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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135 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Will Bosi 9b King Capella, La Capella
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
6 Franco Cookson 9a+ The Meltdown Direct, The Dewin Stone
7 Alex Barrows 9a Era Vella, Preposterous Tales, Belly's Gonna Get Ya, Autoengaño, La Fabela por la Enmienda, The Last Nacho, Bad Girl's Club
8 Ryan Pasquill 9a Speed Intégrale, Jungle Speed, Stevolution, Rainshadow, Bain de Sang
9 Will Smith 9a Víctimas Pérez, Era Vella, Perfecto Passat Extension, Estado Crítico
10 Pete Dawson 9a Northern Lights, Hubble, Rainshadow, Cabane au Canada
11 Toby Roberts 9a Stevolution, Batman, Hubble, Rainshadow
12 James Pearson 9a Condé de Choc, Ça Chauffe, Esclatamàsters
13 Luke Dawson 9a Esclatamàsters, Rainshadow, El Gran Bellanco
14 Ben Moon 9a Rainshadow, Hubble
15 Malcolm Smith 9a Hubble, Hunger
16 Stevie Haston 9a Descente Lolita, Hugh
17 James McHaffie 9a The Meltdown, Big Bang
18 Hamish McArthur 9a Jungle Speed, Hunger
19 Angus Kille 9a The Meltdown, Esclatamàsters
20 John Dunne 9a Total Eclipse
21 Neil Carson 9a Big Bang
22 Steve Dunning 9a Hubble
23 Jordan Buys 9a Rainshadow
24 Stuart Littlefair 9a Rainshadow
25 Micky Page 9a The Illusionist
26 Dave MacLeod 9a Hunger
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 Pete Robins 8c+ The Pink Star, Dark Energy, Megalopa, Diamond Dogs, Sea of Tranquility, Liquid Ambar
35 Ted Kingsnorth 8c+ Just Do It, Progress, Kaa'bah, Sabotage, Kabaah is Futile
36 Paul Smitton 8c+ Kaa'bah, Hooligan, Bah Bah Black SHeep
37 Jim Pope 8c+ Kaa'bah, Eye of Odin, Mr. Hyde
38 Jerry Moffatt 8c+ Evolution, Liquid Ambar
39 Chris Savage 8c+ Progress, Espacio Oceano
40 Gareth Parry 8c+ Blomu R3, Supersonico
41 Oli Grounsell 8c+ Megalopa, Radar Ez
42 Ethan Walker 8c+ Evolution, Kaa'bah
43 Jon Freeman 8c+ Sabotage, Progress
44 John Welford 8c+ The Bastard
45 Nic Sellars 8c+ Evolution
46 Ken Palmer 8c+ Brian
47 Alan Cassidy 8c+ Metalcore
48 Neil Dyer 8c+ Megalopa
49 Ben Davison 8c+ Eye of Odin
50 Tim Palmer 8c+ Progress
51 Ellis Butler-Barker 8c+ Brian
52 Pete Whittaker 8c+ Kaa'bah
53 Tom Newberry 8c+ Spicy Noodle
54 Dawid Skoczylas 8c+ The Wild West
55 Neil Gresham 8c+ Sabotage
56 Haydn Jones 8c+ Kaa'bah
57 Billy Ridal 8c+ Mr. Hyde
58 Gordon Lennox 8c+ Frankenstein
59 Mike Hart 8c+ Dark Energy
60 Alex Norton 8c+ Persian Dawn
61 Arlo Rogers 8c+ Assai XXL
62 Tim Emmett 8c+ Superman
63 Wiz Fineron 8c+ Mr. Hyde
64 Neil Mawson 8c Cry Freedom, Sex After Climb, Espacío Tiempo, Raining Bats and Dogs, Bat Route, True North, Mecca Extension
65 Matt Cooke 8c True North, Something for Nothing, Raining Bats and Dogs, Cry Freedom, Bat Route
66 Mark Leach 8c Make it Funky, Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Maginot Line
67 Matt Pickles 8c Groove Train, Mecca Extension, True North, Overjustified
68 Chris Smith 8c L'espiadimonis, Battle Cat, Mistic, True North
69 Rupert Davies 8c Seraphim, Devolution, Make it Funky
70 Bob Hickish 8c Mecca Extension, True North, Endeavour
71 Robbie Phillips 8c Haggisaurus Rex, Tiger Cat, Especio Tempo
72 James Turnbull 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs, Epic Adventures
73 Matt Broadhurst 8c Nordic Plumber, Mecca Extension, Troll Hammer
74 Tony Mitchell 8c True North, Bat Route
75 Ian Vickers 8c Wonderwall, True North
76 Chris Cubitt 8c Mecca Extension, True North
77 Richard Waterton 8c Raining Bats and Dogs, True North
78 Ed Hamer 8c Welcome to Tijuana, Tiger Cat
79 Dave McLoughlin 8c Hajj, Devolution into Waddage
80 Ben Bransby 8c The Beast, Full Empire
81 Adam Jeeworth 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs
82 Jerome Mowat 8c Bat Route, Cry Freedom
83 Nathan Lee 8c Fish Eye, Mecca Extension
84 Jamie Rankin 8c Fallingwater, Ali Bomaye
85 Alex Hall 8c Directa Cornualles, Directa Jabalí
86 Finn Hayward 8c Fish Eye, Mind Control
87 Mark Edwards 8c Nuts Are Not the Only Fruit
88 Mark Pretty 8c Make it Funky
89 Drew Haigh 8c Cry Freedom
90 Dave Redpath 8c Devastation Generation
91 Jon Clark 8c Mecca Extension
92 Paul Reeve 8c Cry Freedom
93 Matt Donnelly 8c Mecca Extension
94 Aidan Roberts 8c Freakshow
95 Ian Cooper 8c The Death Star
96 Yann Genoux 8c Mecca Extension
97 Eddie Barbour 8c China Beach
98 Alexis Perry 8c The Death Star
99 Chris Doyle 8c The Holy Grail
100 Nic Duboust 8c Bat Route
101 Ally Coull 8c Magnum Opus
102 Eli Hardie Howes 8c Florida
103 Jacob Cook 8c Revival
104 Ed Mowbray 8c Mecca Extension
105 Ollie Torr 8c Mecca Extension
106 Ben Freeman 8c Aladdin
107 Al Wilson 8c Cry Freedom
108 Ally Smith 8c The Pirate
109 Sam Williams 8c Bat Route
110 John Thornton 8c Groovyfied
111 Jim Hulbert 8c Bat Route
112 Cailean Harker 8c The Death Star
113 James Ibbertson 8c Bat Route
114 Oliver Hill 8c Mecca Extension
115 Ben Preston 8c Mecca Extension
116 Tom Frost 8c Bat Route
117 Kevin Avery 8c La Bénédiction
118 Louis Lancaster 8c Bat Route
119 Freddy Mead 8c Fallingwater
120 Svana Bjarnason 8c Mind Control
121 Josh Rundle 8c Fallingwater
122 Will Kelsall 8c Bat Route
123 Richard Heap 8c Make it Funky
124 Char Williams 8c Mecca Extension
125 Max Milne 8c Dracula True Finish
126 Ian MacDonald 8c T1 Full Equip
127 Charlie Woodburn 8c Bat Route
128 Adrian Baxter 8c Kalandraka
129 Sam Whittaker 8c Bat Route
130 Rob Napier 8c Bat Route
131 Mike Grey 8c True North
132 Adam Jeffs 8c Cry Freedom
133 Adam Harrison 8c Bat Route
134 John Maskell 8c Fish Eye
135 Robin Barker 8c Make it Funky