PALM DESERT (AP) -- Jim Bridwell, a hard-partying hippie and legendary climber who lived his life vertically on some of the toughest peaks in Yosemite National Park, has died. He was 73. Bridwell died ...

Jim Bridwell, a hard-partying hippie and legendary climber who lived his life vertically on some of the toughest peaks in Yosemite National Park, has died. He was 73. Bridwell died Friday morning at a ...

In the 60-year history of modern Yosemite rock climbing, the sport’s all-time greatest cultural hero was Jim Bridwell, who died of complications from hepatitis C on February 16 at age 73. The Valley ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The honor of climbing with his idol was fading fast as Dean Fidelman, struggled mightily on the wet granite cliff in Yosemite. He was 16 years old, and Jim Bridwell, the man he wanted ...

Jim Bridwell, a paisley-clad climber who pioneered new routes up some of the world's most formidable rock faces, including the prow of El Capitan – a granite monolith in California's Yosemite Valley ...

The honor of climbing with his idol was fading fast as Dean Fidelman struggled mightily on the wet granite cliff in Yosemite. He was 16 years old, and Jim Bridwell, the man he wanted to impress more ...

PALM DESERT – Jim Bridwell, a hard-partying hippie and legendary climber who lived his life vertically on some of the toughest peaks in Yosemite National Park, has died. He was 73. Bridwell died ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Jim Bridwell, a hard-partying hippie and legendary climber who lived his life vertically on some of the toughest peaks in Yosemite National Park, has died. He was 73. Bridwell ...