Re: Iconic American Climber John Bachar Killed in Soloing Fall

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Iconic American Climber John Bachar Killed in Soloing Fall
July 06, 2009 02:03PM

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John Bachar was killed after he fell from an 80-foot route while free-soloing on California granite yesterday.

http://climbing.about.com/b/2009/07/06/iconic-american-climber-john-bacher-killed-in-soloing-fall.htm

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Re: Iconic American Climber John Bachar Killed in Soloing Fall
July 06, 2009 10:50PM

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John was a master of Free Soloing. The first YouTube short that I saw was of John Bachar Free Soloing a wall in some outrageously short amount of time. What a loss!!