Climbing History | Ben Bransby

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Year	Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
1998	Chupacabra	E8 (Lead)	✓	16 May 1998
1999	Impact Day	E8 (Lead Did not finish)		01 Jan 1999 (approx)
1999	Impact Day	An incredible onsight effort. Ben fell off with a hand on top of the crag!
2000	Carmen Picasso	E8 (Lead Flash)		21 Oct 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
2002
2003
2004
2005	Chip Shop Buddy	8A (Boulder)	✓	01 Jan 2005 (approx)
2006
2007
2008
2009	Lanny Bassham	8A+ (Boulder)	✓	20 Feb 2009 (approx)
2009	Lanny Bassham	https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,11096.0.html
2010	Close of Business	8B (Boulder)		01 Jan 2010 (approx)
2011
2012	Superbloc	8A+ (Boulder)		01 Jan 2012 (approx)
	Superbloc	https://vimeo.com/35950595
	Screaming Dream	E7 (Lead)		17 Jan 2012
	Screaming Dream	3rd or 4th go! https://vimeo.com/35875749
	Bon Atrocity	8B (Boulder)	✓	01 Mar 2012 (approx)
	Bon Atrocity	https://vimeo.com/37721688
2013	Superstition	E8 (Lead)		01 Apr 2013 (approx)
	Superstition	Snowballed. Second ascent. https://vimeo.com/63314131
	Longhope Route Direct	E9 (Alternate Leads)		25 May 2013
	Longhope Route Direct	https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/05/long_hope_repeated_-_mchaffie_and_bransby-68088
	The Beast	8c (Lead)	✓	01 Aug 2013 (approx)
	The Beast	https://youtu.be/aBdbUUzdvjg?t=4100
	Parthian Shot	E10 (Lead)	✓	19 Nov 2013 (approx)
	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)		24 Mar 2014 (approx)
2014	Baron Greenback	https://twitter.com/dmmclimbing/status/448116087448956930 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnGcCz2kDs
2015	Full Empire	8c (Lead)	✓	01 Aug 2015 (approx)
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020	Mr. Lambtastic	8B (Boulder)		01 Aug 2020 (approx)

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
The Beast	8c (Lead)	✓	01 Aug 2013 (approx)
The Beast	https://youtu.be/aBdbUUzdvjg?t=4100
Full Empire	8c (Lead)	✓	01 Aug 2015 (approx)

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date
Bon Atrocity	8B (Boulder)	✓	01 Mar 2012 (approx)
Bon Atrocity	https://vimeo.com/37721688
Close of Business	8B (Boulder)		01 Jan 2010 (approx)
Mr. Lambtastic	8B (Boulder)		01 Aug 2020 (approx)
Lanny Bassham	8A+ (Boulder)	✓	20 Feb 2009 (approx)
Lanny Bassham	https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,11096.0.html
Superbloc	8A+ (Boulder)		01 Jan 2012 (approx)
Superbloc	https://vimeo.com/35950595
Chip Shop Buddy	8A (Boulder)	✓	01 Jan 2005 (approx)

Climb	Grade	FA	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade
Parthian Shot	E10 (Lead)	✓	19 Nov 2013 (approx)
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
Longhope Route Direct	E9 (Alternate Leads)		25 May 2013
Longhope Route Direct	https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/05/long_hope_repeated_-_mchaffie_and_bransby-68088
Baron Greenback	E9 (Lead)		24 Mar 2014 (approx)
Baron Greenback	https://twitter.com/dmmclimbing/status/448116087448956930 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnGcCz2kDs
Chupacabra	E8 (Lead)	✓	16 May 1998
Impact Day	E8 (Lead Did not finish)		01 Jan 1999 (approx)
Impact Day	An incredible onsight effort. Ben fell off with a hand on top of the crag!
Carmen Picasso	E8 (Lead Flash)		21 Oct 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
Superstition	E8 (Lead)		01 Apr 2013 (approx)
Superstition	Snowballed. Second ascent. https://vimeo.com/63314131
The Promise	E8 (Lead)
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). src
Screaming Dream	E7 (Lead)		17 Jan 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)

The Beast (8c, FA)

Baron Greenback (E9)

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