Jim Madsen


Quick Info

From: USA 🇺🇸
Date of death: 14th October 1969
Gender: Male

Yosemite climber of the 1960s. Died attempting to rescue Chuck Pratt and Chris Fredricks from the Dihedral Wall during a storm. The first fatal accident of a climber in Yosemite

References

[1] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196949602/James-Thomas-Madsen-1947-1968

[2] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13196901702

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27 contributions since 28th October 2025.

Quick Info

From: USA 🇺🇸
Date of death: 14th October 1969
Gender: Male

Yosemite climber of the 1960s. Died attempting to rescue Chuck Pratt and Chris Fredricks from the Dihedral Wall during a storm. The first fatal accident of a climber in Yosemite

References

[1] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196949602/James-Thomas-Madsen-1947-1968

[2] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13196901702

Contributors
27 contributions since 28th October 2025.

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The Nose A2 Lead | worked 1967
With Kim Schmitz.

3 day ascent