John Middendorf.Climber, engineer, environmental activist, entrepreneur, teacher, writer and historian about big wall climbing and climbing gear, and all-round good guy. Someone who brought a lot more to the world than took from it. I’ll write something a bit more considered when I’m not in quite so much shock at the news.
Japanese climber Keita Kurakami https://www.instagram.com/keitakurakami/He was a very talented trad climber, including making the fifth ascent of The Walk of Life E9 and a remarkable rope solo free ascent of The Nose. He also established a lot of incredible looking trad climbs and boulder problems in Japan.
- that's just made me well up. Good excuse to post this up again..
Maybe add his surname? For the sake of the techno fans.