John Bachar, a legendary figure in the obscure and close-knit world of rock climbing, died Sunday after a fall near his home in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. He was 52. Bachar perished after falling while ...
On 5 July John Bachar left us. He was 52 years old and he left us while doing what he could never do without: climbing. Or better still, climbing on his own, without a rope. Bachar was certainly the ...
John Bachar's death after decades climbing rocks without ropes stokes debate. July 11, 2009 — -- Hanging by his fingertips from a 100-foot ledge was a relatively common occurrence for rock ...
John Bachar, a legendary figure in the obscure and close-knit world of rock climbing, died Sunday after a fall near his home in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. He was 52. Bachar perished after falling while ...
John Bachar, a rock climber who inspired awe as a daredevil, condescension as an anachronism and eventually respect as a legend, fell to his death last Sunday from a rock formation near his California ...
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif.MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — Renowned rock climber John Bachar has died in a fall near his Mammoth Lakes home. He was 51. The Mono County Sheriff’s Department says Bachar fell Sunday ...
John Bachar, who fell to his death on July 5 aged 52, was one of the greatest American rock climbers of his generation and the principal exponent of the technique known as "free soloing" – climbing ...
In the early 1970s, Joshua Tree, Calif., was the winter locus of America’s vagabond climbers. They were a ragtag band of dreamers and thrill-seekers pursuing a fringe activity that would have to wait ...
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