What is Fred Beckey?
[[File:Fred Beckey - 2014.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Beckey in 2014]] '''Friedrich Wolfgang Beckey''' (14 January 1923 – 30 October 2017), known as '''Fred Beckey''', was an American rock climber, [[Mountaineering|mountaineer]] and author. He made hundreds of [[first ascent]]s, more than any other [[North America]]n climber.<ref>{{cite news | last = Modie | first = Neil | title = Icon to some, legendary climber Beckey still obscure to many | work = Seattle Post-Intelligencer | publisher = Seattle PI | date = 2003-03-08 | url = http://www.seattlepi.com/local/111703_beckey08.shtml | access-date = 2006-01-07 }}</ref> In 2003, his 563-page book on the history of the region, ''Range of Glaciers'', was published by the Oregon Historical Society Press. Between climbs, he wrote several books, most notably the ''[[Cascade Alpine Guide]]''. Beckey was born in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]. He studied at the [[University of Washington]]. Beckey died on 30 October 2017 in [[Seattle, Washington]] at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news | title = Remembering Fred Beckey | publisher = The Mountaineers | date = 2017-10-30 | url = https://www.mountaineers.org/blog/remembering-mountaineer-fred-beckey | access-date = 2017-10-30}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beckey, Fred}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American mountain climbers]] [[Category:Writers from Seattle]] {{US-bio-stub}}