Jim Bridwell, Founder of YOSAR and Big-Wall Godfather, Dead at 73


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On February 16, Jim “The Bird” Bridwell, captain of numerous El Cap voyages of physical and psychological expansion, inventor, writer, thinker and fashion setter died of complications from hepatitis C. He was 73.

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IMAGE:Bridwell on his first rescue with the newly founded Yosemite Search and Rescue, in 1970. rockandice.com

Source: www.rockandice.com

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