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Craig Luebben

Craig Luebben (20 May 1960 – 9 August 2009) was an American rock climber and author.

Luebben was born in Iowa and moved to Colorado at age seven, where he cultivated his love of the outdoors. A climber since the early 1980s, Luebben wrote a number of climbing-oriented books, and designed the wide-crack climbing protection device–now manufactured by Trango–as part of obtaining his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University, 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. Luebben was a mountain guide with the American Mountain Guides Association and instructor.

"Craig was a 5.12 climber in that he could likely onsight any 5.12 on the planet." Provided by Wikipedia