Craig Luebben

The memorial for Craig is on Sunday afternoon at the AAC. You need tickets (free) if you wish to attend because the theater only holds 375 people. Party on the lawn afterwards is open to everyone. Details here:

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Donate to the Craig Luebben Memorial Fund:

Many people have inquired about how they can help at the moment. Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated and will be dedicated to helping his wife Silvia and 6 year old daughter Giulia.

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Clyde wrote: The memorial for Craig is on Sunday afternoon at the AAC. You need tickets (free) if you wish to attend because the theater only holds 375 people. Party on the lawn afterwards is open to everyone. Details here: craigluebbenmemorial.eventb…

Correction - the reception also requires registration. Please click on the link and register to attend.

My condolences to Sylvia, Giulia Maria and family. Truly a down to earth, personable guy.
I met Craig, his daughter and a friend of theirs last fall on the top of third flat iron on a nice day. At the base of the rappels I said to his daughter(with tongue in cheek), do you know your dad pulls really hard? With a puzzled look she said "dad climbed up that easy", making us laugh out loud. It was really great to see him climbing with his daughter sharing that experience together.

Words are hard to come by in a time like this but acceptance is harder. Posting here feels like a first step toward that. Craig so obviously influenced so many lives and the loss is great in our community, but the loss I most mourn is his presence in the daily lives of Sylvia and especially Giulia. And selfishly, his presence in mine.
In my tongue tied state about all I can say is that I looked forward to each chance to get together with Craig and smile, whether for work or play. That is a heartfelt compliment. Thanks to all of you for posting here. I have taken some solace in reading your posts and I'm sure others have as well. Sarah, I too was struck by Craig's eloquent distillation of parenting. "Be kind and try hard" is how he said it to me. Words to live by indeed. I will try.

Sad to hear of Craig's passing, I rememeber first meeting him when roaming the shores of Horsetooth Reservoir back in the 1980s. He always greeted you with a curious smile and I new from day one that climbing was in his soul. He amazed me by his in depth thinking about climbing gear and recall him talking about a variety of ideas when it came to protecting the lead climber in precarious situations, hence the "Big Bro" a clever design to protect off-width cracks. In the mid 1980s he arranged to have me give a slide presentation, "Modern Rock Gymnastics" for the outdoor program at CSU. The day of the presentation he set me up with the ropes course director and they had me run through the course. I had a lot of fun with it and ran through it in average time. A few years later he and a few of the locals began the Horsetooth Hang, a bouldering comp still prestigious today. At the 1st comp, the master boulder Mammen took 1st, I ran a distant 2nd, contending only after I was able to pull off the Left Eliminator as a double lunge. Years past and the next time I saw him was at Derek Hersey's Memorial in Eldorado Canyon. He came up to me, eyes of fire, as he could be, and said he had just arrived straight from Yosemite, and that him and Derek, only a few days earlier had climbed the Nose on El Cap in a day, a rare feat especially back then as well as today. He was dumb founded, sad as we are of his passing. I new then that he was a dedicated master climber and I was in awe of his accomplishment. Last years I saw him at the Southern Sun sitting next to Lynn Hill, chatting as us climbers do, over a cold one, reflecting about a climb or so. He still had that smile and his song remained the same. He will be missed.

Vedauwoo "Next Step" Climbing Clinic in honor of Craig Luebben. As many of you may or may not know, Craig guided for us.

Come join us on August 29-31 for our Vedauwoo "Next Step" Climbing Clinic in honor of Craig. Craig worked with us to put this program together. We all know that he loved Vedauwoo and would be upset if we cancelled this course.

This three day course is jam packed with climbing and skills training. We'll be covering everything from intermediate techniques, to understanding traditional gear, to basic rock rescue.

Cost: $500

All the proceeds collected will go to Craig's family. Click here for more information on the Vedauwoo "Next Step" Climbing Clinic.

Come and join one of our AMGA trained/certified rock guides and bring your climbing skill and knowledge to the next level.

Thanks,

Colorado Mountain School Staff
800-836-4008 x3

For everyone not able to come to the memorial service and reception on Sunday, and those who are looking to continue supporting Craig's family, friends of Craig Luebben and the American Mountaineering Museum will be continuing to raise money for the Luebben family at the Museum's Thirsty 3RD Thursday event August 20th 5:30PM - 8PM. All proceeds will go to the Luebben family.

American Mountaineering Museum
710 10th St. Golden, CO 80401
303-996-2763
info@mountaineeringmuseum.org

The closer Sunday comes, the more I feel just like my soul is out-of-body.

Things I will think of Craig: Offwidths, Golden City, & Munter-Mule to Munter Mule to Munter Mule. Whenever I see a length of accessory cord I will think of all the things he could come up with; maybe I can come up with some improvement using cord some day, or some slick way to better rig an anchor without a cluster. But I doubt it, I'll always be Base-Line, but that's ok too.

I know I'm a little late in posting something, but I'm new to this website. When I saw "memorials" I immediately thought of Craig, and wondered if he was in here.

Boy is he ever. Five pages of him.

I knew him from the mid/late 90's. That's me on the cover of his "How to Rappel!" book.

So much has been written about his personality. I still miss him. The thing that struck me most about Craig was his incredible humility and kindness. As good-looking and accomplished as he was - you'd think he'd be full of himself, full of bravado and pride, like so many climbers are.

But in fact he was the opposite. He was the most gentle, self-effacing, kind, sweet and happy climber I'd ever met. He'd just as soon toss a climbing day out the window to help someone in need, and never think twice about it. I still laugh when I remember him saying that we'd climb at the "crack of noon" because we'd have slow, lazy mornings.

Whenever I see "Mountain Hardware" clothing and camping gear, I think of him. He STARTED this company with his old girlfriend Sari. He had to sell it, and the name, because he just wasn't a businessman - he was a climber.

He was missed in 2009 and he's still missed today. - Pam

Craig was one of a kind.

Always have to stop at his memorial on Table Mtn and take a few breaths to soak in the scenery and contemplate on a great mans dedication to our sport. Always helps put the day of climbing ahead of me in perspective.

Surprised to read of Craig Luebben's passing. Condolences