Jim Bridwell, The Yosemite Living Legend (2005)

• Documentary
• History

Jim Bridwell was one of the best climbers in the world in the 70s, 80s. The documentary chronicles Bridwell's career from those early days to his final ascents in 2001. The film traces Jim Bridwell's journey through numerous interviews with other legendary free climbing personalities such as Leo Houlding and Ron Kauk. See him climb some of Yosemite's historic routes with today's young climbers paying homage to this true legend of free climbing. In an unpublished document from 1981, he is seen in one of his famous Zodiac ascents in El Capitan with and Fred East.

Rating

10 / 10 (1 votes)

Release date

January 1, 2005

Runtime

53m

Language

Italian

Director

Michele Radici

Status

Released