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the shizzle => news => Topic started by: andy popp on February 16, 2018, 10:24:38 pm
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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/
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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.
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Another legend has gone. He was indeed an iconic figure that connected generations and had a huge influence on the art of the possible.
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“Captain of numerous El Cap voyages of physical and psychological expansion, inventor, writer, thinker and fashion setter (http://rockandice.com/climbing-news/jim-bridwell-founder-of-yosar-and-big-wall-godfather-dead-at-73/)”. Duane Raleigh in Rock and Ice sums up his protean character.