Roskelley Leads Route

Sun., Aug. 25, 1996

By Rich Landers richl@spokesman.com (509) 459-5508

Climbing

Spokane alpinist John Roskelley is scheduled to lead a climbing clinic and charity climb of Liberty Bell Mountain in the North Cascades this fall to raise money for a mountaineering visitor center.

The climb of Liberty Bell Mountain on Sept. 22 will be limited to the first 15 people who pay a $300 donation, said Tom Kimbrell, spokesman for a non-profit group called Friends of Washington Pass. The groups is spearheading the visitor center project, as well as developing trails at the pass along the North Cascades Highway.

The public is invited to watch and learn from Roskelley and other skilled climbers, including Chris Kopczynski of Spokane plus Jim Wickwire and Greg Child of Seattle. The free climbing clinic is the morning of Sept. 21 at the Mazama Mountaineering building in Mazama.

That afternoon, guides will teach rappelling at the Washington Pass Overlook for a $30 donation. The featured climbers will mingle with the public at a climbing celebration at the Mazama Mountaineering center the evening of Sept. 21, Kimbrell said. Info: (509) 996-2640 or 996-2219. , DataTimes

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