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Jim Bridwell
American big wall rock climber and mountaineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jim Bridwell (July 29, 1944 – February 16, 2018) was an American rock climber and mountaineer, active from 1965 in Yosemite Valley, but later in Patagonia and Alaska. He was noted for pushing the standards of both aid climbing and big wall climbing, and later alpine climbing. He wrote numerous articles on climbing and developed several important pieces of aid climbing equipment. Bridwell was an apprentice to Royal Robbins and Warren Harding,[1] and later the unofficial leader of the Stonemasters.[2]
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Born | (1944-07-29)July 29, 1944 San Antonio, Texas |
Died | February 16, 2018(2018-02-16) (aged 73) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
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