John Bachar (March 23, 1957 – July 5, 2009) was an American rock climber noted for his skill at free soloing. A fitness fanatic, he was the creator of the climbing training device known as the Bachar ladder.
Death is a gift. Without it we wouldn't value life.
Soloing is serious business, because you can be seriously dead.
Every day I go out and climb, like a dancer who works on his dance. He probably has some goals, some pieces he would like to perform, but his main goal is to work on his dance. This is how he expresses himself. Both he and I are interested in the same thing. It’s the dance that counts.
Everybody free-solos. When you walk to the store, you're free-soloing. It's just a matter of the difficulty of the route.
I accept the consequences of all that I do. No matter what we do with our lives, our bodies are temporary. We're all going to die, and I'd rather die climbing than doing anything else.
Thomas Nash
Lloyd Bridges
Bobby Bare
Kenneth More
Harland Williams
Corita Kent
Abraham Foxman
Susanna Hall
Cate Blanchett
Jason Landry
Tony Todd
Jack Elam