Josh and I got the chance to go to a slide show at Marmot Mountain Works in Bellvue showcasing some of the earlier climbs that Fred Beckey has done in the Cascades (the Tooth) and in the Alaskan range (Mt.Seattle). It was a great time and funny to see the types of techniques that they used to compare them to current techniques used today. I couldn't imagine being on either side of the rope taking or belaying a big fall. To tie in all they did was tie a knot around the belayer and the belayer used a hip belay and some other around the body method to rappel that looks like it would not be the best on the family jewels!
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Here's a video to give you an idea of how big Fred is in the Cascades. Too many first ascents to even try to count them all, absolutely crazy! It was also cool to see that he was talking to his partners about heading out to Rainer on Friday. He is still heading out into the mountains and hasn't slowed down at all!
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