Dave Birkett


Quick Info

Nationality: GB
Hardest Sport (Worked): 7c+
Hardest Trad (Worked): E10
Hardest Trad (Onsight): E8

A prolific force in the Lake District in the UK, establishing many hard and bold trad lines throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

Quick Info

Nationality: GB
Hardest Sport (Worked): 7c+
Hardest Trad (Worked): E10
Hardest Trad (Onsight): E8

A prolific force in the Lake District in the UK, establishing many hard and bold trad lines throughout the 1990s and 2000s.


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Talbot Horizon (E9, FA)
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Added at 15:04 on 15 April 2021

Ascents

20 recorded ascents.

This timeline is missing some ascents where the date of the ascent is unknown. Use the other tabs to view these ascents.
Year Climb Grade FA Ascent Date
1991 Unrighteous Doctors 7c+ (Lead) 1991
1992 If 6 was 9 E9 (Lead) 1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000 Talbot Horizon E9 (Lead) 27th July 2000

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsRi1XDU5z/

2001
2002 Welcome to the Cruel World E9 (Lead) 2002
2003 Fear Of Failure E8 (Lead Onsight) 2003
2004 Breathless E9 (Lead) 2004
2005 Nowt Burra Flee'in Thing E8 (Lead) May 2005
Divided Years E9 (Lead) August 2005

Second ascent?

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2005/08/birkett_repeats_divided_years-19542

2006 Return of the King E9 (Lead) 2006
2007 Skye Wall E7 (Lead) 2007
Hasty Sin Oot Ert Hoonds? E9 (Lead) 20th July 2007

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2007/07/new_dave_birkett_e9_-_the_real_mccoy-38671

2008 My Piano E8 (Lead Onsight) 22nd May 2008
2009
2010 The Walk of Life E9 (Lead) 2010

When everything settles down as regards the grade and the hype that surrounds it, it will be heralded as a modern extreme classic of the 21st Century.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2010/05/birkett_repeats_the_walk_of_life_-_full_story-53538

Once Upon a Time in the Southwest E9 (Lead) November 2010

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2010/11/birkett_strikes_again_in_the_southwest-58697

2011
2012
2013 Psykovsky's Sequins E9 (Lead) 8th August 2013

Dave suggested E8 after finding (and testing!) a filed down slider to protect the route.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/08/birkett_repeats_cooksons_route_and_rescues_sheep-68270

2014 To Hell and Back E10 (Lead) 2014

Date is a bit of a guess based on this interview with Natalie Berry from UKC https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/dave_birkett_the_weekend_warrior-8532

2015
Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Unrighteous Doctors 7c+ (Lead) 1991
Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
To Hell and Back E10 (Lead) 2014

Date is a bit of a guess based on this interview with Natalie Berry from UKC https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/dave_birkett_the_weekend_warrior-8532

Die by the Drop E10 (Lead)

https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/dave_birkett_the_weekend_warrior-8532

If 6 was 9 E9 (Lead) 1992
Talbot Horizon E9 (Lead) 27th July 2000

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsRi1XDU5z/

Welcome to the Cruel World E9 (Lead) 2002
Return of the King E9 (Lead) 2006
Hasty Sin Oot Ert Hoonds? E9 (Lead) 20th July 2007

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2007/07/new_dave_birkett_e9_-_the_real_mccoy-38671

Once Upon a Time in the Southwest E9 (Lead) November 2010

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2010/11/birkett_strikes_again_in_the_southwest-58697

Breathless E9 (Lead) 2004
Divided Years E9 (Lead) August 2005

Second ascent?

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2005/08/birkett_repeats_divided_years-19542

The Walk of Life E9 (Lead) 2010

When everything settles down as regards the grade and the hype that surrounds it, it will be heralded as a modern extreme classic of the 21st Century.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2010/05/birkett_repeats_the_walk_of_life_-_full_story-53538

Psykovsky's Sequins E9 (Lead) 8th August 2013 E8

Dave suggested E8 after finding (and testing!) a filed down slider to protect the route.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2013/08/birkett_repeats_cooksons_route_and_rescues_sheep-68270

Nowt Burra Flee'in Thing E8 (Lead) May 2005
Caution E8 (Lead)
Impact Day E8 (Lead)
Fear Of Failure E8 (Lead Onsight) 2003
My Piano E8 (Lead Onsight) 22nd May 2008
Skye Wall E7 (Lead) 2007
Peppered Boursin E7 (Lead)
Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade