#118 | Mark Desvoigne's stories of A North Cascades Climbing Legend: Dallas Kloke

This episode is about Dallas Kloke from the perspective of his oldest known climbing partners, Mark DesVoigen.This is going to be a multi-part series exploring Dallas Kloke through the eyes of his friends.

Episode 118 features Mark DesVoigne’s experiences climbing with a prolific adventurer in Washington’s climbing history, Dallas Kloke. Dallas did his best to balance his call to the mountains with his service to his family and community. Dallas died in 2010 in a climbing accident with a cohort of climbers that Dallas met throughout his decades of climbing. Whenever I think of service to family and passion, I often love to observe how people balance the two. As I began rock climbing in Washington, I would read books that described climbing routes. It was there that I would see Dallas’s name as the first ascent on many routes in the cascades. Dallas has put up many routes on Mt Erie, a mountain in the Puget Sound of Washington with some beautiful views of the surrounding islands.

Mt Erie

If you’re interested in learning more about Cascade climbing legends checkout the film DirtBag which is about Fred Becky.