Member Bio

Member #: 57
Member Year: 1975
Gordon Bates

Bio Summary
Community Activity Summary

Occupation Summary
UPS Driver in Montana for 30 years Gordie and Pam are both Equestrian Reining competitors
AdAmAn Service
Gordie was hauling firewood and supplies for the club from the time he was a small boy, in his words, serving as his father's "pack-horse." In 1972, Gordie and his Dad were two of the five who reenacted the climb of the frozen five 50 years earlier, in a one day climb up the COG route.
Hobbies
Raising quarter horses for reining competition
Climbing Experience Summary

Bio Detail
Community Activity Detail

Occupation Detail
Equestrian reining competition essentially shows off the skills and athletic abilities necessary in the working ranch horse but does so within the confines of a show pen. Since 2000, Gordie has trained his own quarter horses for this precise, fast-paced, resistance-free sport.
Climbing Experience Detail

Memories
Memories From First Climb

Memories From First Member Year
Gordon climbed 8 times with the club, the last time in 1976. It was his 1975 member-year climb when the club’s fireworks provided the first official event of Colorado’s celebration of the state’s centennial and the nation’s bicentennial.
Memories of Family
Gordon's brother, Bernard, also climbed six times with the club in the 1970s.
Favorite Memories from Climbing Fourteeners

Memories from Favorite Mountain Climb

Memories of Favorite Gear

Memories of Worst Gear Failure