Craig Martinson passed away at the age of 54 due to ALS. He was living in Arizona at the time. While we were only acquaintances in high school, I recall he had a keen interest in hiking, mountains, etc. That seemed a bit odd to the rest of us given he was otherwise a normal teenager living in Minnesota, far from any legitimate mountain ranges. In 1977 I stumbled on Craig’s name and a related article in a well-known climbing magazine. That prompted me to look him up on my next visit to Minneapolis the same year. We ended up having lunch. I learned that, in the five years since graduating from high school, Craig was climbing at a world class level and doing so with some of the most accomplished American climbers of the day, including the renowned Fred Becky. Craig’s climbing exploits took him to some of the world’s most challenging peaks in the Western United States (including Alaska), Canada, Europe, present day Kyrgyzstan, and the former Soviet Union. The American Alpine Club publication archives (publications.americanalpineclub.org) include a number of references to Craig’s climbs. In the 1980s Craig moved on from climbing to focus on other adventurous pursuits across the globe including surfing, ski mountaineering, and ultramarathons to name a few. See the following for a three-part article on Craig’s life, family, and illness: https://rakemag.com/2008/05/living-dream/. Peace to his memory. ~Doug Holsten