What is Tom Higgins (rock climber)?
[[File:Tom Higgins, Yosemite Valley, 1968.jpg|thumb|Tom Higgins, Yosemite Valley, 1968]] '''Thomas John Higgins''' (November 7, 1944 – March 21, 2018)<ref> http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-higgins&pid=188554962&referrer=0&preview=false</ref> was an American rock climber. He was the first climbers to free ascents primarily in the western United States. He was known for pushing standards using a purist, [[free climbing]] style.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gripped.com/news/california-climbing-legend-tom-higgins-passes/|title=California Climbing Legend Tom Higgins Passes|date=22 March 2018|website=Gripped Magazine}}</ref> He was born in [[Huntington Park, California]]. Higgins began climbing in the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|High Sierra]] in California. In the 1980s, Higgins created first ascents and first free ascents at Pinnacles National Monument (now [[Pinnacles National Park]]) and in the Southern High Sierra mountains, California. Higgins died on March 21, 2018 in [[Oakland, California]] at the age of 73. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.tomhiggins.net Higgins' web site] {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, Tom}} [[Category:Sportspeople from California]] [[Category:Rock climbing]] [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}