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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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A friend just celebrated New Years with Fred down in Josh.Says he looks the same after all these years.Just pluggin' away I guess.As a side note,Fred and Pat Callis have put up a few FAs together.Also,Fred was a member of the Dirty Sox Club.
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Sonic
Trad climber
Roaming the South, Merica
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Still ballin!
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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So fookin awesome, thanks for sharing.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Hope I'm stll pullin' 5.6 at 90! Go Fred!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Still nappin!
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neversummer
Trad climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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Inspiring !!!
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darkmagus
Mountain climber
San Diego, CA
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SO COOL and super inspiring!!
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ec
climber
ca
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Hard of hearing, Fred couldn't quite understand what the name of the tower was called - "Hedgehog? Moosecock? Moosecat? Oh, Moosedog!
LOL. Hard of hearing is an understatement...
However, we all love Fred!
 ec
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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That is very inspiring.
I will be 60 in a few days and seeing this makes me smile.
Good job Fred Beckey.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Amazing! I hope I have another 28 years of climbing left in me. Thanks for the inspiration, Fred, and to those who recorded and posted this.
John
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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It is hard not to be inspired by Fred!
What a history he has had!
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TradEddie
Trad climber
Philadelphia, PA
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Seeing Fred give a slideshow in New Paltz a few years ago was an experience I will never forget. Inspiring and intimidating, yet Fred himself was so gracious and humble.
Go Fred
TE
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WyoRockMan
Trad climber
Flank of the Bighorns
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 8, 2013 - 01:22pm PT
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Fritz-
Finally a picture of the women so tragically lost due to the love triangle:
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wivanoff
Trad climber
CT
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Whoa.. It's REALLY funny that article is on the same page as the one about the Rock Dinosaur....
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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A friend just celebrated New Years with Fred down in Josh.Says he looks the same after all these years.
That's because he's looked 90 for the last 30 years...
Curt
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Nice pic Fritz.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Was he one of those Stonemaster dudes?
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Inspiring to know that not only might we not be taking the long dirt nap at that age, but could still be getting at it. Live long and prosper Fred!
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Was he one of those Stonemaster dudes?
Cenozoic Era, perhaps.
Geeez . . . slow down Fred!
;>)
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Park Rat
Social climber
CA, UT,CT,FL
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Someone asked if Fred Becky was a stonemaster?
The obvious answer to that is no but he is related to
Fred Flintstone!
I think they're about the same age. Chuckle
Carry on.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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It ain't genetics, Locker, it's geriatrics.
Fred's got it in spades.
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Marsupial Rat
Trad climber
Australia
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Fred’s motivation is truly extraordinary; he stayed with me for several days when he visited Australia in 2010 and here's one of him with Singer Smith.
“Whattttt Singer, you mean I can see college football in this thing? It’s incrrrredible” …..
Fred wanted to shoot a roo and barbeque it. When told we could go to the supermarket and buy some, he binned the idea.
“Forget it, wouldn’t be the same. Where’s the rock around here?”
More of Fred in Oz here: http://susysingerinavan.blogspot.com.au/
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WBraun
climber
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Americans are stupid.
They said dinosaurs are extinct.
WTF man .... this Becky dinosaur is still living ...... :-)
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Awesome.
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aspendougy
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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The photos were great, but I would have loved to have seen video footage, just to see how he actually moves up the rock
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go-B
climber
Hebrews 1:3
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Fred you rock, and we salute you!
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
WA, & NC & Idaho
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Becky is an inspiration to us all!!
GO FRED!!!!!!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Locker...You'll make it to 90 easily... 90 RPMs on the pocket pussy that is ....RJ
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Fred Becky is the man. Did you notice the higher he went the darker his hair got.
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MisterE
Social climber
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The fact remains "He will steal your route and your girlfriend" - it's just that now you are safe above 5.6 on the routes.
Fred is a true lifer.
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SicMic
climber
two miles from Eldorado
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Fred was great in Boulder. He couldn't hear worth a damn, but gave a great show and went climbing in Eldo the next day. We should all be so lucky.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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The fact remains "He will steal your route and your girlfriend" -
hmmm...actually i once stole his route and girl friend in the Wind Rivers...
he posted up about it in the Alpine Journal...lol
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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cheers Fred! more photos! I have a few here somewhere
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Go Fred Go!
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Good read on your blog there Marsupial Rat, tfpu, gives some good insight into Freds character, that so cool you got to hang out with the man.
Edit:
This part cracked me up.
