Climbers from United Kingdom

Stewart Watson is a British climber who now lives in Austria. He also runs a physio practice [1].

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/physiooetztal/.

Toby won gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics to become the first Brit to medal in a climbing event at the olympics.

In 2025 Toby picked up a shoulder injury which had a significant impact on his performance throughout the season. [5]

References

[1] Interview with Steve McClure and Niall Grimes for the BMC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHiz8LbUqvU

[2] Interview with Ollie Torr for Lattice Training, December 2021 https://latticetraining.com/2021/12/02/interview-with-lattice-client-toby-roberts/

[3] How I won Climbing Gold in Paris, September 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_sB0a4U-MQ

[4] Interview with The Times Dec 2024 https://www.thetimes.com/sport/olympics/article/toby-roberts-interview-sport-climbing-paris-2024-tfsxkrs5t

[5] How I lost my ability to climb... January 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3RliN4C458

Rock climber and fell-runner from Baildon, West Yorkshire. Although from a working-class family, who included several notable Yorkshire cricketers, he studied at Leeds University and had established himself as a metallurgist before his death:

Bill Birkett:

Arthur was one of the most important and influential figures in the history of British rock climbing, spanning the social gap between the old guard and the emergence of a hungry new breed of working class climbers. [1][3]

Dolphin was perhaps best-known for his new routes on Almscliff.

Joe Brown:

When you went to try one of his climbs you knew it was going to be hard. [1][3]

He died in a fall descending the Dent du Géant aged 28.

References

[1] Yorkshire Gritstone Volume 1, Almscliff to Slipstones

[2] https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/looking-back-at-the-life-of-a-gentleman-climber-1975188

[3] Greenwood, Tom ed. (2010). Memories of Dolphin: The Life of a Climber Remembered. UK: Green Woods.

Greg Chapman is a boulderer based in the English Lake District. He is a prolific developer who has opened a huge number of new areas and problems in the lake district. He also maintains the lakesbloc.com website and has written the guidebook Lake District Bouldering.

British rock climber, alpinist and guide. Monks cut his teeth in the Bristol area in the 1970s, settled in Australia in the 1990s, but has climbed world-wide.

References

[1] https://www.alpin-ism.com/about/team/steve-monks

Wallasey-born rock climber, alpinist, and bonne viveur. Rouse cut his teeth on Cheshire sandstone and in North Wales with cutting-edge ascents on rock in the late-1960s and early 1970s. Soloing close to the highest standards on rock was a prevailing ethos of the time and Rouse was part of a group that pursued this including Alan Richard McHardy and Eric Jones. Whilst studying for a BSc in Mathematics at Cambridge University he developed an interest in winter climbing and Alpinism. Later in life he focused on expeditions and was an inspiration to and unofficial ringleader of the post-Bonington generation of UK alpinists before his death on K2 in 1986.