Climbing History | Ian Vickers

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Year	Climb	Grade	Ascent Date
1997	True North	8c (Lead worked)	1997
	True North	Ian's first 8c! When I first dogged up it putting the clips in, I did every move bar the last slap but my feet were all wrong. On my second go I managed all the moves and some good links, so I went for the redpoint and found myself at the top. [1] [1] On The Edge 71, Oct. 1997
	Urgent Action	8a+ (Lead flash)	1997
1998	Snap Decision	E7 (Lead onsight)	1998
	Snap Decision	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
	The Prince	8a+ (Lead worked)	Aug 1998
	The Prince	First ascent.
1999
2000	Unjustified	8b+ (Lead worked)	1st Sep 2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005	Wonderwall	8c (Lead worked)	Oct 2005
2005	Wonderwall	First ascent. Legend has it that Vickers was going to suggest 8a+ until someone pointed out it had taken him weeks of work whereas he did True North in a few goes. He then relented and went with 8b! [1] [1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10607.msg641299.html#msg641299
2006
2007
2008
2009	Going Down	8c+ (Boulder worked)	Feb 2009
2009	Going Down	https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/02/ian_vickers_-going_down-_f8c+-45948

Climb	Grade	Ascent Date
Wonderwall	8c (Lead worked)	Oct 2005
Wonderwall	First ascent. Legend has it that Vickers was going to suggest 8a+ until someone pointed out it had taken him weeks of work whereas he did True North in a few goes. He then relented and went with 8b! [1] [1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10607.msg641299.html#msg641299
True North	8c (Lead worked)	1997
True North	Ian's first 8c! When I first dogged up it putting the clips in, I did every move bar the last slap but my feet were all wrong. On my second go I managed all the moves and some good links, so I went for the redpoint and found myself at the top. [1] [1] On The Edge 71, Oct. 1997
Unjustified	8b+ (Lead worked)	1st Sep 2000
The Prince	8a+ (Lead worked)	Aug 1998
The Prince	First ascent.
Homegrown	8a+ (Lead onsight)
Homegrown	First ascent. One of the hardest onsight first ascents at the time.
Urgent Action	8a+ (Lead flash)	1997

Climb	Grade	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade

Climb	Grade	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade
Snap Decision	E7 (Lead onsight)	1998
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

Climb

Grade

Ascent Date

Suggested Grade

E7 (Lead onsight)

1998

[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

Climb	Grade	Ascent Date	Suggested Grade
Going Down	8c+ (Boulder worked)	Feb 2009
Going Down	https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2009/02/ian_vickers_-going_down-_f8c+-45948

Ian Vickers