BECKEY'S BLACK BOOK: FRED BECKEY'S 100 FAVORITE NORTH AMERICAN CLIMBS SIGNED by Fred Beckey 2012 IN STOCK! (Beckey, Fred. Introduction by Barry Blanchard)

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BECKEY'S BLACK BOOK: FRED BECKEY'S 100 FAVORITE NORTH AMERICAN CLIMBS SIGNED by Fred Beckey 2012 IN STOCK!
By Beckey, Fred. Introduction by Barry Blanchard
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IN STOCK! 2012. California, 2011, 1st edition. 250 pp, photos. There are many stories and legends about Fred Beckey, the most persistant of which is that he has a 'black Book' of unclimbed routes that he intends to climb some day. Fred told me once that he really has such a book, except that it is not really a 'book,' it is a really huge collection of files that he keeps in FedEx envelopes, so they dont fall out and get lost!

This new book by Fred Beckey is probably the closest we will get to an autobiography of the great man, describing the 110 most memorable climbs he has ticked off from the thousands in his black book.

Some of the climbs are major peaks, such as the first ascent of Mount Hunter (with Heinrich Harrer no less!), the third highest peak in Alaska. Others are shorter climbs in the North Cascades and Canadian mountains, two ranges he can rightfully call his own. Large format hardcover, DJ, New.

SIGNED by Fred Beckey!

Fred signed copies of his book for us (see photo above), and we are selling autographed copies at no charge over the retail price. Our books are signed on the title book, not on a tipped-in card or bookplate.

This large book weighs 6 pounds; Media Rate is $4, Priority Mail is $12, Canada is $35 and and International Mail is $45.

There is a great article about Fred at this website: http://bit.ly/mf8QwT

Fred Beckey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

'Beckey,' or just 'Fred' as he is known to his climbing companions, was born near Cologne, Germany, and his family emigrated to the United States when he was three, ending up in Seattle, Washington. He started climbing in the North Cascades as a teenager, learning the basic concepts from The Mountaineers but quickly going on to harder climbs.

Unlike Jim Whittaker, a fellow Seattleite and the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest in 1963, Beckey shied away from the large team efforts, preferring smaller alpine-style undertakings. Beckey seemed a likely choice as a member for the large, 1963 American Everest Expedition, but he was not chosen, even though he had been to Lhotse in 1955 with the International Himalayan Expedition.

In the late 1940s, he asked The Mountaineers of Seattle to publish his first climbing guidebook for the local peaks. They turned him down, and the American Alpine Club agreed to print a few thousand copies for a flat fee. Between climbs, he has written several books, most notably the Cascade Alpine Guide, the definitive 3-volume description of the North Cascades from the Columbia River to the Fraser River, now in its third edition, published by The Mountaineers.

In 2003, his 563-page book on the history of the region, Range of Glaciers, was published by the Oregon Historical Society Press. According to a reviewer, he did much of the research for the volume in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress and the National Archives, scouring files of the State Department, U.S. Geological Survey and other agencies. Beckey also perused the Canadian archives in Ottawa; Hudson's Bay Co. archives in Winnipeg; British Columbia archives in Victoria; records of the Northwest Boundary Survey at Yale University; and records of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads in Minneapolis.

As of 2012, he continues to climb.

Mt. Beckey, named for Fred, is located in the Alaska Range at North 62 degrees, 52 minutes, West 152 degrees, 15 minutes. Fred did the first ascent in 1996.

Notable first ascent climbs:

1940 Forbidden Peak, North Cascades - with brother Helmy, Lloyd Anderson, Jim Crooks, and Dave Lind.
1945 Price Glacier, Mount Shuksan, North Cascades with Jack Schwabland and Bill Granston
1946 East Ridge Devils Thumb, Alaska with Bob Craig and Clifford Schmidtke (Aug 25)
1947 North Peak, Liberty Bell, North Cascades - 1947
1948 North Ridge of Mount Baker, North Cascades Fred Beckey, Ralph and Dick Widrig (August 1948)
1954 Northwest Buttress to North Peak, Mount McKinley, Alaska (May 27) with Donald McLean, Charles Wilson, Henry Meybohm and Bill Hackett.
1954 Mount Deborah with Heinrich Harrer and Henry Meybohm
1954 West Ridge Mount Hunter (Alaska) - with Heinrich Harrer and Henry Meybohm
1959 Yocum Ridge, Mount Hood, Oregon, USA with Leo Scheiblehner
1961 North Face of Mount Edith Cavell, Canadian Rockies, Canada with Yvon Chouinard
1961 Beckey-Chouinard Route on South Howser Tower, Bugaboos, Canada with Yvon Chouinard and Dan Doody
1963 Complete North Ridge, Mount Stuart, North Cascades, Washington, USA with Steve Marts
1963 Northeast Buttress of Mount Slesse, British Columbia, Canada with Steve Marts and Eric Bjornstad
1963 West Buttress (IV 5.8 A1), Musembeah Peak, Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA (September) with Layton Kor
1967 El Matador (NCCS IV, A3), Devils Tower, WY. FA with Eric Bjornstad
1968 Direct East Buttress (IV F8 A4), South Early Winter Spire, North Cascades, WA. FA with Doug Leen
1968 South Face (III F8 A1), Cathedral Peak (Okanogan), North Cascades, WA. FA with Dave Wagner, John Brottem and Doug Leen
1968 Northeast Face, Mount Hooker, Canadian Rockies, Canada. FA with John Rupley
1970 Beckey's Spire aka Christianity Spire, Sedona AZ
1996 Mount Beckey, Cathedral Mountains, Alaska, USA - 1996, with John Middendorf and Calvin Hebert

Other notable ascents

Second ascent Mount Waddington, British Columbia - With his borther Helmy. 1942
Triple ascent of Mount McKinley, Mount Deborah, and Mount Hunter - 1954 With Heinirch Harrer. Fred says, 'I thought Harrer climbed pretty well for an old man of 45 or so.'

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