Jim Bridwell

Also known as The Bird

Quick Info

From: USA 🇺🇸
Date of birth: 29th Jul 1944
Age: 73 years old
Date of death: 16th Feb 2018
Gender: Male
Hardest Trad (Worked): E4

John Long:

Unlike many pontifical climbers who, having made their mark, silently slip into history, Bridwell’s initiative has redoubled with each new route. Indeed he has maintained a level of motivation rarely matched by any climber anywhere. Yet this same motivation has occasioned controversy, fisticuffs and vindictive slandenngs from fellow cragsmen. [4]

References

[1] Portrait by Dean Fidelman

[2] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201214821/Jim-Bridwell-1944-2018

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysF9wx4X08A

[4] Interview with John Long in Mountain 79 (1981), page 22 /library/11090/mountain-79

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49 contributions since 26th February 2021.
17 contributions since 28th October 2025.

Quick Info

From: USA 🇺🇸
Date of birth: 29th Jul 1944
Date of death: 16th Feb 2018
Age: 73 years old
Gender: Male
Hardest Trad (Worked): E4

John Long:

Unlike many pontifical climbers who, having made their mark, silently slip into history, Bridwell’s initiative has redoubled with each new route. Indeed he has maintained a level of motivation rarely matched by any climber anywhere. Yet this same motivation has occasioned controversy, fisticuffs and vindictive slandenngs from fellow cragsmen. [4]

References

[1] Portrait by Dean Fidelman

[2] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201214821/Jim-Bridwell-1944-2018

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysF9wx4X08A

[4] Interview with John Long in Mountain 79 (1981), page 22 /library/11090/mountain-79

Contributors
49 contributions since 26th February 2021.
17 contributions since 28th October 2025.

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