ABSTRACT
John Gill is the single most remarkable person I have come to know in the rock climbing world. It is through a debt of gratitude to him that I have endeavored to acquaint contemporary and future generations with his story. It is not my intent to define the man nor to exploit his abilities but rather to introduce his genius and independence of personality. His is a specialized kind of climbing — that of bouldering on reasonably small rock faces, of moving on almost impossible problems found within a few vertical or overhanging feet.
