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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159 entries on the list.

# ClimberGradeClimbs
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 9b The Full Journey
6 Franco Cookson 9a+ The Meltdown Direct, The Dewin Stone
7 Alex Barrows 9a Era Vella, Belly's Gonna Get Ya, Preposterous Tales, La Fabela por la Enmienda, The Last Nacho, Autoengaño, All Too Familiar
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 Arlo Rogers 9a La Cabane au Canada, Estado Crítico, Selecció Natural, Direct Into Your Fabelita
14 James Pearson 9a Esclatamàsters, Condé de Choc, Ça Chauffe
15 Ben Moon 9a Hubble, Rainshadow
16 Malcolm Smith 9a Hubble, Hunger
17 Stevie Haston 9a Descente Lolita, Hugh
18 James McHaffie 9a Big Bang, The Meltdown
19 Dave MacLeod 9a Fight the Feeling, Hunger
20 Hamish McArthur 9a Jungle Speed, Hunger
21 Angus Kille 9a Esclatamàsters, The Meltdown
22 Jack Ibbertson 9a The Illusionist, Rainshadow
23 Neil Carson 9a Big Bang
24 Steve Dunning 9a Hubble
25 Jordan Buys 9a Rainshadow
26 Stuart Littlefair 9a Rainshadow
27 Micky Page 9a The Illusionist
28 Alex Waterhouse 9a The Fly
29 Wiz Fineron 9a RED
30 Stewart Watson 9a Kein Licht Kein Schatten
31 Kieran Forrest 9a Big Bang
32 Mathew Wright 9a Hubble
33 Felix Wilkins 9a Stevolution
34 James Squire 9a The World is Not Enough
35 Rob Sutton 9a Hunger
36 Orrin Coley 9a The Wizard King
37 Chris Smith 9a Der Heilige Gral
38 Alex Norton 9a Estado Crítico
39 Tim Emmett 9a Era Vella
40 Sam Butterworth 9a Wild West
41 Pete Robins 8c+ Liquid Ambar, Sea of Tranquility, Megalopa, Diamond Dogs, Dark Energy, The Pink Star
42 Ted Kingsnorth 8c+ Kabaah is Futile, Kaa'bah, Just Do It, Progress, Sabotage
43 Jerry Moffatt 8c+ Liquid Ambar, Progress, Evolution
44 Jim Pope 8c+ Kaa'bah, Mr. Hyde, Odin's Eye
45 Nic Sellars 8c+ Progress, Evolution
46 Paul Smitton 8c+ Hooligan, Kaa'bah
47 Chris Savage 8c+ Espacio Oceano, Progress
48 Gareth Parry 8c+ Blomu R3, Supersónico
49 Ethan Walker 8c+ Kaa'bah, Evolution
50 Jon Freeman 8c+ Progress, Sabotage
51 Haydn Jones 8c+ Kaa'bah, Ice King
52 Billy Ridal 8c+ Mr. Hyde, La Fabela
53 John Welford 8c+ The Bastard
54 John Dunne 8c+ Total Eclipse
55 Ken Palmer 8c+ Brian
56 Alan Cassidy 8c+ Metalcore
57 Neil Dyer 8c+ Megalopa
58 Ben Davison 8c+ Odin's Eye
59 Tim Palmer 8c+ Progress
60 Oli Grounsell 8c+ Megalopa
61 Ellis Butler-Barker 8c+ Brian
62 Pete Whittaker 8c+ Kaa'bah
63 Tom Newberry 8c+ Spicy Noodle
64 Dawid Skoczylas 8c+ The Wild West
65 Neil Gresham 8c+ Sabotage
66 Jack Palmieri 8c+ A Familiar Atrocity
67 Gordon Lennox 8c+ Frankenstein
68 Mike Hart 8c+ Dark Energy
69 Robbie Phillips 8c+ L'Odi Social
70 Louis Jones 8c+ King of Thieves
71 Louis Lancaster 8c+ Progress
72 John Hartley 8c+ King of Thieves
73 Alex Hall 8c+ Progress
74 John Thornton 8c+ Gimmel Express
75 Neil Mawson 8c Cry Freedom, Espacío Tiempo, Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North, Mecca Extension, Sex After Climb
76 Matt Cooke 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Something for Nothing, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North
77 Mark Leach 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Maginot Line, Make it Funky
78 Tony Mitchell 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, True North, All Out
79 Matt Pickles 8c True North, Overjustified, Mecca Extension, Groove Train
80 Matt Broadhurst 8c Nordic Plumber, Troll Hammer, Mecca Extension, Muy Verdes
81 Ian Vickers 8c True North, All Out, Wonderwall
82 Rupert Davies 8c Make it Funky, Devolution, Seraphim
83 Jack Geldard 8c All Out, Stop Sika, Delirium Tremens
84 Ben Bransby 8c Make it Funky, The Beast, Full Empire
85 Bob Hickish 8c True North, Endeavour, Mecca Extension
86 Dave Loh 8c Qoussai les Maux de la Fin, Spanish Caravan, La Fabelita
87 Chris Cubitt 8c Mecca Extension, True North
88 Richard Waterton 8c True North, Raining Bats and Dogs
89 Ed Hamer 8c Tiger Cat, Welcome to Tijuana
90 Dave McLoughlin 8c Devolution into Waddage, Hajj
91 Adam Jeeworth 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs
92 Yann Genoux 8c Mecca Extension, Hanuman Extension
93 Neil Dickson 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
94 Chris Doyle 8c Final Cut, The Holy Grail
95 James Turnbull 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs
96 Jerome Mowat 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
97 Finn Hayward 8c Mind Control, Fish Eye
98 Cailean Harker 8c The Death Star, Melltith
99 Nathan Lee 8c Mecca Extension, Fish Eye
100 Rhys Conlon 8c Aitzol, La Fabelita
101 Jamie Rankin 8c Ali Bomaye, Fallingwater
102 Jacob Amos 8c Mecca Extension, Father and Son
103 Daniel Smith 8c No Remorse, Core Pain
104 James Taylor 8c The Beast, Diamond in the Ruff
105 Mark Edwards 8c Nuts Are Not the Only Fruit
106 Mark Pretty 8c Make it Funky
107 Drew Haigh 8c Cry Freedom
108 Dave Redpath 8c Devastation Generation
109 Jon Clark 8c Mecca Extension
110 Sam Whittaker 8c Bat Route
111 Paul Reeve 8c Cry Freedom
112 Matt Donnelly 8c Mecca Extension
113 Aidan Roberts 8c Freakshow
114 Ian Cooper 8c The Death Star
115 Eddie Barbour 8c China Beach
116 Alexis Perry 8c The Death Star
117 Nic Duboust 8c Bat Route
118 Sam Elias 8c American Hustle
119 Eli Hardie Howes 8c Florida
120 Jacob Cook 8c Revival
121 Ben Freeman 8c Aladdin
122 Al Wilson 8c Cry Freedom
123 Ollie Torr 8c Mecca Extension
124 Edd Mowbray 8c Mecca Extension
125 Ally Smith 8c The Pirate
126 Sam Williams 8c Bat Route
127 Jim Hulbert 8c Bat Route
128 James Ibbertson 8c Bat Route
129 Oliver Hill 8c Mecca Extension
130 Ben Preston 8c Mecca Extension
131 Tom Frost 8c Bat Route
132 Kevin Avery 8c La Bénédiction
133 Freddy Mead 8c Fallingwater
134 Josh Rundle 8c Fallingwater
135 Alex Oates 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
136 Sam Clarke 8c Tsunami
137 Dave Barrans 8c Muy Verdes
138 Lewis Roy 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
139 Rhys Langlands 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
140 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
141 Alex Moore 8c Bat Route
142 Max Rose 8c Aladdin
143 Finn Kerswell 8c Ali Bomaye
144 Leven Rowan 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
145 Dale Comley 8c Stay as You Are
146 Tom Livingstone 8c Max Power
147 Robin Barker 8c Make it Funky
148 Rich Heap 8c Make it Funky
149 Adam Harrison 8c Bat Route
150 John Maskell 8c Fish Eye
151 Adam Jeffs 8c Cry Freedom
152 Will Kelsall 8c Bat Route
153 Adrian Baxter 8c Kalandraka
154 Mike Grey 8c True North
155 Charlie Woodburn 8c Bat Route
156 Ian MacDonald 8c T1 Full Equip
157 Char Williams 8c Mecca Extension
158 Rob Napier 8c Bat Route
159 Max Milne 8c Dracula True Finish