A Day with Fred Beckey in the Dolomites

[dyusem]

For those of us that need to climb as much as pilot P-cars, and those of us that never get into the wilderness but have an interest to discover how someone that was born in 1923 still puts a smile on his face, this may be of interest:



More about Fred:

Fred Beckey (born Friedrich Wolfgang Beckey, 14 January 1923, Düsseldorf, Germany) is an American rockclimber, mountaineer and author, who has made hundreds of first ascents, more than any other North American climber...

[rsNINESOOPER]

I wish I were half as badass as Beckey-

Ok, I'd settle for a quarter

[Evans, Marv]

Born in 1923 makes him 90 years old. That's too terrific for words.