Chuck Pratt

Chuck Pratt (1939 to 2000) was an American rock climber best known for first ascents on big walls in Yosemite Valley, and later a long-time climbing instructor and mountain guide with Exum Mountain Guides in the Grand Tetons. He began climbing on the cliffs of Sehome Hill in Bellingham, Washington. In 1958 he made the first ascent of the north face of Fairview Dome with Wally Reed, in 1959 the East Face of Washington Column with Warren Harding and Glen Denny, and in 1960 he joined the second ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in one seven-day push. In 1961 he was part of the team that made the first ascent of the Salathé Wall, and in 1964 he took part in the first ascent of the North America Wall on El Capitan.