Craig Luebben

Luebben was born in Iowa and moved to Colorado at age seven, where he cultivated his love of the outdoors.

[1] A climber since the early 1980s, Luebben wrote a number of climbing-oriented books, and designed the Big Bro [pl] wide-crack climbing protection device–now manufactured by Trango–as part of obtaining his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University,[2] and was a senior contributing editor for Climbing Magazine.

Luebben made many first ascents in the United States and abroad, including China, Madagascar, Puerto Rico and France.

"[4] Craig Luebben was killed on August 9, 2009, in an accident while climbing on Mount Torment in the Cascade Range of Washington.

[5] A car-size block of ice calved off, taking Craig with it and resulting in a 30-foot fall.