Brad Gobright lost his life at Potrero Chico today.

Long Ranger wrote:

It's a good piece, but Roman needs an editor. There's a lot of simple grammatical mistakes, as well as some bigger problems with tense. Sorry it just hits a nerve and feels a little rushed. I just think it should be a GREAT piece.

Don’t disagree with you on the grammar & tense. However I felt that in spite is that, it remained a remarkable piece - the content was terrific!

Enormocast - ​Special Episode: Brad Gobright Repost.​​​

On November 27th, 2019, climber, friend, and former guest of the Enormocast, Brad Gobright fell to his death in Potrero Chico, Mexico. I had known Brad for a decade, and he had appeared on the the Enormocast in 2016. This is a repost of that interview with an added intro. The original is here. Since this interview, Brad had been spending much of his time free climbing and speed climbing on El Cap with, among thousands of other pitches, a repeat of Pineapple Express, a one day free ascent of El Corazon, and holding the Nose speed record until it was taken by Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell in a protracted campaign. Brad represented a certain type of under-the-radar nonchalance that climbing has always held sacred, but cumulatively, he was one of the best and the boldest the sport has ever seen. 

Long Ranger wrote:

It's a good piece, but Roman needs an editor. There's a lot of simple grammatical mistakes, as well as some bigger problems with tense. Sorry it just hits a nerve and feels a little rushed. I just think it should be a GREAT piece.r

Really? 

Ziggy Chalkdust wrote:

How Lucas really believes he can know the true depths of another's consciousness, or apparently the shallowness, is somewhat perplexing to me though.

Luke is a thinking and thoughtful man and he spent formative years with Brad, that is how he can speak of his character.

 If you read his words as describing Brad as shallow I think you were missing the point.

Mike Brady wrote:

Really? 

Do you want to critique his mothers words too?

Sure! They were perfect. 

I met Brad a couple of times this spring in the Valley, and again in the fall. He was really nice, and very humble. When i met him in the spring he had just freed el nino in a day. I remember hanging out in the meadow with him the day before he went to free golden gate in a day. He was so casual and nonchalant about it. Incredibly stoked. But it didnt even seem like a big deal to him. just another day of climbing. I would always see him, with his civic, parked at the meadow scoping out the wall. such respect that he lived out of that car. I ran into him a couple of times in the fall as well. almost every day i would see him hanging out at base camp for breakfast. during facelift they showed the nose reel rock. Everytime brad and jim were shown in the film the crowd went nuts. couldnt even hear the movie. it was an awesome event. im not sure if brad was there that night (i saw him there other nights, but not on that night), but i know jim was.

I thought it was really cool to see someone who just liked to climb so much. No sprinter van, no fancy sponsorships. just always climbing, always looking for more climbing, and always stoked on the next climb. 

Thank you for posting Brad's Mom's words, we were very touched by them.

Here's an obituary that was printed in Climbing Magazine.  Gobrightly

Was going through some old pictures and came across the pic I took with Brad @ my gym as well as the poster he signed.  I met him shortly after seeing his "safety third" bit on Reel Rock so was well aware of how hard he sent and had some hints about how humble of a guy he was.  I can tell you that all of the comments above are 100% spot on - this guy was one of the most down to earth / humble person you will ever meet, especially rare given that he was an elite athlete. 

Like many of you, I didnt know Brad personally, but i did get the chance to talk with him on two separate occasions a year or so ago in Charlotte. I first met him at inner peaks during an event and had a 10-15 minute chat about recovering from injury. I related his back break with my ankle break and was fascinated at how quickly he recovered and was eager to learn about what approaches he used. He shared that the key was hangboarding. For anybody who has read about brad, he has freakishly strong fingers...this is probably why.  He said that he would hangboard multiple times a day in his back-brace because "there wasn't anything else that he could do".

A few days later i ran into him at the whitewater center and he was hanging out in the evolv tent.  You could tell that this was definitely not his thing, but was doing what he needed to do to continue his sponsorship.  He was more interested in watching the deep water solo competition.  He was signing posters and remembered our conversation and wrote what is posted in this picture.  He was one of the most humble guys i have ever met. I asked him why he wasnt in the deep water solo comp and he said he wasnt good enough. 

I fanboyed hard when I asked him to take a selfie with me as well as a sign his poster, but given these unfortunate circumstances, I don't regret it one bit.  The poster in this pic has been displayed in my climbing shed ever since he signed it and will forever provide me with motivation to pursue my passions

RIP brad - we miss your light