Fred Beckey really was an absolute legend in the world of mountaineering - he was known worldwide as the original climbing bum, and one of the world's finest al

Fred Beckey really was an absolute legend in the world of mountaineering - he was known worldwide as the original climbing bum, and one of the world's finest alpinists - right up there with the likes of Walter Bonatti. This is a reprint of an old article. Fred Beckey died in 2017 at the age of 94!