Una volta restammo senza acqua sulla Celica
dopo che dal ponte dell'accetta eravamo saliti su Serralonga, proseguendo
per il sentiero che porta a verteglia non svoltammo all'uscita Varco Finestra
e uscimmo sui tornanti asfaltati della strada che da Serino porta a Verteglia.
Per orientarci salimmo sulla vetta del Sierro del Caprio, vedemmo la celica sullo sfondo,
e attraverso il crinale della montagna giungemmo nei pressi del sentiero
che ci portò a varco finestra.
Qui nonostante che era finita l'acqua salimmo sulla celica, perdemmo un telefonino e una macchina
fotografica, sbagliammo sentiero sulla celica e ci trovammo sopra un dirupo, dopo molti tentativi
ritrovammo il sentiero e tornammo a valle stremati e disidratati.
Tornammo al ponte dell'accetta attraverso Serralonga.
Ci arrivammo quasi di corsa e ci lanciammo carponi nel fiume a bere.
Lo stress fu tanto ma intanto avevamo forgiato un ragazzo che era venuto
con noi che da qualche mese è divenuto Spartano.
Adesso dobbiamo forgiare Lorenzo Scipione Africano,
per l'occasione viene anche un agente speciale del CAM.
nellla foto John Bachar
il più grande free climber di tutti i tempi
John Bachar
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John Bachar (March 23, 1957 – July 5, 2009) was an American rock climber who was noted for his skill in climbing without a rope, or free solo climbing.[1]
[edit] Biography
Bachar was born in 1957. He grew up in Los Angeles, California and started climbing at Stoney Point. He attended UCLA, where his father was a math professor, but dropped out to climb full time. Obsessed with the sport, Bachar immersed himself in books on physical training and nutrition, and soon was able to outperform his fellow climbers.
John Long, whom Bachar met in the early 1970s, shared his interest in physical training and convinced Bachar to try free soloing, starting with the classic Joshua Tree route Double Cross (5.7). Bachar also put up notorious bouldering problems in Joshua Tree such as Planet X (V6) and So High (V5). The committing crux move of the latter problem is 25 feet off the ground[2].
Bachar was first noted for his climbs in Yosemite with his unroped ascents of New Dimensions (5.11a) and The Nabisco Wall, a three-pitch affair (Waverly Wafer (5.10c), either Wheat Thin (5.10c) or Butterballs (5.11c), and Butterfingers (5.11a) as the final pitch)[3]. Noted for his physical fitness, his campsite at Camp 4 was filled with exercise equipment, including the hanging ladders that became known as Bachar ladders. At his peak Bachar was able to perform a one arm pull up with 12.5 lbs of weight in his other hand.[4]
Bachar posted a note in 1981 promising a "$10,000 reward for anyone who can follow me for one full day." No one took the challenge. That same year he put up Bachar-Yerian (5.11c) in Tuolumne Meadows with Dave Yerian. One of the outstanding first ascents of the time, the 500-foot face climb is protected by 13 bolts (including anchor bolts), each one placed either from a stance (9) or while hanging from a hook (4). Bachar was a vocal critic of climbing tactics such as bolting on rappel, which came into vogue during the 1980s.
In 1986, Bachar and Peter Croft made an link up of El Capitan and Half Dome, climbing a vertical mile in under 14 hours.[5] In the 1990s, Bachar free soloed Enterprise (5.12b) in the Owens River Gorge and The Gift (5.12c) at Red Rocks for the Masters of Stone video series. He was featured in the documentary Bachar: One Man, One Myth, One Legend (2005) by Michael Reardon.
Bachar lived in Twin Lakes near Mammoth Lakes, California and was Director of Design of Acopa International LLC, a company which manufactures rock climbing shoes.
On August 13, 2006, Bachar was involved in a serious car accident while traveling home from the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show in Salt Lake City. He suffered multiple fractured vertebrae.[6]
On July 5, 2009, John Bachar died in a free solo accident at Dike Wall near Mammoth Lakes, California.
Edited by Claudio Bozzacco - 16/7/2009, 11:01
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