| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Sport (Worked) | 8c+ |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | E11 |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Rachel Farmer | |
| Tim Emmett | |
| Airlie Anderson | |
Neil Gresham is a British climber who is notable for his hard trad ascents and deep water solos, whilst being an influential coach and early training guru.
Trad achievements include early repeats of testpieces such as Johnny Dawes' Indian Face (E9) and Neil Bentley's Equilibrium (E10), as well as making his own contributions Final Score (E10) and Lexicon (E11).
Gresham was an early adopter of deep water soloing in the UK, making the first ascents, or first DWS ascents, of some of the hardest DWS lines in the UK, including:
Gresham was also an early training guru, writing a regular column in On The Edge magazine in the '90s, and being among the first to offer commercial coaching services.
[1] Interview with Dave MacLeod 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2wgXc_blao
[2] Interview with Niall Grimes part 1, 2024 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4H9lcr8Fp4lR6lMMmJa8Yt?
[3] Interview with Niall Grimes part 2, 2024 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cac0uPMB1TYDaUF8XN06f?
| From | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Sport (Worked) | 8c+ |
| Hardest Trad (Worked) | E11 |
| Notable Partnerships | |
| Rachel Farmer | |
| Tim Emmett | |
| Airlie Anderson | |
Neil Gresham is a British climber who is notable for his hard trad ascents and deep water solos, whilst being an influential coach and early training guru.
Trad achievements include early repeats of testpieces such as Johnny Dawes' Indian Face (E9) and Neil Bentley's Equilibrium (E10), as well as making his own contributions Final Score (E10) and Lexicon (E11).
Gresham was an early adopter of deep water soloing in the UK, making the first ascents, or first DWS ascents, of some of the hardest DWS lines in the UK, including:
Gresham was also an early training guru, writing a regular column in On The Edge magazine in the '90s, and being among the first to offer commercial coaching services.
[1] Interview with Dave MacLeod 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2wgXc_blao
[2] Interview with Niall Grimes part 1, 2024 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4H9lcr8Fp4lR6lMMmJa8Yt?
[3] Interview with Niall Grimes part 2, 2024 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cac0uPMB1TYDaUF8XN06f?
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwXDQiDfIM