Brian Teale’s climbing career spanned hard early rock climbs around Colorado Springs, big peaks in the Alaska Range, and classic ice climbs in Valdez, where he had been director of the famous annual ice festival.
Climbing.com – Brian Teale was everyone’s friend. Sometimes I think he might never have met a man, or woman, he didn’t like. “BT” moved through his life with charm and grace, calm and friendly, and up for almost any adventure, whether it required crampons and ice tools, sticky rubber and chalk, or boat and paddle.