[andy popp]

Duncan's post the other day does seem to have been premature. But sadly, Jim Bridwell has now died, earlier today:

https://www.climbing.com/news/obituary-jim-the-bird-bridwell-1944-2018/

[mrjonathanr]

That photo with Long and Westbay in front of the Nose.... as a kid that just made me dream of impossible things, they were something else. And Westbay’s article just made the myth even bigger.

[SB]

Another legend has gone. He was indeed an iconic figure that connected generations and had a huge influence on the art of the possible.

[duncan]

“Captain of numerous El Cap voyages of physical and psychological expansion, inventor, writer, thinker and fashion setter”. Duane Raleigh in Rock and Ice sums up his protean character.