Mark Leach


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From: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Gender: Male
Hardest Boulder (Worked): 8A
Hardest Sport (Worked): 8c
Hardest Trad (Worked): E7
Hardest Trad (Flash): E7

Features in Statement of Youth.

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Quick Info

From: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Gender: Male
Hardest Boulder (Worked): 8A
Hardest Sport (Worked): 8c
Hardest Trad (Worked): E7
Hardest Trad (Flash): E7

Features in Statement of Youth.

Contributors
55 contributions since 22nd December 2020.
TdG
18 contributions since 22nd May 2025.

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Ascents

17 recorded ascents.

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Climb Grade Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Cry Freedom 8c Lead | worked 1988
First ascent.
Bat Route 8c Lead | worked 1989
First ascent.
Maginot Line 8c Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

References

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

Make it Funky 8c Lead | worked 1993
Second ascent.
Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis 8b+ Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991
Fourth ascent.

References

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

Magnetic Fields 8b Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991
4 sessions.

References

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

Austrian Oak 8b Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

References

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

Predator 8b Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

References

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

La Rose et le Vampire 8b Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991

References

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

Revelations (Pre-1999) 8a+ Lead | worked 1985

Finishing up The Prow.

References

[1] Mountain Issue 105, /library/11126/mountain-105

Mandela 8a+ Lead | worked Before 1st Jan 1991
First ascent.

References

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

Herbie 7c+ Lead | worked 1985
First ascent.
Climb Grade Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
The Screaming Dream 8A Lead | worked Nov 1986 E8
First ascent. 25 sessions.

Entry in Stoney New Routes book:

The Screaming Dream. E8 7B (B3)

Free climbs the problem Knowns as "The Crack".

"If you've got what it takes it will take all you've got."

Duration of ascent 25 seperate occassions [sic] spread over 9 months.

Hang Loose,

Mark Leach

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/photos/dbpage.php?id=391047

Climb Grade Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
The Master's Edge E7 Lead | worked 1985
Second ascent. 2 sessions.

References

[1] Mountain Issue 107, page 10 /library/11129/mountain-107

Beau Geste E7 Lead | flash Between 1st May 1986 and 1st Jan 1987
The Bad and the Beautiful E7 Solo | worked 1987 E6
First ascent.

It is reported that on one of his attempts he retreated from a sky-hook, only for it to rip, depositing him on the ledge. Leach felt that he needed both a 'spotter' and a photographer. In the event Dale Goddard convinced Leach that even if he fell he would stay on the ledge, so Goddard photographed the ascent! Leach said "You can fall but you must not bounce."(2)

References

[1] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/461337270599120

[2] BMC Froggatt guidebook, 1991

Against All Odds E5 Lead | worked 18th May 1984
First ascent.
Climb Grade Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade