Jim Bridwell

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In addition to the first one day assent of El Capitan, The Nose in 1975 Yosemite, Jim Bridwell is credited with over 100 First Ascents in Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park was his training ground. He founded Yosemite National Park's Search and Rescue Team (SAR), and spearheaded many famous rescues that became textbook for Search and Resue operations. He was a leading force in the changing techniques of climbing and an innovator/inventor of widely used and copied climbing gear.

Jim currently live in Desert Palms, CA.

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