The Big Issue E9 | Climbing History

Climber	Style	Ascent Date
John Dunne First ascent.	Lead \| worked	May 1996
References [1] https://youtu.be/3D0Mp0RrQRA?t=921
Gareth Parry Pre-placed gear.	Lead \| worked	13th Apr 2010
References [1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2010/04/gaz_parry_repeats_the_big_issue-54468
Yuji Hirayama	Lead \| worked	Sep 2014
Ryan Pasquill	Lead \| ground up	2017
References [1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2017/08/the_big_issue_e9_6c_for_mchaffie_and_pasquill-71234
James McHaffie Second go.	Lead \| ground up	2017
References [1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2017/08/the_big_issue_e9_6c_for_mchaffie_and_pasquill-71234
Ali Kennedy	Lead \| worked	21st May 2017
Removed the fixed gear and placed everything on lead.
Emma Twyford	Lead \| worked	Aug 2018
Matt Helliker	Lead \| worked	Sep 2019
References [1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/09/the_big_issue_e9_6c_by_matt_helliker-72068
Eder Lomba	Lead \| worked	Aug 2021
Ed Morris	Lead \| worked	1st Aug 2025
References [1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DM9qn3cIw4l/?img_index=1 [2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lwxseQAHOXpGPfHouI3nP?
Adrian Berry Pre-placed gear.	Lead \| worked

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