Aidan Roberts
Quick Info ˅
| Nationality: | GB |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked): | 8C+ |
| Hardest Boulder (Flash): | 8B |
| Hardest Sport (Worked): | 8c |
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Owner of some of the steeliest fingers in UK climbing.
Podcasts
- Jam Crack Podcast, April 2021
- The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast, May 2022
- The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast, June 2022
- The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast, June 2022
- The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast, August 2022
Pics + Vids
Outliers (8C, FA)
Bewilderness (8B+)
Copperline (8B+, FA)
Superpowers (8C+, FA)
Tranquilitas (8C, FA)
Rocking Specter (8B)
Out of Shadows (8B, FA)
Back for Seconds (8B, FA)
Slim Pickings (8B, FA)
Jade (8B+)
Ode to a Modern Man (8B+)
Railway (8C, FA)
Isles of Wonder (8B)
Hustled SDS (8B, FA)
Louis Armstrong (8B)
Freakshow (8c)
The Ace (8B)
Forgotten Gem (8C)
Ascents
47 recorded ascents.
| Year | Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date |
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| 2015 | Freakshow | 8c (Lead) | 01 Jan 2015 (approx) | |
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Third ascent. |
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| 2016 | Retaliation | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jan 2016 (approx) |
| Traci Lords SDS | 8B+ (Boulder) | 01 Jan 2016 (approx) | ||
| 2017 | ||||
| 2018 | Railway | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jun 2018 (approx) |
| Oliphant's Dawn | 8B+ (Boulder) | 15 Jul 2018 | ||
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Third go. |
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| Skadoosh | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Aug 2018 (approx) | |
| Master Key | 8B (Boulder Flash) | 01 Aug 2018 | ||
| Monkey Wedding | 8C (Boulder) | 12 Aug 2018 (approx) | ||
| 2019 | Jade | 8B+ (Boulder) | 17 Jun 2019 (approx) | |
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Third go. |
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| Ode to a Modern Man | 8B+ (Boulder) | 19 Jun 2019 | ||
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Third go. |
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| 2020 | Shallow Groove | 8B (Boulder) | 23 May 2020 (approx) | |
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Third ascent. In a session. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAptLHIDB9C/?igshid=10kdfrfiu1cps https://www.flickr.com/photos/beastmaker/49937266778/in/dateposted/ |
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| Ebbing the Flow | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jul 2020 (approx) | |
| Bewilderness | 8B+ (Boulder) | 01 Aug 2020 (approx) | ||
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Also ticked Dandelion Mind and Badger Badger Badger in the same session. |
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| Copperline | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Aug 2020 (approx) | |
| Outliers | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Aug 2020 (approx) | |
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Rounded off the session by repeating Isla de Encanta and Shallow Groove! https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/08/aidan_roberts_climbs_new_font_8c_at_trowbarrow-72461 |
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| Superman SDS | 8B+ (Boulder) | 31 Aug 2020 | ||
| Superpowers | 8C+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 11 Sep 2020 | |
| Tranquilitas | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 12 Sep 2020 | |
| 2021 | Isles of Wonder | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jan 2021 (approx) | |
| The Ace | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jan 2021 (approx) | ||
| Paper Birds Low | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jul 2021 (approx) | ||
| Dead and Bloated | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jul 2021 (approx) | ||
| Wedgie Wall | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jul 2021 (approx) | ||
| Hustled SDS | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 22 Jul 2021 (approx) | |
| Louis Armstrong | 8B (Boulder) | 31 Jul 2021 | ||
| Rocking Specter | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Aug 2021 (approx) | ||
| Out of Shadows | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Aug 2021 (approx) | |
| The Origin | 8B+ (Boulder) | 08 Aug 2021 (approx) | ||
| Slim Pickings | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 09 Aug 2021 (approx) | |
| Back for Seconds | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 09 Aug 2021 (approx) | |
| Home SDS | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 30 Sep 2021 (approx) | |
| Leopold Von Pooch | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Nov 2021 (approx) | |
| Truffles On Bicycles | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Dec 2021 (approx) | |
| 2022 | Crescendo | 8B+ (Boulder) | 01 Jan 2022 (approx) | |
| Flipnic in to the Crack | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 05 Jan 2022 | |
| XXXS | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 08 Feb 2022 | |
| Silent Singer | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 23 Feb 2022 | |
| Squalo Bianco | 8B+ (Boulder) | 01 Mar 2022 (approx) | ||
| Everything the Light Touches | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Mar 2022 (approx) | |
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| Vecchio Leone | 8B (Boulder Flash) | 03 Mar 2022 | ||
| Forgotten Gem | 8C (Boulder) | 19 Mar 2022 | ||
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Second ascent. In a session. |
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| Foundations Edge | 8C (Boulder Did not finish) | 01 May 2022 (approx) | ||
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Aidan was very close on the flash. He cut loose mid way and had a minor dab, then dry fired off one of the last hard moves. He then basically did it second go but slipped off the easy, wet top out. |
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| Raggamuffin | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jun 2022 (approx) | |
| Madame Allure | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jul 2022 (approx) | ||
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Second ascent. |
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| Isles of Wonder SDS | 8C+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jul 2022 (approx) | |
| Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Freakshow | 8c (Lead) | 01 Jan 2015 (approx) | ||
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Third ascent. |
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| Climb | Grade | FA | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Superpowers | 8C+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 11 Sep 2020 | 8C/8C+ |
| Isles of Wonder SDS | 8C+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jul 2022 (approx) | |
| Railway | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jun 2018 (approx) | |
| Outliers | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Aug 2020 (approx) | |
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Rounded off the session by repeating Isla de Encanta and Shallow Groove! https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/08/aidan_roberts_climbs_new_font_8c_at_trowbarrow-72461 |
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| Tranquilitas | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 12 Sep 2020 | |
| Leopold Von Pooch | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Nov 2021 (approx) | |
| Silent Singer | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 23 Feb 2022 | |
| Everything the Light Touches | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Mar 2022 (approx) | 8C/8C+ |
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| Raggamuffin | 8C (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jun 2022 (approx) | |
| Monkey Wedding | 8C (Boulder) | 12 Aug 2018 (approx) | ||
| Forgotten Gem | 8C (Boulder) | 19 Mar 2022 | ||
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Second ascent. In a session. |
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| Foundations Edge | 8C (Boulder Did not finish) | 01 May 2022 (approx) | ||
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Aidan was very close on the flash. He cut loose mid way and had a minor dab, then dry fired off one of the last hard moves. He then basically did it second go but slipped off the easy, wet top out. |
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| Skadoosh | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Aug 2018 (approx) | |
| Copperline | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Aug 2020 (approx) | |
| Home SDS | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 30 Sep 2021 (approx) | |
| Truffles On Bicycles | 8B+ (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Dec 2021 (approx) | |
| Traci Lords SDS | 8B+ (Boulder) | 01 Jan 2016 (approx) | ||
| Oliphant's Dawn | 8B+ (Boulder) | 15 Jul 2018 | ||
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Third go. |
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| Jade | 8B+ (Boulder) | 17 Jun 2019 (approx) | ||
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Third go. |
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| Ode to a Modern Man | 8B+ (Boulder) | 19 Jun 2019 | ||
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Third go. |
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| Bewilderness | 8B+ (Boulder) | 01 Aug 2020 (approx) | ||
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Also ticked Dandelion Mind and Badger Badger Badger in the same session. |
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| Superman SDS | 8B+ (Boulder) | 31 Aug 2020 | ||
| The Origin | 8B+ (Boulder) | 08 Aug 2021 (approx) | 8B+ | |
| Crescendo | 8B+ (Boulder) | 01 Jan 2022 (approx) | ||
| Squalo Bianco | 8B+ (Boulder) | 01 Mar 2022 (approx) | ||
| Retaliation | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jan 2016 (approx) | |
| Ebbing the Flow | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Jul 2020 (approx) | |
| Hustled SDS | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 22 Jul 2021 (approx) | |
| Out of Shadows | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 01 Aug 2021 (approx) | |
| Slim Pickings | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 09 Aug 2021 (approx) | |
| Back for Seconds | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 09 Aug 2021 (approx) | |
| Flipnic in to the Crack | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 05 Jan 2022 | 8B |
| XXXS | 8B (Boulder) | ✓ | 08 Feb 2022 | |
| Master Key | 8B (Boulder Flash) | 01 Aug 2018 | ||
| Shallow Groove | 8B (Boulder) | 23 May 2020 (approx) | ||
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Third ascent. In a session. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAptLHIDB9C/?igshid=10kdfrfiu1cps https://www.flickr.com/photos/beastmaker/49937266778/in/dateposted/ |
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| Isles of Wonder | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jan 2021 (approx) | ||
| The Ace | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jan 2021 (approx) | ||
| Dead and Bloated | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jul 2021 (approx) | ||
| Paper Birds Low | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jul 2021 (approx) | ||
| Wedgie Wall | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jul 2021 (approx) | ||
| Louis Armstrong | 8B (Boulder) | 31 Jul 2021 | ||
| Rocking Specter | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Aug 2021 (approx) | ||
| Vecchio Leone | 8B (Boulder Flash) | 03 Mar 2022 | ||
| Madame Allure | 8B (Boulder) | 01 Jul 2022 (approx) | ||
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Second ascent. |
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| Panic on Funkotron | 8B (Boulder) | |||
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Second ascent |
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| Little Women | 8B (Boulder) | |||
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