Climbers

Climber Name # Ascents Recorded Notes
Kenneth Elvegård 8
Kevin Thaw 8

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/features/kevin_thaw-4327

Killian Charbier 8
Kristian Clemmow 8
Lucien Martinez 8

References

[1] Interview with Fanatic Climbing, Jan 2022 https://fanatic-climbing.com/interview-lucien-martinez-irreductible-acharne-interview-lucien-martinez-inveterate-and-tenacious/

Makoto Yamauchi 8
Marcello Bombardi 8
Martin Atkinson 8

Martin started climbing in Yorkshire, England around 1974. He was part of the generation who took over from Pete Livesey and Ron Fawcett.

For the first part of my climbing...I just wanted to do everything that Ron did... The Vision, Eye of the Tiger, whatever it was as soon as he did it I just wanted to do it! [3]

References

[1] Statement of Youth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeqI9axxrco.

[2] Interview with Jon Barton of Vertebrate Publishing https://www.v-publishing.co.uk/blog/v-publishing-blog/the-climbers-of-84-hunter-house-road/

[3] Interview on his route Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis https://vimeo.com/68128640

Mason Earle 8

References

[1] What Ever happened to Mason Earle? by Meaghen Brown, February 2023 https://www.climbing.com/people/whatever-happened-to-mason-earle/

Mathieu Bouyoud 8

References

[1] Interview with fanatic-climbing.com, Jan 2025 https://fanatic-climbing.com/interview-mathieu-bouyoud-discret-et-talentueux-passionne-interview-mathieu-bouyoud-a-silent-and-passionate-crusher/

Matt Helliker 8
Michael Duffy 8

References

[1] https://threerockbooks.com/pierres-questions-for-michael-duffy-updated/

Mike Doyle 8

References

[1] https://gripped.com/profiles/mike-doyle-one-of-canadas-first-to-climb-5-14-is-still-pushing-it/

Nico Januel 8

Interview with Björn Pohl at UKC https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2017/08/nicolas_januel_french_national_bouldering_team_coach-71233.

Nina Caprez 8
Oli Grounsell 8
Paul Nunn 8

Guidebook writer, Mountain magazine contributing editor, president of BMC, climbing double for Sean Connery.

Pete Harrison 8
Peter Harding 8

Harding had a brief but influential spell at the cutting edge of UK climbing in the years immediately post world war two. Armed with improved ex-military gear, including the first nylon dynamic ropes, he was responsible for a small number of hard-for-the time classic routes on peak gritstone and in North Wales. He was an engineer by trade and this, along with climbing in the eastern Alps and availability of army surplus hardware, made him more receptive to the use of pitons than his pre-war counterparts. Harding was noted for his proficiency at hand jamming although it seems unlikely that he originated this technique as some of his contemporaries suggested.

### References

[1] https://rucksackclub.org/2023/04/14/a-dip-into-the-club-journals-from-1993-just-a-bit-difficult-by-peter-harding/?doing_wp_cron=1768307556.0177059173583984375000

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/dec/19/mainsection.obituaries

Rhys Conlon 8

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