Matthew Phillips
Name: Matthew Phillips
D.O.B: 4/11/2000
Hometown: Guildford
Sport: Climbing
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I was born in 2000 missing my right arm below the elbow. I started out as a national level swimmer and started climbing in 2014 after I started to find swimming boring.
I had not done any climbing previously except for the odd birthday party. I entered an open para climbing competition in 2014 and came 3rd with no formal training. After this I didn't look back, got a climbing coach and started regularly training.
Get to know Matthew
Tell us about your successes so far?
I am a 3 X world Champion in the AU2 category and have won multiple World cups and national competitions.
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What are you working on? What are your goals for the future?
I am looking to keep my world championship streak going and would like to get outside and climb hard on sport and trad climbing.
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Why do you climb? What do you love about climbing?
The Community is a huge part of climbing for me it is unlike anything else that I have experienced in sport and I have made so many friends through it and grown as a person.
I have gained so much confidence from my participation in climbing and the people I have met and I wouldn’t be the person I am now without climbing. |
Which Scarpa shoe is your favourite?
I am a huge fan of the Scarpa Instinct VSR.
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Tell us about your best day climbing?
My best climbing day was on the south coast of England in Portland I put down a V6 boulder project I had been trying for 3 years and then climbed my first V7 alongside a few other V6’s it was an amazing day just before the UK went in to lockdown.
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What do you do away from your sport?
I spend my time reading and playing video games in my down time.
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My favourite place no far has to be the Rocky Mountains in Colorado an endless sea of rock that could last a life time.
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