Climbing History | Ben Bransby

Year	Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
1998	Chupacabra	E8 (Lead)	✓	16th May 1998
1999	Impact Day	E8 (Lead Did not finish)		1999
	Impact Day	An incredible onsight effort. Ben fell off with a hand on top of the crag!
	Underworld	E8 (Lead)	✓	August 1999
2000	Carmen Picasso	E8 (Lead Flash)		21st October 2000
2000	Carmen Picasso	Ben watched Dave MacLeod top rope the route before flashing it with the gear in place. He then repeated the route placing all the gear on lead. He found some extra gear that was not used on the first ascent and suggested it brought the grade down to E7/8. https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/ben-bransby-flashes-e9-in-britain.html
2001	Rodney Mullen	E9 (Lead)		10th September 2001
2002	Moon Madness	E7 (Lead Flash)		2002
2002	Moon Madness	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
2003
2004
2005	Chip Shop Buddy	8A (Boulder)	✓	2005
2006
2007
2008	The Promise	E8 (Lead)		December 2008
2008	The Promise	After our extensive testing of the slider this turned into a pretty safe thing although I think Pete [Robins] saying E7 is possibly a little low (although it is Pete so what you would expect) Comparing to other E7 7as such as Little Woman and Groove is in the Heart (fell off the last move on wed) it felt very slightly easier, Fb7b+ rather than Fb7c?, but a fair bit bolder - both the above are very safe, lots of runners and short falls, the Promise has one ok runner and a ground sweeping (although quite short!) fall. We only felt happy taking the fall on the Promise after a few 'practice' falls from right by it and with 5 pads and a ladder below (I would have been happy with no or one pad on the sunday). I think for James' ascent (not trusting the runner, no pads) you could probably add an E grade or two (I am sure with UKB grade SCIENCE we could work out how many exactly). [1] [1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10607.msg176038.html#msg176038
2009	Lanny Bassham	8A+ (Boulder)	✓	February 2009
2009	Lanny Bassham	https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,11096.0.html
2010	Close of Business	8B (Boulder)		2010
2011
2012	Superbloc	8A+ (Boulder)		2012
	Superbloc	https://vimeo.com/35950595
	Screaming Dream	E7 (Lead)		17th January 2012
	Screaming Dream	3rd or 4th go! https://vimeo.com/35875749
	Bon Atrocity	8B (Boulder)	✓	March 2012
	Bon Atrocity	https://vimeo.com/37721688
2013	Superstition	E8 (Lead)		April 2013
	Superstition	Snowballed. Second ascent. https://vimeo.com/63314131
	Longhope Route Direct	E9 (Alternate Leads)		25th May 2013
	Longhope Route Direct	https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/05/long_hope_repeated_-_mchaffie_and_bransby-68088
	The Beast	8c (Lead)	✓	August 2013
	The Beast	https://youtu.be/aBdbUUzdvjg?t=4100
	Parthian Shot	E10 (Lead)	✓	November 2013
	Parthian Shot	The first time the route had been re-climbed since the flake broke. https://twitter.com/dmmclimbing/status/402829127793016832 https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/11/ben_bransby_climbs_parthian_shot-68542 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6r-McDgBc0
2014	Baron Greenback	E9 (Lead)		March 2014
2014	Baron Greenback	https://twitter.com/dmmclimbing/status/448116087448956930 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnGcCz2kDs
2015	Full Empire	8c (Lead)	✓	August 2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020	Mr. Lambtastic	8B (Boulder)		August 2020
2021
2022	Gwyllgi	8B (Boulder)	✓	26th July 2022
	Gwyllgi	https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgl6owWD1F_/ https://vimeo.com/775048098
	Superman	8B (Boulder)		19th October 2022

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
The Beast	8c (Lead)	✓	August 2013
The Beast	https://youtu.be/aBdbUUzdvjg?t=4100
Full Empire	8c (Lead)	✓	August 2015

