Climber’s body recovered after fall

>The body of 71-year-old Dallas Kloke of Anacortes was recovered Thursday, September 30 near Mount Larrabee in the North Cascades. Kloke, pictured here (left) on an April 2008 climb on Mt. Erie, was climbing with a group on September 25 when a rock gave way and he fell approximately 300 feet. Weather and terrain prohibited initial recovery efforts. Kloke was a retired teacher from the Oak Harbor School District. His lifetime of experiences as an avid outdoorsman include countless hours of climbing and creation of a rock climb system on Mt. Erie. He was also a board member of “Solid Rock, Climbers for Christ,” a national climbing organization. He was the author of several Northwest rock climbing guidebooks.