‘Dom was one of the best – quiet but curious’
Author Andrew Downie pays tribute to Dom Phillips, who is feared dead after going missing in Brazil. …
But daily journalism can be a grind and not long after the Olympics ended Dom changed tack, to focus more on what he loved. Dom was an outdoors guy, a hiker, a cyclist and a paddle boarder. To many people, Amazonia is hell, with its rain, insects, and chilly nights in hammocks slung between two trees. For Dom, that was heaven. He saw the wonder in the wet.