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
Bon Atrocity	8B (Boulder)	✓	March 2012
Bon Atrocity	https://vimeo.com/37721688
Gwyllgi	8B (Boulder)	✓	26th July 2022
Gwyllgi	https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgl6owWD1F_/ https://vimeo.com/775048098
Close of Business	8B (Boulder)		2010
Mr. Lambtastic	8B (Boulder)		August 2020
Superman	8B (Boulder)		19th October 2022
Lanny Bassham	8A+ (Boulder)	✓	February 2009
Lanny Bassham	https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,11096.0.html
Superbloc	8A+ (Boulder)		2012
Superbloc	https://vimeo.com/35950595
Chip Shop Buddy	8A (Boulder)	✓	2005

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade
Parthian Shot	E10 (Lead)	✓	November 2013
Parthian Shot	The first time the route had been re-climbed since the flake broke. https://twitter.com/dmmclimbing/status/402829127793016832 https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/11/ben_bransby_climbs_parthian_shot-68542 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6r-McDgBc0
Rodney Mullen	E9 (Lead)		10th September 2001
Longhope Route Direct	E9 (Alternate Leads)		25th May 2013
Longhope Route Direct	https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/05/long_hope_repeated_-_mchaffie_and_bransby-68088
Baron Greenback	E9 (Lead)		March 2014
Baron Greenback	https://twitter.com/dmmclimbing/status/448116087448956930 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnGcCz2kDs
Chupacabra	E8 (Lead)	✓	16th May 1998
Underworld	E8 (Lead)	✓	August 1999
Impact Day	E8 (Lead Did not finish)		1999
Impact Day	An incredible onsight effort. Ben fell off with a hand on top of the crag!
Carmen Picasso	E8 (Lead Flash)		21st October 2000	E8
Carmen Picasso	Ben watched Dave MacLeod top rope the route before flashing it with the gear in place. He then repeated the route placing all the gear on lead. He found some extra gear that was not used on the first ascent and suggested it brought the grade down to E7/8. https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/ben-bransby-flashes-e9-in-britain.html
The Promise	E8 (Lead)		December 2008
The Promise	After our extensive testing of the slider this turned into a pretty safe thing although I think Pete [Robins] saying E7 is possibly a little low (although it is Pete so what you would expect) Comparing to other E7 7as such as Little Woman and Groove is in the Heart (fell off the last move on wed) it felt very slightly easier, Fb7b+ rather than Fb7c?, but a fair bit bolder - both the above are very safe, lots of runners and short falls, the Promise has one ok runner and a ground sweeping (although quite short!) fall. We only felt happy taking the fall on the Promise after a few 'practice' falls from right by it and with 5 pads and a ladder below (I would have been happy with no or one pad on the sunday). I think for James' ascent (not trusting the runner, no pads) you could probably add an E grade or two (I am sure with UKB grade SCIENCE we could work out how many exactly). [1] [1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10607.msg176038.html#msg176038
Superstition	E8 (Lead)		April 2013
Superstition	Snowballed. Second ascent. https://vimeo.com/63314131
Moon Madness	E7 (Lead Flash)		2002
Moon Madness	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
Screaming Dream	E7 (Lead)		17th January 2012
Screaming Dream	3rd or 4th go! https://vimeo.com/35875749

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade

Nationality:	GB
Hardest Boulder (Worked):	8B
Hardest Sport (Worked):	8c
Hardest Trad (Worked):	E10
Hardest Trad (Flash):	E8
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Nationality:	GB
Hardest Boulder (Worked):	8B
Hardest Sport (Worked):	8c
Hardest Trad (Worked):	E10
Hardest Trad (Flash):	E8
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Ben Bransby

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Parthian Shot (E10, FA)

Superstition (E8)

Superbloc (8A+)

Screaming Dream (E7)

Bon Atrocity (8B, FA)

Gwyllgi (8B, FA)

The Beast (8c, FA)

Baron Greenback (E9)

Gwyllgi (8B, FA)

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