We have lost the greatest today....to make it worse, it happened in a year with so many other deaths, however yours is different. You're the one I have looked up to more than anyone else. The one I have idolized, admired, and inspire to be. You lived the life no one has ever lived, and likely no one will ever get to experience again. You invented lifestyle climbing, and changed the culture of american climbing forever. You are probably the only one to dismiss the mantra that there are bold climbers and there are old climbers, but there are no old, bold climbers. You were certainly the exception here. RIP Fred Beckey...you will be remembered
Climb on man...I hope you find renewed youth and an endless sea of new mountains wherever you end up next