page_title: Phil Packer
section_title: Physical challenges to raise funds
hierarchical_section_title: Phil Packer / Physical challenges to raise funds
caption_attribution_description: English: Packer hauling himself up El Capitan - he completed 4250 pull ups in 4 days
context_page_description: Philip Michael 'Phil' Packer is a British charity activist, who suffered serious injuries while serving with the British military in Iraq in 2008, and has since engaged in numerous publicised physical challenges in support of his charity, the British Inspiration Trust, and other causes.
context_section_description: Following his recuperation, Packer has embarked on numerous publicised physical challenges, both to raise money, and to help himself recuperate psychologically from his injuries.
  In February 2009, less than a year after his injury, Packer rowed the English Channel with Alastair Humphreys.
  Next he entered the 2009 London Marathon. It took him thirteen days to complete the course, then the longest time in the event's history. By the end of the marathon he had raised £637,000 for wounded ex-servicemen.
  The same year with support from an expert climbing team led by Andy Kirkpatrick, Packer was brought up El Capitan, the granite cliff in Yosemite National Park, over a period of 3 days.
  In 2010 Packer and BBC presenter Kate Silverton, with other personalities, took part in the National Three Peaks Challenge for Sport Relief, climbing the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales in 72 hours. The challenge was the focus of the BBC documentary A Major Mountain to Climb.
  He also took part in the 2010 London Marathon, completing it in 26 hours.
  From January to December 2012, Packer walked 2012 miles throughout the U.K. and Northern Ireland, to raise awareness of his charity. 
  In September 2015, Packer again walked a marathon through London, taking 14 hours, to raise funds for BRIT.
caption: Packer hauling himself up El Capitan
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