Matt Maddaloni

Squamish, BC, Canada
Age: 28

I consider myself an all round climber but my climbing resume tends to point towards rock climbing and especially deep water soloing. I've been living in Canada's granite destination, Squamish B.C. for the past 13 years. Some of my expedition successes have been a 25 day big wall route in Baffin Island, a solo big wall ascent in Pakistan, a 10 pitch 5.12 route in the Bugaboos and a new 4500 foot 5.13 free climb on Mt. Combatant in the Waddington Range. I've also enjoyed putting up several first ascents in Squamish including three big wall free routes and one big wall aid route. My deep water soloing has taken me to Malta, Vietnam and Thailand with over 200 first ascents.

Climbing Heros: Peter Croft, Hamish Fraser, Walter Bonatti, Darryl Hatton
Favorite Climbs: The Northern Lights, Squamish. Astroman, Rostrum
Hardest deep water solos: FA: Tron V6 5.10 60ft high, Thailand. FA: Pussy Galore 12c, Thailand. FA: Fight or Flight 12c, 40ft high over 4ft of water, Squamish
Favorite Free solos: Onsight of The Becky Chouinard 5.10 - 30+ pitches, Bugaboos, Canada. Angles Crest 10b - 14 pitches, Squamish. Clean Crack 11b, Squamish
Hardest Crack Climbs: The Underfling 13a, Teddy Bear Picnic 12d, Flight of the Challenger 12c
Hardest Sport Routes: FA: Black Dyke 13b and 12 pitches long. Table of Colors 13b
Favorite Movie: Knights of the Holy Grail
Favorite Music: AC/DC! Morcheeba, UnderWorld, Beastie Boys