Ep 9: Campbell Harrison - Australian Boulder + Lead Olympic Dreams

That's Not Real Climbing

Thanks for tuning into the podcast! Campbell represents team Australia and is one of the Oceania region’s top competitors for moving onto the Olympics in the boulder and lead combined category. He also recently got elected to the IFSC athlete’s commission, so in this episode we’ll talk about causes he’d like to champion through that, what it’s like competing as an Australian, and he also opens up about his past struggles with eating disorders, as well as why he was partially missing in Olympic qualifiers in 2020.

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Timestamps of discussion topics

0:00 - Introduction

3:13 - Past commentating experience

7:46 - When Campbell first started climbing and competing

10:17 - Transitioning from youth to adult

15:14 - Growth as a climber

19:17 - Recent Australian Boulder Nationals results!

25:19 - The difficulties of being an Australian climber

31:40 - Thoughts on how to grow the Australian team

35:44 - What is the IFSC athlete’s commission

39:00 - Causes to fight for in athlete’s commission

44:00 - The issue of unfair routesetting

48:34 - Personal experience with RED-S

59:36 - RED-S differences between male and female climbers

1:04:18 - Missing out on the 2021 Olympics

1:11:35 - Excitement about not having to speed climb

1:15:48 - Training plans after Oceania qualifiers

1:19:22 - Discord Q: Are climbers are targeted by the government in regards to aboriginal heritage?

1:23:03 - Discord Q: Thoughts on Eubank grading?

1:24:42 - Discord Q: Being queer in the climbing community: how does it feel competing in countries where it's illegal?

1:29:19 - Where to find Campbell + Outro