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andy popp
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Jim Bridwell
February 16, 2018, 10:24:38 pm
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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Getting fatter, not fitter.
#1 Re: Jim Bridwell
February 16, 2018, 10:57:13 pm
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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#2 Re: Jim Bridwell
February 16, 2018, 11:13:57 pm
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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#3 Re: Jim Bridwell
February 17, 2018, 08:42:58 pm
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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.
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