Ep. 363: Professional Rock Climber and Paragliding Hobbyist - Matt Segal
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Matt Segal was raised in Florida and discovered his passion for rock climbing in the gym. He has been climbing since 1998 and quickly left the man-made holds for those naturally placed. He moved to Boulder, Colorado to grow his passion. He’s traveled the world, from China to Argentina, mostly focusing on establishing the most difficult traditional climbs he can find. Some of his proudest lines include The Iron Monkey (5.14) in Eldorado Canyon, CO, The Orangutan Overhang (5.14-) in Independence Pass, CO and Air China (5.13d R) in Liming, China. Recently he’s also collaborated with both scientists and photographers on National Geographic expeditions where his skills as a climber have proven to be valuable. He has started instant coffee company Alpine Start Foods providing high-quality coffee for adventurers. Listen in to be inspired to try some rock climbing!
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| 0:00.0 | In the end, I broke both arms, broke my ulna in one, my radius and the other. |
| 0:13.0 | I fractured C1 and T1 in my neck and my back. |
| 0:18.0 | I broke like three ribs, fractured my pelvis in four spots, |
| 0:24.1 | had some open wounds because I had an ice axe that like went through my calf. |
| 0:29.0 | Episode 363, professional rock climber and paragliding hobbyist Matt Seagall joins us. |
| 0:35.6 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast, brought to you by 180 Tech. |
| 0:40.0 | We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation |
| 0:44.0 | you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 0:48.3 | Now here's your host, Kurt Lindville. |
| 0:51.4 | Hey friends, Kurt here. |
| 0:52.8 | Thank you again for listening to the Adventure Sports podcast today. I've got a cool guy with us today. Matt Siegel. Matt is the founder of Alpine Start Foods, which is, they have several products. Let him talk about that. But coffee, think coffee. Great coffee. And not only coffee, but coffee that is made for the outdoors and adventure sports. |
| 1:12.7 | But we'll get back to that. |
| 1:14.0 | We're talking today about trad climbing, and Matt's biggest claim to fame is that he's a professional climber, |
| 1:20.6 | been sponsored with North Face for 10 years, and he's been all over the world, not just |
| 1:26.3 | doing climbing, but setting new 514 routes. |
| 1:30.9 | Matt is the guy. |
| 1:32.5 | So I'm excited to talk about not just climbing, but kind of the elite side of trad climbing. |
| 1:38.3 | Matt, welcome to the program. |
| 1:39.8 | Yeah, thanks for having me. |
| 1:41.3 | Yeah, man, it's our pleasure. |
| 1:42.2 | I want to get the backstory. |
| 1:44.7 | You mentioned just now before we hit record that you grew up in Florida. |
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