Raven Tor

United Kingdom / England / Buxton
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Raven Tor is a crag in the UK's Peak District that is known for it's concentration of hard, crimpy sport climbs. Most famously, it is home to Hubble, Ben Moon's desperate route from 1990 which was the first 9a in the world.

Slightly more recently, Steve McClure established Mutation in 1998 adding the hardest route at the crag. At the time Steve suggested a grade of 9a but it has proven very tricky to repeat with Will Bosi suggesting the upgrade after taking many sessions to repeat it.


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Taylor Parsons on Pump up the Stamina
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Ben Moon on Pump up the Stamina
Added at 11:11 on 23 November 2021
Will Smith on Stamina Boys
Added at 14:02 on 06 February 2021
Alex Barrows on Stamina Boys
Added at 09:04 on 03 April 2022
Will Bosi on The Wild South
Added at 15:04 on 28 April 2023
Will Bosi on Weeding the Lip
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Pete Dawson on Weeding the Lip
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Added at 09:06 on 08 June 2023
Will Smith on Weeding the Lip
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Sam Blackwell on Weeding the Lip
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Added at 06:10 on 01 October 2023
Mathew Wright on Belly of the Beast
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Will Smith on Fat Lip
Added at 14:01 on 16 January 2021
Ash Wolsey-Heard on Fat Lip
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Mathew Wright on Keen Sympathiser
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Frances Bensley on Fat Lip
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Added at 08:11 on 18 November 2021
Jonny Argue on Fat Lip
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Buster Martin on Fat Lip
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Ben Pestell on Fat Lip
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Dave MacLeod on Belly of the Beast
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Hayato Furusugi on Keen Roof - Nachos Start
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Buster Martin on Belly of the Beast
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Added at 18:03 on 28 March 2021
Ethan Walker on Belly of the Beast
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Shauna Coxsey on Fat Lip
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Tara Hayes on Fat Lip
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Added at 18:10 on 15 October 2023
Rob Cook on Keen Roof - Nachos Start
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Added at 08:03 on 02 March 2024
Will Bosi on Fat Lip
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Adam Ondra on Fat Lip
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Will Smith on Fat Lip SDS
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Leon Joyce on Keen Roof - Nachos Start
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Added at 22:10 on 25 October 2023
Ethan Walker on Keen Roof
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Buster Martin on Keen Roof
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Added at 07:03 on 28 March 2021
Phil Rose on Keen Roof
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Dom Bridgwood on Keen Roof
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Ash Wolsey-Heard on Keen Roof
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Will Smith on Keen Roof
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Frances Bensley on Keen Roof
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Dave Parry on Keen Roof
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Dave MacLeod on Keen Roof
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James Pearson on Keen Roof
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Andy Burgess on Keen Roof
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Luke Dawson on Keen Roof
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Rhys Langlands on Keen Roof
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Added at 13:03 on 07 March 2022
Henry Henderson on Keen Roof
Added at 16:01 on 18 January 2021
Tim Palmer on Keen Roof
Added at 17:01 on 25 January 2021
Holly Rees on Let's Get Ready to Rumbleweed
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Added at 18:11 on 20 November 2021
Malcolm Smith on Powerband
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Rhoslyn Frugtniet on Ben's Roof
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Added at 17:10 on 20 October 2021
Niamh Gibson on Ben's Roof
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Added at 06:05 on 01 May 2023
Leah Crane on Ben's Roof
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Hazel Dearlove on Powerband
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Steve McClure on Mutation
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Ryan Pasquill on Mutation
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Will Bosi on Mutation
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Steve McClure on Mutation
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Will Bosi on Brandenburg Gate
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Steve McClure on Mutation
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Steve McClure on Mutation
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Will Bosi on Mutation
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Will Bosi on Mutation
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John Gaskins on Brandenburg Gate
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Will Bosi on Brandenburg Gate
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Toby Roberts on Hubble
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Added at 19:10 on 26 October 2021
Ben Moon on Hubble
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Steve McClure on Hubble
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Steve McClure on Hubble
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Buster Martin on Hubble
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Alex Barrows on The Last Nacho
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Alex Barrows on The Last Nacho
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Alex Megos on Hubble
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Steve McClure on Hubble
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Buster Martin on Hubble
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Will Bosi on Hubble
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Toby Roberts on Stevolution
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John Gaskins on Hubble
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Ben Moon on Hubble
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Pete Dawson on Hubble
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Ben Moon on Hubble
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Alex Megos on Hubble
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Mathew Wright on Hubble
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Added at 14:10 on 27 October 2021
Toby Roberts on Hubble
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Felix Wilkins on Stevolution
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Added at 21:05 on 14 May 2022
Will Bosi on The Southern Hooligan
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Ethan Walker on Evolution
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Toby Roberts on Kaa'bah
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Mathew Wright on Kaa'bah
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Ryan Pasquill on Evolution
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Felix Wilkins on Egyptian Nights
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Buster Martin on Persian Dawn
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Buster Martin on Persian Dawn
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Mathew Wright on Evolution
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Steve McClure on Evolution
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Alex Megos on Kaa'bah
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Alex Megos on Evolution
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Ben Moon on Evolution
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Steve Dunning on Hooligan
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Will Bosi on Persian Dawn
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Will Bosi on Persian Dawn
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Malcolm Smith on Evolution
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Dawid Skoczylas on The Wild West
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Malcolm Smith on Evolution
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Toby Roberts on Kaa'bah
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Haydn Jones on Kaa'bah
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Pete Dawson on Evolution
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Jerry Moffatt on Evolution
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Ethan Walker on Evolution
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Ben Moon on Evolution
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Will Bosi on Hooligan
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Alex Barrows on Kaa'bah
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Toby Roberts on Evolution
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Steve McClure on Kaa'bah
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Jim Pope on Kaa'bah
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Will Bosi on The Wild West
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Jacob Amos on Mecca Extension
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Pierre Bollinger on Seraphim
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Ted Kingsnorth on Devolution
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Ethan Walker on Mecca Extension
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Ted Kingsnorth on Devolution
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Billy Ridal on Make it Funky
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Stuart Littlefair on Make it Funky
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Luke Dawson on Make it Funky
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Alex Norton on Make it Funky
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Ben Preston on Mecca Extension
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Mina Leslie-Wujastyk on Mecca Extension
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Will Bosi on Seraphim
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Ted Kingsnorth on Mecca Extension
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Ted Kingsnorth on Hajj
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Jacob Amos on Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis
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Martin Atkinson on Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis
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Mina Leslie-Wujastyk on Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis
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Katy Whittaker on Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis
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Ted Kingsnorth on Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis
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Ron Fawcett on Body Machine
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Climbs

