13 Facts About Paul Pritchard

Paul Pritchard was born on 1967 and is a rock climber and mountaineer and was one of the foremost British climbers of the 1980s and 1990s.

Paul Pritchard was born in Bolton, England and started climbing when he was 16 years old.

Paul Pritchard is notable for having climbed difficult routes across the United Kingdom and around the world.

Paul Pritchard made many ascents of outstanding problems in the Lancashire Quarries as well as engaging in extensive exploration of Malham Cove.

Paul Pritchard gained a reputation for climbing hard and very poorly protected routes such as Super Calabrese at Gogarth, still considered one of the most serious routes in the UK.

On Friday 13 February 1998, Paul Pritchard's life changed drastically when he was struck in the head by a falling boulder while attempting an ascent of the Totem Pole, a slender sea stack off the coast of Tasmania.

Paul Pritchard was left suffering from hemiplegia, a condition that robbed him of feeling and movement in his right side and which caused his speech and memory to suffer.

Paul Pritchard has continued to lead a challenging life even after the catastrophic injury.

Paul Pritchard has climbed Kilimanjaro, ridden a recumbent trike through Tibet to Mount Everest and took the lead rock climbing again.

In 2016 Paul Pritchard finally climbed the Totem Pole, 18 years after his accident.

Paul Pritchard is a diversity and inclusion educator and speaks internationally on the subject as well as volunteering with the Human Library.

Paul Pritchard won the 1997 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature for his book Deep Play.

Paul Pritchard won the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature for TheTotem Pole which was awarded the 1999 Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize.