[br][br]Alexander James Rice, 22, Spokane, WA, after a 20-month battle with brain cancer. A 2010 graduate of Lewis and Clark H.S., he was an avid rock climber, training and competing at the national level. Alex lived life; he skate boarded, snow boarded, wake boarded, water skied, snow skied, camped, biked, hiked, motorcycled, surfed, and just liked being out in the wilderness. He loved to fix things, take them apart, and repair them. He hated spending money unnecessarily. Alex invested a lot of time repairing and modifying his '89 Toyota 4-Runner, but would rather ride one of his bicycles. He once biked to Canada and back with a good friend. He rock climbed with his close friends in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. He loved Priest Lake and Chimney Rock. After brain surgery and radiation: he hiked to the top of Mt. Charleston, a very high peak in Nevada, like it was a day in the park; he hiked the rain and bamboo forests of Hawaii with his sister Jasmine; he snorkeled with the sea turtles with his brother Owen and sister Ella. They adored their "big brother Alex" who could do anything. We all adored Alex and will miss him tremendously. Survived by his loving family; mother Jacquita Rogers (Matthew Inman), father Tom Rice (Heather), sisters Jasmine Perez (Stan and daughter Nayeli) and Ella Rice, brother Owen Rice, and grandparents, and his devoted friends in the rock climbing community, especially his girlfriend Sarah Moeser. Private cremation. Memorial celebration of his life to be held this spring at Deep Creek, one of his favorite rock climbing walls.