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Sporting Witness: Paul Pritchard And The Totem Pole

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31/01/2019 GMT

Paul Pritchard And The Totem Pole

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Paul Pritchard And The Totem Pole

The British adventurer who was seriously injured on a climb, but returned 18 years later.

In February 1998, Paul Pritchard, then one of the world's leading rock climbers, suffered a life-changing brain injury while attempting to ascend a fearsome route in Tasmania called the Totem Pole. After years of rehab, he returned to complete the climb in 2016 using a single arm to pull himself up. Paul Pritchard talks to Simon Watts.

PHOTO: Paul Pritchard on the Totem Pole (personal collection)

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