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John Gill: The Master of Rock Speaks
The other day I ferreted out my article notes from a detailed interview I did with John Gill, who was 41 years old at the time, in July...
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John Gill and the Zen of Bouldering
Here's a photo I took in late April, 2005 of John Gill, former mathematics professor at the University of Southern Colorado and one of t