Ideas. Stories. Community.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Tipton, Bennet, Gardner Want to Name Area 13ers After Deceased Norwood Climbers

Pat Ament
/
Creative Commons
Charlie Fowler climbing in Boulder Canyon in 1984. Fowler and his girlfriend Christine Boskoff were killed in a 2006 avalanche on the China/Tibet border.

Two renowned mountain climbers from Norwood, Colorado, may be memorialized by having two unnamed 13,000-foot mountains near their hometown named after them.

Colorado Senators Michael Bennett and Cory Gardner and Congressman Scott Tipton have introduced legislation that would so honor Charlie Fowler and Chris Boskoff, who perished in a 2006 avalanche while climbing a remote mountain on the China/Tibet border. In a statement, Bennet said, "Throughout their careers, they were always giving back – mentoring students, advocating for human rights, and introducing people to their love of climbing.”

Gail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.