Strong British Male Sport Climbers

The best British male sport climbers.

This list aims to list any male British sport climber who has climbed 8c or harder. It attempts to be definitive in terms of the people included but does not attempt to enumerate every relevant ascent.

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150 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Will Bosi 9b+ Excalibur
2 Steve McClure 9b Rainman
3 Josh Ibbertson 9b Rainman
4 Tom Bolger 9b E.L.L.I.E
5 Buster Martin 9a+ First Ley, La Furia de Jabali, The Journey, Super Crackinette
6 Franco Cookson 9a+ The Meltdown Direct, The Dewin Stone
7 Alex Barrows 9a Era Vella, Bad Girl's Club, Belly's Gonna Get Ya, Preposterous Tales, La Fabela por la Enmienda, The Last Nacho, Autoengaño
8 Ryan Pasquill 9a Jungle Speed, Stevolution, Rainshadow, Speed Intégrale, Bain de Sang
9 Pete Dawson 9a Rainshadow, Hubble, La Cabane au Canada, Northern Lights, Stevolution
10 Toby Roberts 9a Rainshadow, Batman, Hubble, Stevolution, Gancho Perfecto
11 Will Smith 9a Era Vella, Estado Crítico, Perfecto Passat Extension, Víctimas Pérez
12 Luke Dawson 9a Rainshadow, Esclatamàsters, El Gran Bellanco, Selecció Natural
13 James Pearson 9a Esclatamàsters, Condé de Choc, Ça Chauffe
14 Ben Moon 9a Hubble, Rainshadow
15 Malcolm Smith 9a Hubble, Hunger
16 Stevie Haston 9a Descente Lolita, Hugh
17 James McHaffie 9a Big Bang, The Meltdown
18 Dave MacLeod 9a Fight the Feeling, Hunger
19 Hamish McArthur 9a Jungle Speed, Hunger
20 Angus Kille 9a Esclatamàsters, The Meltdown
21 Arlo Rogers 9a La Cabane au Canada, Estado Crítico
22 Neil Carson 9a Big Bang
23 Steve Dunning 9a Hubble
24 Jordan Buys 9a Rainshadow
25 Stuart Littlefair 9a Rainshadow
26 Micky Page 9a The Illusionist
27 Alex Waterhouse 9a The Fly
28 Stewart Watson 9a Kein Licht Kein Schatten
29 Kieran Forrest 9a Big Bang
30 Mathew Wright 9a Hubble
31 Felix Wilkins 9a Stevolution
32 James Squire 9a The World is Not Enough
33 Rob Sutton 9a Hunger
34 Jack Ibbertson 9a The Illusionist
35 Orrin Coley 9a The Wizard King
36 Chris Smith 9a Der Heilige Gral
37 Alex Norton 9a Estado Crítico
38 Pete Robins 8c+ Liquid Ambar, Sea of Tranquility, Megalopa, Diamond Dogs, Dark Energy, The Pink Star
39 Ted Kingsnorth 8c+ Kabaah is Futile, Kaa'bah, Just Do It, Progress, Sabotage
40 Jerry Moffatt 8c+ Liquid Ambar, Progress, Evolution
41 Paul Smitton 8c+ Hooligan, Kaa'bah, Bah Bah Black Sheep
42 Jim Pope 8c+ Kaa'bah, Mr. Hyde, Odin's Eye
43 Nic Sellars 8c+ Progress, Evolution
44 Chris Savage 8c+ Espacio Oceano, Progress
45 Gareth Parry 8c+ Blomu R3, Supersónico
46 Ethan Walker 8c+ Kaa'bah, Evolution
47 Jon Freeman 8c+ Progress, Sabotage
48 Billy Ridal 8c+ Mr. Hyde, La Fabela
49 John Welford 8c+ The Bastard
50 John Dunne 8c+ Total Eclipse
51 Ken Palmer 8c+ Brian
52 Alan Cassidy 8c+ Metalcore
53 Neil Dyer 8c+ Megalopa
54 Ben Davison 8c+ Odin's Eye
55 Tim Palmer 8c+ Progress
56 Oli Grounsell 8c+ Megalopa
57 Ellis Butler-Barker 8c+ Brian
58 Pete Whittaker 8c+ Kaa'bah
59 Tom Newberry 8c+ Spicy Noodle
60 Dawid Skoczylas 8c+ The Wild West
61 Neil Gresham 8c+ Sabotage
62 Haydn Jones 8c+ Kaa'bah
63 Tim Emmett 8c+ Superman
64 Jack Palmieri 8c+ A Familiar Atrocity
65 Gordon Lennox 8c+ Frankenstein
66 Mike Hart 8c+ Dark Energy
67 Louis Lancaster 8c+ Progress
68 John Hartley 8c+ King of Thieves
69 Alex Hall 8c+ Progress
70 Wiz Fineron 8c+ Mr. Hyde
71 Neil Mawson 8c Cry Freedom, Espacío Tiempo, Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North, Mecca Extension, Sex After Climb
