Craig Luebben

ROCK CLIMBING: MASTERING BASIC SKILLS: BY CRAIG LUEBBEN – O/S – N/A Great for the beginner climber or even those who have been climbing a while and want to advance. Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills is a wonderful How to: on climbing technique for top roping, traditional, sport plus other types of climbing styles. W210 , ROCK CLIMBING: MASTERING BASIC SKILLS: BY CRAIG LUEBBEN , rock climbing book , library , trad climbing , anchors Rating: (out of reviews) List Price: $ 19.95 Price...Read Full Story

Climbing Mag Editor Craig Luebben, 49, was killed by falling ice on Mount Torment in Washington’s Cascades August 9, 2009. The Fort Collins/Denver, Colo, mountain guide was climbing with Willie Benegas in preps for an Alpine Guide certification. Willie has reportedly been airlifted from the area with injuries. The accident happened early Sunday morning on Mount Torment in the North Cascades, near Marblemount. Kelly Bush, the district ranger with North Cascades National Park search and rescue...Read Full Story

(K2Climb.net/MountEverest.net) ExplorersWeb is undergoing a major overhaul, but here go some of the main headlines from the past weekend, with several more updates to be posted tomorrow. K2 is over and few attempts are ongoing on the remaining peaks. There’s no further news from the situation on Latok 1 at this point. Unfortunately, the mountaineering world lost three prominent climbers through the weekend. American Climbing editor killed Climbing Mag Editor Craig Luebben, 49, was killed by...Read Full Story

The guiding community lost an inspirational member this week. On Sunday, August 9th, Craig Luebben was killed in an accident in the North Cascades National Park while preparing for a guide exam.There are many conflicting reports about what actually happened. The information I've placed here is second hand and shouldn't be taken as the final word, but it's the best that we have.Craig and Willie Benegas were training for an American Mountain Guides Association exam on the Torment-Forbidden...Read Full Story

Except for a single Spanish summit, K2 remained unclimbed this year. Too much snow, too dangerous conditions – the peak pushed climbers back until all chances were out. Other Pakistan peaks showed little success as well. The season’s biggest sad event hit last Saturday, when a call went out for Oscar Perez seriously injured on Latok II. That black weekend, one by one reports trickled in from around the world about perished climbers. At least good news arrived this Sunday about jailed Iranian...Read Full Story

Rock climbing is not at all like the climbing we did as kids when we were out climbing trees with our friends. In fact, climbing has not always been a sport in this country. In the beginning rock climbing was used to train mountaineers to climb mountains. This is where they had to really no there stuff so they could avoid dying on an expedition. All throughout the 1920s the only rock climbers around were trained mountaineers. It was not until the 1950s that rock climbing became a full fledged...Read Full Story

Every sport has its ups and its downs meaning that it has its share of accidents. Perhaps the most dangerous of all sports is rock climbing and as such it is inevitable that an accident or a fatality will happen. However, how and why do they happen? Let us look at some of the possibilities: You are an experienced climber and feel that you know all there is to know about climbing. You have all of the gear in place and you are ready but with all of your skill as a climber you become...Read Full Story

Craig Luebben was a well-known mountain and rock climber. He passed away on August 9, 2009 after being hit by falling ice while climbing Mount Torment in the Cascade Mountains. He was 49 years old. Also injured was his partner, Willie Benegas.From a post on the Mountain Project forums by Eli Helmuth: Craig Luebben died yesterday, August 9th, while climbing on Mount Torment in the Cascade Range of Washington. He was hit by a naturally released chunk of ice/snow on the route.His partner...Read Full Story

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