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

- 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…

- John Bachar

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

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 go…

- John Bachar