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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149 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 Gordon Lennox 8c+ Frankenstein
65 Mike Hart 8c+ Dark Energy
66 Wiz Fineron 8c+ Mr. Hyde
67 Neil Mawson 8c Cry Freedom, Espacío Tiempo, Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North, Mecca Extension, Sex After Climb
68 Matt Cooke 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Something for Nothing, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North, Epic Adventures
69 Mark Leach 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Maginot Line, Make it Funky
70 Tony Mitchell 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, True North, All Out
71 Matt Pickles 8c True North, Overjustified, Mecca Extension, Groove Train
72 Ian Vickers 8c True North, All Out, Wonderwall
73 Rupert Davies 8c Make it Funky, Devolution, Seraphim
74 Ben Bransby 8c Make it Funky, The Beast, Full Empire
75 Bob Hickish 8c True North, Endeavour, Mecca Extension
76 Robbie Phillips 8c Espacío Tiempo, Tiger Cat, Haggisaurus Rex
77 James Turnbull 8c Bat Route, Epic Adventures, Raining Bats and Dogs
78 Matt Broadhurst 8c Nordic Plumber, Troll Hammer, Mecca Extension
79 Louis Lancaster 8c Bat Route, Cry Freedom, All Out
80 Alex Hall 8c Directa Cornualles, Directa Jabalí, The Beast
81 Chris Cubitt 8c Mecca Extension, True North
82 Richard Waterton 8c True North, Raining Bats and Dogs
83 Ed Hamer 8c Tiger Cat, Welcome to Tijuana
84 Dave McLoughlin 8c Devolution into Waddage, Hajj
85 Adam Jeeworth 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs
86 Neil Dickson 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
87 Ally Smith 8c In Heaven (Lite), The Pirate
88 Jerome Mowat 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
89 John Thornton 8c Groovyfied, Bat Route
90 Nathan Lee 8c Mecca Extension, Fish Eye
91 Rhys Conlon 8c Aitzol, La Fabelita
92 Jamie Rankin 8c Ali Bomaye, Fallingwater
93 Dave Loh 8c Qoussai les Maux de la Fin, Spanish Caravan
94 Finn Hayward 8c Mind Control, Fish Eye
95 Mark Edwards 8c Nuts Are Not the Only Fruit
96 Mark Pretty 8c Make it Funky
97 Drew Haigh 8c Cry Freedom
98 Dave Redpath 8c Devastation Generation
99 Jon Clark 8c Mecca Extension
100 Sam Whittaker 8c Bat Route
101 Matt Donnelly 8c Mecca Extension
102 Paul Reeve 8c Cry Freedom
103 Aidan Roberts 8c Freakshow
104 Ian Cooper 8c The Death Star
105 Yann Genoux 8c Mecca Extension
106 Eddie Barbour 8c China Beach
107 Alexis Perry 8c The Death Star
108 Chris Doyle 8c The Holy Grail
109 Nic Duboust 8c Bat Route
110 Sam Elias 8c American Hustle
111 Eli Hardie Howes 8c Florida
112 Jacob Cook 8c Revival
113 Ben Freeman 8c Aladdin
114 Al Wilson 8c Cry Freedom
115 Edd Mowbray 8c Mecca Extension
116 Ollie Torr 8c Mecca Extension
117 Sam Williams 8c Bat Route
118 Jim Hulbert 8c Bat Route
119 Cailean Harker 8c The Death Star
120 James Ibbertson 8c Bat Route
121 Oliver Hill 8c Mecca Extension
122 Ben Preston 8c Mecca Extension
123 Tom Frost 8c Bat Route
124 Kevin Avery 8c La Bénédiction
125 Freddy Mead 8c Fallingwater
126 Svana Bjarnason 8c Mind Control
127 Josh Rundle 8c Fallingwater
128 Alex Oates 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
129 Jacob Amos 8c Mecca Extension
130 Sam Clarke 8c Tsunami
131 Dave Barrans 8c Muy Verdes
132 John Hartley 8c Aladdin
133 Lewis Roy 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
134 Rhys Langlands 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
135 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
136 Alex Moore 8c Bat Route
137 Mike Grey 8c True North
138 Adam Jeffs 8c Cry Freedom
139 Rich Heap 8c Make it Funky
140 Adam Harrison 8c Bat Route
141 Adrian Baxter 8c Kalandraka
142 Max Milne 8c Dracula True Finish
143 Char Williams 8c Mecca Extension
144 Will Kelsall 8c Bat Route
145 Robin Barker 8c Make it Funky
146 Rob Napier 8c Bat Route
147 John Maskell 8c Fish Eye
148 Charlie Woodburn 8c Bat Route
149 Ian MacDonald 8c T1 Full Equip