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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 piņos 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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