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Jim Bridwell, The Yosemite Living Legend

Jim Bridwell, The Yosemite Living Legend

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2005

Runtime

0h 53m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

100%

Original Title

Jim Bridwell, The Yosemite Living Legend

Director

Michele Radici

Description

Jim Bridwell was one of the best climbers in the world in the 70s, 80s. The documentary chronicles Bridwell's career from those early days to his final ascents in 2001. The film traces Jim Bridwell's journey through numerous interviews with other legendary free climbing personalities such as Leo Houlding and Ron Kauk. See him climb some of Yosemite's historic routes with today's young climbers paying homage to this true legend of free climbing. In an unpublished document from 1981, he is seen in one of his famous Zodiac ascents in El Capitan with and Fred East.