84-year-old man who died at Devil's Lake was a legend in climbing community
JOHN GITTINGS
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Magnificent views from the area’s rugged hiking trails and crystal-clear lake await visitors to Wisconsin’s largest state park. Its paths are part of the 1,200-mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
Peter Cleveland, left, and fellow Chicago Mountaineering Club member Bill Gleason climb at Devil’s Lake State Park in 2023. Cleveland died in a climbing accident at the same location on Sunday morning, according to his son, Daniel.
Peter Cleveland relaxes atop a Devil’s Lake rock after finishing a climb in August 2020. He climbed at Devil’s Lake for more than 50 years and, in 1966, became the only person to climb the “Superpin” cone-shaped rock in the Needles area of the Black Hills in South Dakota.
Jackson Cleveland, left, attends the Milwaukee Brewers’ Father’s Day game at American Family Field in Milwaukee on June 15 with his grandfather, Peter, center, and father, Daniel.
Peter Cleveland, left, and fellow Chicago Mountaineering Club member Bill Gleason climb at Devil’s Lake State Park in 2023. Cleveland died in a climbing accident at the same location on Sunday morning, according to his son, Daniel.
Peter Cleveland relaxes atop a Devil’s Lake rock after finishing a climb in August 2020. He climbed at Devil’s Lake for more than 50 years and, in 1966, became the only person to climb the “Superpin” cone-shaped rock in the Needles area of the Black Hills in South Dakota.
Jackson Cleveland, left, attends the Milwaukee Brewers’ Father’s Day game at American Family Field in Milwaukee on June 15 with his grandfather, Peter, center, and father, Daniel.