72 Matt Cooke 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Something for Nothing, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North, Epic Adventures
73 Mark Leach 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Maginot Line, Make it Funky
74 Tony Mitchell 8c Bat Route, Cry Freedom, True North, All Out
75 Matt Pickles 8c True North, Overjustified, Mecca Extension, Groove Train
76 Ian Vickers 8c True North, All Out, Wonderwall
77 Rupert Davies 8c Make it Funky, Devolution, Seraphim
78 Ben Bransby 8c Make it Funky, The Beast, Full Empire
79 Bob Hickish 8c True North, Endeavour, Mecca Extension
80 Robbie Phillips 8c Espacío Tiempo, Tiger Cat, Haggisaurus Rex
81 James Turnbull 8c Bat Route, Epic Adventures, Raining Bats and Dogs
82 Matt Broadhurst 8c Nordic Plumber, Troll Hammer, Mecca Extension
83 Chris Cubitt 8c Mecca Extension, True North
84 Richard Waterton 8c True North, Raining Bats and Dogs
85 Ed Hamer 8c Tiger Cat, Welcome to Tijuana
86 Dave McLoughlin 8c Devolution into Waddage, Hajj
87 Adam Jeeworth 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs
88 Neil Dickson 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
89 Ally Smith 8c In Heaven (Lite), The Pirate
90 Jerome Mowat 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
91 John Thornton 8c Groovyfied, Bat Route
92 Cailean Harker 8c The Death Star, Melltith
93 Nathan Lee 8c Mecca Extension, Fish Eye
94 Rhys Conlon 8c Aitzol, La Fabelita
95 Jamie Rankin 8c Ali Bomaye, Fallingwater
96 Dave Loh 8c Qoussai les Maux de la Fin, Spanish Caravan
97 Finn Hayward 8c Fish Eye, Mind Control
98 Mark Edwards 8c Nuts Are Not the Only Fruit
99 Mark Pretty 8c Make it Funky
100 Drew Haigh 8c Cry Freedom
101 Dave Redpath 8c Devastation Generation
102 Jon Clark 8c Mecca Extension
103 Sam Whittaker 8c Bat Route
104 Matt Donnelly 8c Mecca Extension
105 Paul Reeve 8c Cry Freedom
106 Aidan Roberts 8c Freakshow
107 Ian Cooper 8c The Death Star
108 Yann Genoux 8c Mecca Extension
109 Eddie Barbour 8c China Beach
110 Alexis Perry 8c The Death Star
111 Chris Doyle 8c The Holy Grail
112 Nic Duboust 8c Bat Route
113 Sam Elias 8c American Hustle
114 Eli Hardie Howes 8c Florida
115 Jacob Cook 8c Revival
116 Al Wilson 8c Cry Freedom
117 Ben Freeman 8c Aladdin
118 Edd Mowbray 8c Mecca Extension
119 Ollie Torr 8c Mecca Extension
120 Sam Williams 8c Bat Route
121 Jim Hulbert 8c Bat Route
122 James Ibbertson 8c Bat Route
123 Oliver Hill 8c Mecca Extension
124 Ben Preston 8c Mecca Extension
125 Tom Frost 8c Bat Route
126 Kevin Avery 8c La Bénédiction
127 Freddy Mead 8c Fallingwater
128 Svana Bjarnason 8c Mind Control
129 Josh Rundle 8c Fallingwater
130 Alex Oates 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
131 Jacob Amos 8c Mecca Extension
132 Sam Clarke 8c Tsunami
133 Dave Barrans 8c Muy Verdes
134 Lewis Roy 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
135 Rhys Langlands 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
136 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
137 Alex Moore 8c Bat Route
138 Charlie Woodburn 8c Bat Route
139 Adam Jeffs 8c Cry Freedom
140 Adam Harrison 8c Bat Route
141 Rich Heap 8c Make it Funky
142 John Maskell 8c Fish Eye
143 Adrian Baxter 8c Kalandraka
144 Will Kelsall 8c Bat Route
145 Robin Barker 8c Make it Funky
146 Rob Napier 8c Bat Route
147 Char Williams 8c Mecca Extension
148 Max Milne 8c Dracula True Finish
149 Mike Grey 8c True North
150 Ian MacDonald 8c T1 Full Equip