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Roots
Mountain climber
Redmond, Oregon
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Feb 16, 2018 - 11:59am PT
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I am so thankful to have met and partied with Jim. He was a badass and his willingness to share knowledge and his drive to push the limits will continue to influence our community for decades to come.
RIP
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John Mac
Trad climber
Breckenridge, CO
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:02pm PT
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Condolences to his family and many friends.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:03pm PT
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Total goosebumps and huge sighs.
It’s always hard to process the passing of someone bigger than life.
The footprints left behind will never be filled.
Susan.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:06pm PT
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Wondering if it was kidney failure just like Layton's namesake.
Stay hydrated people.
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:11pm PT
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The Bird has flown the cage. RIP Jim, thanks for all of your contributions to the climbing world.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:13pm PT
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RIP, and my condolences to all his friends and family on here.
I only ever met him once, but obviously he was a figure of huge importance in our sport and a good friend and mentor to many here.
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:14pm PT
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The world is less now. I'm so sorry for the family's loss.
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:15pm PT
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My sincerest condolences and best wishes and thoughts for family and friends.
Although I never met him, he was one of my greatest climbing idols in the 70s. Truly a living legend, before, now and hereafter.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:16pm PT
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Condolences, and thanks Jim!
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ClimbingOn
Trad climber
NY
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:17pm PT
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RIP. His legacy will live on for a long, long time.
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originalpmac
Mountain climber
Timbers of Fennario
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:20pm PT
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To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all
Farewell Jim Bridwell
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Scrubber
climber
Straight outta Squampton
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:20pm PT
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Give 'em hell Jim, wherever you are now!
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Waldo
Trad climber
King City, CA
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:22pm PT
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A Pinnacles Pioneer - we are diminished by his passing.
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Alois
Trad climber
Idyllwild, California
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:23pm PT
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Yet another legend left us. Condolences to the Bridwell family and his many friends worldwide.
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:23pm PT
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RIP Jim
Until Valhalla
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:30pm PT
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Better be crags in Heaven.
Thanks for your years of stoke.
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dave yerian
Trad climber
the parking lot
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:30pm PT
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I was 16.5 years old when I first started climbing with Jim. One day we went to climb Midterm, at Arch Rock in Yosemite Valley. I pulled out the gear in my pack, including hexentrics. As I handed my rack to Jim thinking he was going to lead he said, "Oh no. You're going to lead."
I thought to myself, "this is one of my first 5.10's I have ever led in Yosemite. (At that time there weren't many 5.11's being climbed.)
As Jim top roped up after my lead all I heard was cussing and swearing as he approached the anchor. He said, "holy sh#t, what kind of an anchor is this?" I didn't know when you top roped you needed to put carabiners in the anchor for the second to come up, so I had rope on sling.
When Jim got to the ground he said, "a lot of you young climbers are good at bouldering, but you know nothing about anchoring and protection." Bridwell taught us brats how to be safe climbers and survive. I am glad for the brother he has always been to me.
In the last days of his life I was there with him and glad to be his friend until the end. God Bless Jim and his soul.
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ec
climber
ca
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:40pm PT
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Farewell
My condolences to Peggy & Layton
 ec
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:41pm PT
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That dude takes a lot of history with him.
Luckily he left a bunch behind too.
What a legend.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Feb 16, 2018 - 12:45pm PT
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So sorry to hear this. A legendary climber. RIP
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