John Bachar Climber Death. On july 5, the climbing world lost one of its greatest icons: Free climbing legend john bachar, 52, died on july 5 after a fall near his home in mammoth lakes, california.
Some nearby climbers came to his aid, he was transported by mono search and rescue to the local hospital in mammoth lakes where he later died. In his essays john gill has compared climbing to a gymnastic routine, an ideal of movement, repeated for its own sake even to an empty gym. John bachar, a rock climber who inspired awe as a daredevil, condescension as an anachronism and eventually respect as a legend, fell to his death last sunday from a rock formation near his. I did not have the stomach for it when john's father asked me to, a month after the accident.
I did not have the stomach for it when john's father asked me to, a month after the accident.
He was 52 years old and he left us while doing what he could never do without: During other stretches of bachar's life that routine played out in the valley, tuolumne, the owens river gorge. Thank you again for your grace and strength. I did not have the stomach for it when john's father asked me to, a month after the accident.