"I put a top rope on Piccolo, a fun 11 (5.4/5.5), and Fred climbed about 3/4 of it before lowering off. Before he even made it back to the ground, he sat down on a small ledge and fell asleep drooling on the rock for at least 90 minutes while Susy ran some laps on the route and discovered that she likes climbing again."
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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The word is if Fred borrows $50 don't expect to get it back.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Back in 1973, David Lunn, Phil Arnot and I did the Becky route on Mt Adams. It was a lot of fun! Thanks Fred!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Awesome, quite the inspiration! Go Fred Go :-)
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Jan 14, 2013 - 04:30pm PT
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Good thing for Fred he got out of Germany when he did. With a 1923 birth date he would have been prime infantry material for Operation Barbarossa. He would have been doing his "mountaineering" during the winter of 41-42 with Army Group Center in front of Moscow. Or if they got him one year later, he could have marched to Stalingrad. So much unwritten history is buried in the ground. Lucky Fred!
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 14, 2013 - 07:37pm PT
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Nice one from Corey Rich
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Jan 15, 2013 - 09:43am PT
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we were discussing fred becky and moose dog tower on the way home from piños sunday . i had related to my friend alfred, who is originally from china, the rumor that "moose dog tower" was a play on the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muztagh_Ata
meanwhile, daughter was expressing the hope that i'll still be climbing far into my old age. naturally, fred came up, and she was much impressed by what we knew of his career. sometimes things just come together.
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Cloudraker
Sport climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 15, 2013 - 11:03am PT
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My daughter has a 'thing' for Fred........
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jul 18, 2013 - 09:43am PT
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Bump.
I heard a funny Fred story told by Mike (told to me 2nd-hand).
It seems Fred was keen to do Whodunnit at Tahquitz, but being a "man of a certain age" he decided it would be best to bivvy at the base and get a fresh start in the morning. It took FOREVER to get him up to the base of the climb, where they spent the night.
In the morning they geared up, but Fred was feeling low energy, and decided to bail. He told them to go ahead and do the climb, and he would head down on his own and meet them back at the car.
So, they did the route and headed down to meet up with Fred. As they approached the parking lot, Fred was nowhere to be found.
"Uh-oh. Where's Fred?"
They started looking around in an increasing area beyond the car. Mike finally found Fred - he was crumpled up ON THE SHOULDER of the road, looking like he was hit by a car and dead.
Alarmed, they went over and shook Fred, fearing the worst. When they realized he was just asleep, Mike was aghast and asked "What are you doing, Fred?"
Fred responded: "Just taking a little nap."
They got him up and loaded back into the car just as an ambulance rolled up on them. Sure enough, they had gotten a call about an "injured or dead guy on the side of the road."
Mike explained that his friend was "just sleeping", but the EMT's were skeptical, and insisted on checking Fred out.
He was fine, of course.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jul 18, 2013 - 10:08am PT
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LOL MisterE, good chuckle to start the day... ;-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 18, 2013 - 10:12am PT
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LOL, the EMT's shoulda just showed up with some hottie so they coulda seen
Fred spring to life.
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selfish man
Gym climber
Austin, TX
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Jul 18, 2013 - 11:28am PT
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Ran into him in Tuolumne Meadows a few weeks ago...
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jul 18, 2013 - 03:26pm PT
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"HOW'S DA WEDDER?"
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Jul 18, 2013 - 03:57pm PT
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I may have mentioned this before, but Paul Erdos, one of the most prolific mathematicians in history, lived a life somewhat similar to Beckey's. He stayed with my advisor, Arne Magnus, at CSU a number of years ago, and was tracked by the FBI in those days because of his socialistic leanings and origins.
Paul Erdős
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Tricouni
Mountain climber
Vancouver
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Jul 18, 2013 - 04:21pm PT
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Paul Erdos! When I was at Princeton (early 1970s) our best friends were in the Mathematics department (I wasn't). Erdos was crashing with someone in the dept and working on some problem. Our friends told us all sorts of neat stories about him, most of which I've forgotten.
Definitely very much like Fred, I'd say. Also, Fred possibly produced more first ascents and new routes than anyone (multi-pitch, anyways) and Erdos apparently produced more papers in mathematics than almost anyone.
He must have been the first dirtbag mathematician (are there that many?).
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Jul 18, 2013 - 04:33pm PT
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Yeah, this made my day too. Not so much because he's 90+ and out doing good shite, but more for his spirit of insouciance. I think I figured out my problem... I need more naps!
I did not know the origin of the name "Moosedog". That's neat and the story of Fred and it's name makes it better.
Eric
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