John Bachar Quotes & Sayings

Everybody free-solos. When you walk to the store, you're free-soloing. It's just a matter of the difficulty of the route. — John Bachar

Death is a gift. Without it we wouldn't value life. — John Bachar

Soloing is serious business, because you can be seriously dead. — John Bachar

Every day I go out and climb, like a dancer who works on his dance. He probably has some goals, some pieces he would like to perform, but his main goal is to work on his dance. This is how he expresses himself. Both he and I are interested in the same thing. It's the dance that counts. — John Bachar

I accept the consequences of all that I do. No matter what we do with our lives, our bodies are temporary. We're all going to die, and I'd rather die climbing than doing anything else. — John Bachar