Climbing History | Alex Barrows

Year	Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
2012	Mecca Extension	8c (Lead)		06 Apr 2012
	Director's Cut	8B (Boulder)		10 Nov 2012
	Director's Cut	Alex suggested 8A+. Anyone using knees and taking 8B should hang their head in shame. http://vimeo.com/53279856
2013	Pilgrimage	8B+ (Boulder)		05 Mar 2013
	Pilgrimage	Second ascent. In the process of working the problem Alex found a lot of knee bars that were not used on the first ascent and which make the problem easier. https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10607.msg398399.html#msg398399 https://chrislockyer.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/pilgrimage/ https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/03/alex_barrows_repeats_pilgrimage_8b+-67887
	Kaa'bah	8c+ (Lead)		01 Jun 2013
	Kaa'bah	https://vimeo.com/68513338
2014
2015	Era Vella	9a (Lead)		03 Apr 2015
	Progress	8c+ (Lead)		21 Jun 2015
	Keen Roof	8B (Boulder)		26 Sep 2015
2016	Groove Train	8c (Lead)		23 Apr 2016
	The Wheel of Life	9a (Boulder)		28 May 2016
	The Wheel of Life	https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/06/wheel_of_life_8c_for_alex_barrows-70489
	Mooiste Meisie	8B (Boulder)		01 Aug 2016 (approx)
	Bad Girl's Club	9a (Lead)		19 Sep 2016
	Bad Girl's Club	https://alexbarrowsclimbing.blogspot.com/2016/12/rifle-best-trip-of-my-life.html
2017	Belly of the Beast	8B (Boulder)		05 Aug 2017
	Belly's Gonna Get Ya	9a (Lead)	✓	17 Sep 2017
	Belly's Gonna Get Ya	Dumb but fun, and most importantly something hard at the Tor that doesn't break my fingers!
	Ixeia	8b+ (Lead Onsight)		09 Oct 2017 (approx)
	Ixeia	Hell yeah!! Fought hard from bottom to top, and climbed well apart from nearly pumping out and punting off trying to get a knee in low down. Down to 8b/+ in the new guide, fuck it, consensus rules! Plus Siegrist took the + and he downgrades all my hard stuff ;)
2018	Dreadnaught	8c (Lead)		12 Aug 2018
	Dreadnaught	Second ascent.
	Mortal Immortal	8B+ (Boulder)		06 Sep 2018
	Fat Lip	8B (Boulder)		10 Dec 2018
2019	Accelerator	8b+ (Lead)		26 May 2019
2020	30 is the New 40	8c (Lead)	✓	25 May 2020
2021	Preposterous Tales	9a (Lead)	✓	06 May 2021
	Preposterous Tales	Alex suggested 8c+/9a. https://www.instagram.com/p/COnZ92XjA0p/
	Ultimate Sacrifice	8c+ (Lead)		14 Oct 2021
	Le Souffle du Ragga	8b+ (Lead Flash)		24 Oct 2021
	Le Souffle du Ragga	https://www.instagram.com/p/CVdrAgoopaS/

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
Belly's Gonna Get Ya	9a (Lead)	✓	17 Sep 2017
Belly's Gonna Get Ya	Dumb but fun, and most importantly something hard at the Tor that doesn't break my fingers!
Preposterous Tales	9a (Lead)	✓	06 May 2021
Preposterous Tales	Alex suggested 8c+/9a. https://www.instagram.com/p/COnZ92XjA0p/
Era Vella	9a (Lead)		03 Apr 2015
Bad Girl's Club	9a (Lead)		19 Sep 2016
Bad Girl's Club	https://alexbarrowsclimbing.blogspot.com/2016/12/rifle-best-trip-of-my-life.html
Kaa'bah	8c+ (Lead)		01 Jun 2013
Kaa'bah	https://vimeo.com/68513338
Progress	8c+ (Lead)		21 Jun 2015
Ultimate Sacrifice	8c+ (Lead)		14 Oct 2021
30 is the New 40	8c (Lead)	✓	25 May 2020
Mecca Extension	8c (Lead)		06 Apr 2012
Groove Train	8c (Lead)		23 Apr 2016
Dreadnaught	8c (Lead)		12 Aug 2018
Dreadnaught	Second ascent.
Ixeia	8b+ (Lead Onsight)		09 Oct 2017 (approx)
Ixeia	Hell yeah!! Fought hard from bottom to top, and climbed well apart from nearly pumping out and punting off trying to get a knee in low down. Down to 8b/+ in the new guide, fuck it, consensus rules! Plus Siegrist took the + and he downgrades all my hard stuff ;)
Accelerator	8b+ (Lead)		26 May 2019
Le Souffle du Ragga	8b+ (Lead Flash)		24 Oct 2021
Le Souffle du Ragga	https://www.instagram.com/p/CVdrAgoopaS/

Climb	Grade	Ascent Date
Pilgrimage	8B+ (Boulder)	05 Mar 2013
Pilgrimage	Second ascent. In the process of working the problem Alex found a lot of knee bars that were not used on the first ascent and which make the problem easier. https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10607.msg398399.html#msg398399 https://chrislockyer.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/pilgrimage/ https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/03/alex_barrows_repeats_pilgrimage_8b+-67887
Mortal Immortal	8B+ (Boulder)	06 Sep 2018
Director's Cut	8B (Boulder)	10 Nov 2012
Director's Cut	Alex suggested 8A+. Anyone using knees and taking 8B should hang their head in shame. http://vimeo.com/53279856
Keen Roof	8B (Boulder)	26 Sep 2015
Mooiste Meisie	8B (Boulder)	01 Aug 2016 (approx)
Belly of the Beast	8B (Boulder)	05 Aug 2017
Fat Lip	8B (Boulder)	10 Dec 2018

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
The Wheel of Life	9a (Boulder)		28 May 2016
The Wheel of Life	https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/06/wheel_of_life_8c_for_alex_barrows-70489

Alex Barrows

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Kaa'bah (8c+)

Preposterous Tales (9a, FA)

Le Souffle du Ragga (8b+)

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