63 recorded climbs.

Climb Grade # Recorded Ascents First Recorded Ascent Last Recorded Ascent
Pump up the Stamina 8c+ 7 1st January 1994 2nd October 2022
Stamina Boys 8c+ 3 19th April 2014 17th September 2016
Verbal Abuse E7 2 1st January 1982 1st August 1984
Cream Team Special E5 3 1st January 1976 1st January 1976
Hubris E5 1 1st August 1957 1st August 1957
Arabian Nights E4 1 1st October 1985 1st October 1985
The Wild South 8C 1 26th April 2023 26th April 2023
Weeding the Lip 8B+ 5 4th November 2017 1st September 2023
Belly Full of Nachos 8B+ 2 3rd May 2023 25th July 2023
Fat Lip 8B 26 1st January 2007 15th June 2024
Keen Roof - Nachos Start 8B 8 29th April 2023 11th September 2024
Belly of the Beast 8B 8 8th November 2013 19th April 2023
Keen Sympathiser 8B 2 27th July 2017 22nd August 2021
Fat Lip SDS 8B 1 11th October 2017 11th October 2017
Keen Roof 8A+ 39 5th September 2006 13th September 2023
Let's Get Ready to Rumbleweed 8A 1 1st November 2021 1st November 2021
Ben's Roof Extension 7C+ 2
Cave Pervert 7C+ 1 30th October 2021 30th October 2021
Ben's Roof 7C 20 1st October 2006 30th April 2023
Powerband 7C 5 1st January 1987 26th September 2020
Weedkiller Traverse 7A+ 0
Mutation 9a+ 5 14th October 1998 1st October 2021
Brandenburg Gate 9a+ 2 1st January 2003 7th November 2021
Hubble 9a 13 14th June 1990 26th October 2021
Stevolution 9a 5 1st January 2009 14th May 2022
Roofolution 9a 2 1st June 2006 1st March 2022
The Last Nacho 9a 1 20th August 2023 20th August 2023
The Southern Hooligan 9a 1 1st May 2022 1st May 2022
Belly's Gonna Get Ya 9a 1 17th September 2017 17th September 2017
Evolution 8c+ 15 1st January 1995 2nd April 2022
Kaa'bah 8c+ 15 1st January 2004 5th June 2024
Persian Dawn 8c+ 5 25th April 2021 30th September 2023
Hooligan 8c+ 3 23rd May 2002 17th November 2021
The Wild West 8c+ 2 1st January 2016 23rd May 2021
Kabaah is Futile 8c+ 1 1st July 2014 1st July 2014
Egyptian Nights 8c+ 1 14th October 2023 14th October 2023
Mecca Extension 8c 29 1st January 1998 4th June 2024
Make it Funky 8c 16 1st January 1993 27th February 2022
Hajj 8c 8 1st September 2004 1st October 2021
Seraphim 8c 3 30th April 2007 19th November 2021
Devolution 8c 2 28th September 2005 24th May 2022
Devolution into Waddage 8c 1 3rd May 2013 3rd May 2013
Rooster Crossing 8c 1 1st June 2007 1st June 2007
Mecca - The Mid-life Crisis 8b+ 19 1st September 1988 30th May 2024
Jehovakill 8b+ 4 22nd May 1993 15th October 2020
Revelations 8b 3 1st November 2016 26th May 2021
Rage 8b 1 11th October 1992 11th October 1992
Chimes of Freedom 8a+ 4 27th June 1986 14th September 2024
Boot Boys 8a+ 4 10th April 1987 1st January 1991
In Brine 8a+ 2 25th July 1987 1st July 2005
Dialetics 8a+ 1 9th March 1993 9th March 1993
The Prow 8a 3 1st January 1982 1st January 1985
The Toilet 8a 1 1st January 1988 1st January 1988
Out of My Tree 8a 1 20th June 1987 20th June 1987
The Crucifixion 8a 0
Rooster Booster 7c+ 2 1st January 1982 30th October 2022
Weedkiller 7c+ 2 1st May 1984 1st May 1984
Body Machine 7c+ 1 1st January 1984 1st January 1984
Indecent Exposure 7c 4 1st January 1982 1st January 1982
Obscene Gesture 7c 2 1st January 1982 1st January 1984
Sardine 7b+ 4 1st January 1981 15th August 1982
Bullet the Blue Sky 7b+ 1 13th September 1987 13th September 1987
A Little Extra 7a+ 1 1st January 1979 1st January 1979