John Long (climber)
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John Long is an American rock climber and author. His stories have been translated into many languages.
Long with Highlands Tribes people, Papua New Guinea, 1982.
After the First One Day Ascent of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California
John Bachar
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John Bachar was an American rock climber. Noted for his skill at free soloing, he ultimately died during a free solo climb. A fitness fanatic, he was the creator of the climbing training device known
John Long (climber)
…first-ever at that grade in the world (and a year before Tony Yaniro's Grand Illusion), but is now considered (5.13a). In 1975, along with Ron Kauk and John Bachar, Long became the first to free climb a legitimate big wall with the first free ascent of the East Face of Washington Column, in Yosemite Valley, later…
John Bachar, in Tuolumne Meadows, mid 1980s