>A story told in online conversation (first two links).
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>http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=895790
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>http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=896157
>
>http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-john-bachar8-2009jul08,0,7890954.story

Oh, that's a shame, Gary was bummed out when I showed him the obit. Gary used to be a climber and practically lived at Camp 4 in Yosemite when he was younger. He was an acquaintance of John (they had mutual friends).

~~Bonnie