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RumiDude Marmota olympus
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:15 pm
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Jim Bridwell, a flamboyant — and, some said, reckless — climber who took daring routes up incredibly daunting mountains in Alaska, the Andes and, especially, Yosemite National Park, died on Friday in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 73.
Mr. Bridwell was one of the central figures among the renegade climbers who populated Yosemite in the 1970s, a group that became known as the Stonemasters. Hippie climbers, they were sometimes called, because of their long hair, the loud music they played and the drugs they sometimes took.
Rumi
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
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Schroder Member
Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 6696 | TRs | Pics Location: on the beach |
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:58 pm
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I met Jim in Camp 4 in 1974. It was a pretty awesome place to be back then.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
I think he was among those that rescued the plane of dope that crashed back then.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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RumiDude Marmota olympus
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RumiDude
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Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:05 pm
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Malachai Constant wrote: | I think he was among those that rescued the plane of dope that crashed back then. |
Yes he was!
Rumi
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
"This is my Indian summer ... I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all."
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JonnyQuest Member
Joined: 10 Dec 2013 Posts: 593 | TRs | Pics
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Watching Valley Uprising as I type.
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