Fred Beckey

It's an easy 5- by Fred Beckey, I had told Celine. Essentially a hike with a bit of rope work. The paragraph description was described as a walk in the park. But mid way up a steep corner that felt like a 5.8 with little protection (I only brought a small rack because this was supposed to be a hike), I cursed the man's name. I cursed him on Mt Gimli in the same fashion, on a 5.8 climb that felt like a 5.10+ to my soft large frame. Every route I have done with the Beckey name on it has been notoriously sandbagged but has also been some of the most aesthetic and incredible climbing I have ever done.

Beckey tagged the plum lines, his name found everywhere and often decades before anything of equal difficulty is established. The man who brought the dirtbag as a romantic figure to the forefront passed away at 94, still climbing and skiing until the end. For years to come climbers such as myself will still be chasing his name though the mountains.  

Dirtbags

Noun..A dirty, unkempt, or contemptible person .

We must clear the air

Spraying deodorizing clarification

In regards to “the dirtbag"

Merriam Webster can get stuffed

Dictionary depicting a grim picture

Dirty and unkempt, acquiesced

Dirtbags are contemptible

Only to those envious of freedom

Tucktaped, grimey down jackets

Rundown vehicular abodes

Parking within striking distance

Of aesthetic alpine areas

Foregoing the American dream

For personal pursuit of pleasure

Even if it means washing

Dishes in public restrooms

The Dirtbag is a romantic

Unhappy with convention

Nuclear suburbia

Repulsive as his socks

Passion permeating personalities

Overcoming unwashed funk

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