don't harsh, my outrageous tag was a poor attempt to call out evil alan and it hasn't seemed to help but I missed his liberal rants and had to try, sorry to get off topic
Crankmas wrote:don't harsh, my outrageous tag was a poor attempt to call out evil alan and it hasn't seemed to help but I missed his liberal rants and had to try, sorry to get off topic
Does anyone know what happened beside he "died is free soloing accident?"
What was the route, had he done it before?
His free soloing ethic was that if he couldn't down climb it then he wouldn't climb above where he was.
I too would be curious to know if anyone has climbed the route since to see if any obvious holds broke or anything of the sort. I don't know the area or even the type of stone, but it might hold a clue.
It's pretty damn early though to be gettin on the route again. Who should be the first?
A part of my youth has died. He was "the Hero" of my climbing youth. He was the man in the early eighties. He didn't just put up big numbers- he absolutely was committed to the core and back his play with no quarter given or taken.
If you don't know this, I am telling you- the sport is what it is because of Bachar.
Please show deference.
"It really is all good ! My thinking only occasionally calls it differently..."
Normie
I never met John but from what others communicate he lived his life on his own terms, his own rules, his own values. When sport climbing changed the sport forever, John didn't agree. I didn't necessarily support his viewpoint, but I definitely respected his steadfast unwavering adherence to the way he chose to climb. Free climbing would really not be what it is today w/o his dedicated contribution on so many levels.. shoes design, free soloing, training...
Thanks John you pushed the human experience to a level few will ever achieve
"Good things take time, impossible things take a little longer"
Percy Gerutty
