| From | USA 🇺🇸 |
| Date of birth | 29th Jul 1944 |
| Date of death | 16th Feb 2018 |
| Age | 73 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | E4 |
| Hardest Trad (Onsight) | HVS |
| Groups | |
| The Stonemasters | |
| Yosemite Search and Rescue | Founder |
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]
Bridwell's sage advice to Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles, prior to their attempt on The Prophet (E9):
Just remember boys, it’s fine line between badass and dumbass [5]
[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
| From | USA 🇺🇸 |
| Date of birth | 29th Jul 1944 |
| Date of death | 16th Feb 2018 |
| Age | 73 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | E4 |
| Hardest Trad (Onsight) | HVS |
| Groups | |
| The Stonemasters | |
| Yosemite Search and Rescue | Founder |
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]
Bridwell's sage advice to Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles, prior to their attempt on The Prophet (E9):
Just remember boys, it’s fine line between badass and dumbass [5]
[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