Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.

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Mount Hood

Mount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon.

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Mount Hunter (Alaska)

Mount Hunter or Begguya is a mountain in Denali National Park in Alaska.

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Mount Seattle

Mount Seattle is a peak in the Saint Elias Mountains of Alaska in the United States.

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Mount Shuksan

Mount Shuksan is a glaciated massif in the North Cascades National Park.

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Mount Stuart

Mount Stuart is a mountain in the Cascade Range, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Mount Waddington

Mount Waddington, once known as Mystery Mountain, is the highest peak in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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North Cascades

The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Saint Elias Mountains

The Saint Elias Mountains (Chaîne Saint-Élie) are a subgroup of the Pacific Coast Ranges, located in southeastern Alaska in the United States, Southwestern Yukon and the very far northwestern part of British Columbia in Canada.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States.

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Slesse Mountain

Slesse Mountain, usually referred to as Mount Slesse, is a mountain just north of the US-Canada border, in the Cascade Mountains of British Columbia, near the town of Chilliwack.

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Snafflehound

Snafflehounds are any of various rodents that inhabit the alpine zone, so called for gnawing on gear left at the base of an alpine climb.

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The Mountaineers (club)

The Mountaineers is an outdoor recreation, education, and conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1906.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Timothy Egan

Timothy Egan (born November 8, 1954) is an American author, journalist and op-ed columnist for The New York Times, writing from a liberal perspective.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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University of Washington

The University of Washington (commonly referred to as UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.

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Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, is on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Wind River Range

The Wind River Range (or "Winds" for short), is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the United States.

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Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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Wyoming

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the western United States.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Yvon Chouinard

Yvon Chouinard (born November 9, 1938) is an American rock climber, environmentalist, and outdoor industry billionaire businessman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Beckey

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