All climbers

References

[1] Interview with Desnivel, 2023 https://www.desnivel.com/escalada-roca/escaladores/ignacio-mulero-lo-que-mas-me-motiva-ahora-es-la-autoproteccion/

[2] https://dmmwales.com/blogs/ambassadors/ignacio-mulero

Very strong British sport climber and boulderer. His conservative grading (beware the Welford 7b+) may have caused his contributions to underestimated: The Bastard (8c+) was very hard indeed for the 1990s.

Loïc Zehani is a French sport climber.

Notably, a large majority of his hardest ascents are first ascents and many are at his home crag of Orgon. The crag itself is also somewhat controversial for containing a large number of manufactured routes.

In late 2023 Zehani claimed a controversial repeat of Artaburu (9b) in Margalef, with the video he posted featuring a tight belay which others claimed may have assisted the ascent. He later appeared to withdraw his claim. [2]

References

[1] https://www.8a.nu/news/loic-zehani-49337

[2] https://gripped.com/news/controversial-belay-on-a-5-15-causes-uproar/

Rock climber, soloist, circus performer, BASE and rope swing jumper.

References

[1] https://www.thebmc.co.uk/legend--lucky-chance-dies-in-blue-mountains

One of the original Sheffield dole climbers of the 1980s, Pretty was there or thereabouts for much of the 1980s and 1990s and still (2026) climbs enthusiastically. His ascent of Make it Funky (8c) whilst not unusually prolonged by modern standards was an early example of multi-year siege.

Nathaniel Coleman is an American boulderer with multiple hard boulder ascents and a very impressive competition record. The early years of Nathaniel's career focused mainly on competition climbing, securing multiple boulder world cup podiums in 2015. Nathaniel's focus then switched to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in which he secured the silver medal.

In recent years Nathaniel has developed his rock climbing portfolio significantly. In 2020 he did the first ascent of Grand Illusion 8C+/V16 whilst training for the Olympics. Nathaniel's most notable ascent to date is that of No One Mourns the Wicked. Nathaniel proposed 9A/V17 for this in 2024 with the problem, which adds an 8B/V13 intro into Defying Gravity 8C/V15, taking him 22 sessions.