Scottish lone wolf who has performed at a very high level across many disciplines. Dave has established or repeated almost all the hard climbing in Scotland, from 8B+ boulder problems to grade XI winter routes.
[1] https://twitter.com/davemacleod09
[2] Features in Cutting Loose.
70 recorded ascents.
Year | Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date |
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1997 | Craig's Wall | E7 (Lead) | ✓ | 1997 |
Dave's first new route. |
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2000 | ||||
2001 | Deathwatch | E7 (Lead Onsight) | 2001 | |
References[1] A record of ground-up and on-sight climbing on Peak, Yorkshire and Lancashire gritstone https://www.thebmc.co.uk/Download.aspx?id=139 |
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Impulse | E8 (Lead) | ✓ | August 2001 | |
Achemine | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | 9th October 2001 | |
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2001/10/scotland_gets_first_e9-1452 |
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2002 | The Fugue | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | 16th October 2002 |
Scotland's second E9. |
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Hold Fast | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | December 2002 | |
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2004 | ||||
2005 | Breathless | E9 (Lead) | 2005 | |
Perfect Crime | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | March 2005 | |
Pressure | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | December 2005 | |
[1] The Climber's Complete Guide to Dumbarton Rock, J. S. Watson and John Hutchinson, 2020 |
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2006 | Sanction | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | February 2006 |
Rhapsody | E11 (Lead) | ✓ | April 2006 | |
Body Blow | 8b+ (Lead) | ✓ | 22nd May 2006 | |
Divided Years | E9 (Lead) | July 2006 | ||
Third ascent. |
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Body Swerve | 8c (Lead) | ✓ | 8th October 2006 | |
2007 | Impact Day | E8 (Lead) | 2007 | |
The day after Dave's ascent of Caution. |
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Caution | E8 (Lead) | 2007 | ||
If 6 was 9 | E9 (Lead) | 2007 | ||
The long awaited second ascent. |
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Blind Vision | E9 (Lead) | 2007 | ||
Second ascent. |
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Metalcore | 8c+ (Lead) | ✓ | 2nd May 2007 | |
Trauma | E9 (Lead) | June 2007 | ||
Third ascent. |
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To Hell and Back | E10 (Lead) | ✓ | 24th July 2007 | |
Ring of Steall | 8c+ (Lead) | ✓ | 1st August 2007 | |
https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2007/08/ring-of-steall-project-sent.html |
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A Muerte | 8c+ (Lead) | November 2007 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2007/11/dave_macleod_-_a_muerte_f9a-41388 |
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2008 | Darwin Dixit | 8b+ (Solo) | 15th March 2008 | |
Echo Wall | E10 (approx) (Lead) | ✓ | July 2008 | |
On the grade:
[1] https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2008/10/grade-of-echo-wall.html |
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Big Long Now | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | August 2008 | |
2009 | The Walk of Life | E9 (Lead) | 2009 | |
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/01/dave_macleods_tendon_therapy_the_walk_of_life-45540 |
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Kolus | E8 (Lead) | ✓ | 20th June 2009 | |
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmHQg5TIh23/ http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=48026 https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2009/06/cubbys-arete-went-down.html |
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Present Tense | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | July 2009 | |
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmG1QLxorSM/ http://davemacleod.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/present-tense.html |
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2010 | L'espiadimonis | 8c (Lead) | 15th March 2010 | |
At Eternity's Gate | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | May 2010 | |
Indian Face | E9 (Lead) | June 2010 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2010/06/dave_macleod_repeats_indian_face-56039 |
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The Usual Suspects | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | 28th August 2010 | |
Dave led the meat of the route with Tim Emmett leading some of the easier pitches. |
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Muy Caliente! | E9 (Lead) | 26th September 2010 | ||
Third ascent. https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10607.msg278951.html#msg278951 |
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Die by the Drop | E10 (Lead) | ✓ | November 2010 | |
[1] https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2010/11/die-by-drop-e10-7a.html [2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/videos/categories/trad_climbing/dave_macleod_-die_by_the_drop-_e10-409 |
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2011 | Seven of Nine | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | April 2011 |
Longhope Route Direct | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | 21st June 2011 | |
First free ascent. https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2011/06/longhope-direct.html |
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2012 | New Base Line | 8B+ (Boulder) | April 2012 | |
Mystic Stylez | 8B+ (Boulder) | May 2012 | ||
Second ascent. |
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Natural Method | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | May 2012 | |
2013 | Bellavista | E10 (Alternate Leads) | September 2013 | |
With Alan Cassidy, Dave took the crux pitch. https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/09/bellavista_for_macleod_and_cassidy-68365 |
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2014 | ||||
2015 | 4th Wave | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 2015 |
One Summer in Paradise | 8B (Boulder) | November 2015 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2015/11/two_magic_wood_8bs_in_one_night_for_dave_macleod-70072 |
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2016 | Gimme that Swing | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 24th March 2016 |
Practice of the Wild | 8B+ (Boulder) | May 2016 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/dave_macleod_-_practice_of_the_wild_8c-70484 |
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Return of the King | E9 (Lead) | June 2016 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/06/dave_macleod_repeats_return_of_the_king_e9_6c-70548 https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2016/06/return-of-king.html?m=1 |
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2017 | Lithium | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | March 2017 |
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2017/03/dave_macleod_completes_lithium_f8b+-71007 |
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2018 | Gut Buster | 8B+ (Boulder) | 1st March 2018 | |
2019 | Hunger | 9a (Lead) | 2019 | |
The Golden Road | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | June 2019 | |
Mind Riot | E10 (Lead) | ✓ | October 2019 | |
2020 | Nosferatu | E8 (Lead) | 2020 | |
Second ascent. |
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2021 | Zero | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 2021 |
Mnemosyne | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | September 2021 | |
What we do in the Shadows | E10 (Lead) | 5th October 2021 | ||
Hyperborea | E7 (Lead) | 12th November 2021 | ||
2022 | Messiah | E7 (Lead) | 2022 | |
Below Zero | 8B+ (Boulder) | Between 30th Jan. 2022 and 30th Jan. 2023 | ||
Second ascent. |
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Lexicon | E11 (Lead) | 27th March 2022 | ||
Third ascent. Dave suggested it was easier than his route Mind Riot which he gave E10. [3] References[1] https://www.davemacleod.com/blog/lexicon [2] https://www.instagram.com/p/CbyDeR3KQlo/ [3] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2022/03/lexicon_e11_7a_repeated_by_dave_macleod-73022 |
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Mission Impossible | E9 (Lead) | 15th September 2022 | ||
Big Chief | 8B (Boulder) | November 2022 | ||
Keen Roof | 8B (Boulder) | December 2022 | ||
Belly of the Beast | 8B (Boulder) | December 2022 | ||
2023 | Railrace | E6 (Lead) | ✓ | Between 1st Jan. 2023 and 1st Jun. 2023 |
Out for Blood | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | Between 1st May. 2023 and 14th May. 2023 | |
Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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Hunger | 9a (Lead) | 2019 | ||
Metalcore | 8c+ (Lead) | ✓ | 2nd May 2007 | |
Ring of Steall | 8c+ (Lead) | ✓ | 1st August 2007 | |
https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2007/08/ring-of-steall-project-sent.html |
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A Muerte | 8c+ (Lead) | November 2007 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2007/11/dave_macleod_-_a_muerte_f9a-41388 |
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Body Swerve | 8c (Lead) | ✓ | 8th October 2006 | |
L'espiadimonis | 8c (Lead) | 15th March 2010 | ||
Body Blow | 8b+ (Lead) | ✓ | 22nd May 2006 | |
Darwin Dixit | 8b+ (Solo) | 15th March 2008 | ||
Hurley Burley | 8b (Solo) | |||
Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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Big Long Now | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | August 2008 | |
Seven of Nine | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | April 2011 | |
Natural Method | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | May 2012 | |
Lithium | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | March 2017 | |
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2017/03/dave_macleod_completes_lithium_f8b+-71007 |
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New Base Line | 8B+ (Boulder) | April 2012 | ||
Mystic Stylez | 8B+ (Boulder) | May 2012 | ||
Second ascent. |
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Practice of the Wild | 8B+ (Boulder) | May 2016 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/05/dave_macleod_-_practice_of_the_wild_8c-70484 |
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Gut Buster | 8B+ (Boulder) | 1st March 2018 | ||
Below Zero | 8B+ (Boulder) | Between 30th Jan. 2022 and 30th Jan. 2023 | ||
Second ascent. |
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Catalan Witness the Fitness | 8B+ (Boulder) | |||
From Shallow Water to Riverbed | 8B+ (Boulder) | |||
Perfect Crime | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | March 2005 | |
Pressure | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | December 2005 | |
[1] The Climber's Complete Guide to Dumbarton Rock, J. S. Watson and John Hutchinson, 2020 |
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Sanction | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | February 2006 | |
At Eternity's Gate | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | May 2010 | |
4th Wave | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 2015 | |
Gimme that Swing | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 24th March 2016 | |
Zero | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 2021 | |
One Summer in Paradise | 8B (Boulder) | November 2015 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2015/11/two_magic_wood_8bs_in_one_night_for_dave_macleod-70072 |
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Big Chief | 8B (Boulder) | November 2022 | ||
Keen Roof | 8B (Boulder) | December 2022 | ||
Belly of the Beast | 8B (Boulder) | December 2022 | ||
Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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Rhapsody | E11 (Lead) | ✓ | April 2006 | |
Lexicon | E11 (Lead) | 27th March 2022 | ||
Third ascent. Dave suggested it was easier than his route Mind Riot which he gave E10. [3] References[1] https://www.davemacleod.com/blog/lexicon [2] https://www.instagram.com/p/CbyDeR3KQlo/ [3] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2022/03/lexicon_e11_7a_repeated_by_dave_macleod-73022 |
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To Hell and Back | E10 (Lead) | ✓ | 24th July 2007 | |
Echo Wall | E10 (approx) (Lead) | ✓ | July 2008 | |
On the grade:
[1] https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2008/10/grade-of-echo-wall.html |
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Die by the Drop | E10 (Lead) | ✓ | November 2010 | |
[1] https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2010/11/die-by-drop-e10-7a.html [2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/videos/categories/trad_climbing/dave_macleod_-die_by_the_drop-_e10-409 |
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Mind Riot | E10 (Lead) | ✓ | October 2019 | |
Bellavista | E10 (Alternate Leads) | September 2013 | ||
With Alan Cassidy, Dave took the crux pitch. https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/09/bellavista_for_macleod_and_cassidy-68365 |
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What we do in the Shadows | E10 (Lead) | 5th October 2021 | ||
Hold Fast, Hold True | E10 (Lead Did not finish) | |||
Achemine | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | 9th October 2001 | |
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2001/10/scotland_gets_first_e9-1452 |
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The Fugue | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | 16th October 2002 | |
Scotland's second E9. |
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Hold Fast | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | December 2002 | |
Present Tense | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | July 2009 | E9 (hard) |
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmG1QLxorSM/ http://davemacleod.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/present-tense.html |
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The Usual Suspects | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | 28th August 2010 | |
Dave led the meat of the route with Tim Emmett leading some of the easier pitches. |
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Longhope Route Direct | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | 21st June 2011 | |
First free ascent. https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2011/06/longhope-direct.html |
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The Golden Road | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | June 2019 | |
Mnemosyne | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | September 2021 | |
Out for Blood | E9 (Lead) | ✓ | Between 1st May. 2023 and 14th May. 2023 | |
Breathless | E9 (Lead) | 2005 | E9 (soft) | |
Divided Years | E9 (Lead) | July 2006 | ||
Third ascent. |
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If 6 was 9 | E9 (Lead) | 2007 | ||
The long awaited second ascent. |
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Blind Vision | E9 (Lead) | 2007 | ||
Second ascent. |
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Trauma | E9 (Lead) | June 2007 | ||
Third ascent. |
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The Walk of Life | E9 (Lead) | 2009 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/01/dave_macleods_tendon_therapy_the_walk_of_life-45540 |
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Indian Face | E9 (Lead) | June 2010 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2010/06/dave_macleod_repeats_indian_face-56039 |
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Muy Caliente! | E9 (Lead) | 26th September 2010 | ||
Third ascent. https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10607.msg278951.html#msg278951 |
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Return of the King | E9 (Lead) | June 2016 | ||
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2016/06/dave_macleod_repeats_return_of_the_king_e9_6c-70548 https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2016/06/return-of-king.html?m=1 |
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Mission Impossible | E9 (Lead) | 15th September 2022 | ||
Impulse | E8 (Lead) | ✓ | August 2001 | |
Kolus | E8 (Lead) | ✓ | 20th June 2009 | |
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmHQg5TIh23/ http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=48026 https://davemacleod.blogspot.com/2009/06/cubbys-arete-went-down.html |
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Caution | E8 (Lead) | 2007 | ||
Impact Day | E8 (Lead) | 2007 | ||
The day after Dave's ascent of Caution. |
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Nosferatu | E8 (Lead) | 2020 | ||
Second ascent. |
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Doug | E8 (Solo Did not finish) | |||
Dave snapped a pebble and broke his ankle while going for a headpoint ascent. |
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Craig's Wall | E7 (Lead) | ✓ | 1997 | |
Dave's first new route. |
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Deathwatch | E7 (Lead Onsight) | 2001 | ||
References[1] A record of ground-up and on-sight climbing on Peak, Yorkshire and Lancashire gritstone https://www.thebmc.co.uk/Download.aspx?id=139 |
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Hyperborea | E7 (Lead) | 12th November 2021 | ||
Messiah | E7 (Lead) | 2022 | ||
Railrace | E6 (Lead) | ✓ | Between 1st Jan. 2023 and 1st Jun. 2023 | |
Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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