Mr. Porter, a self-taught adventurer and climate scientist, was most famous for the climbing routes he devised up El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in the early 1970s. Source: Charlie Porter, a Solitary Adventurer Who Reshaped the Ascent of a Monolith, Is Dead at 63 Related ArticlesCharlie Porter, an Adventurer Who Reshaped Climbing, Is Dead at 63U.S. Agrees to Allow BP Back Into Gulf Waters to Seek OilEmails Link Duke Energy and North Carolina

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Charlie Porter, a Solitary Adventurer Who Reshaped the Ascent of a Monolith, Is Dead at 63