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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136 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Will Bosi 9b La Capella, King Capella
2 Steve McClure 9b Rainman
3 Josh Ibbertson 9b Rainman
4 Tom Bolger 9a+ The Journey, Pink Patatas, Gancho Perfecto, Maya, Ciudad del Dios
5 Franco Cookson 9a+ The Meltdown Direct, The Dewin Stone
6 Buster Martin 9a+ First Ley
7 Alex Barrows 9a Belly's Gonna Get Ya, Bad Girl's Club, Preposterous Tales, La Fabela por la Enmienda, Autoengaño, Era Vella, The Last Nacho
8 Ryan Pasquill 9a Stevolution, Bain de Sang, Jungle Speed, Rainshadow, Speed Intégrale
9 Will Smith 9a Era Vella, Estado Crítico, Víctimas Pérez, Perfecto Passat Extension
10 Pete Dawson 9a Rainshadow, Cabane au Canada, Hubble, Northern Lights
11 Toby Roberts 9a Hubble, Stevolution, Batman, Rainshadow
12 James Pearson 9a Condé de Choc, Ça Chauffe, Escalatamàsters
13 Ben Moon 9a Rainshadow, Hubble
14 Malcolm Smith 9a Hunger, Hubble
15 Stevie Haston 9a Descente Lolita, Hugh
16 James McHaffie 9a Big Bang, The Meltdown
17 Hamish McArthur 9a Jungle Speed, Hunger
18 Angus Kille 9a The Meltdown, Escalatamàsters
19 Luke Dawson 9a Escalatamàsters, Rainshadow
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 Kieran Forrest 9a Big Bang
29 Stewart Watson 9a Kein Licht Kein Schatten
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+ Sea of Tranquility, Diamond Dogs, Megalopa, The Pink Star, Liquid Ambar, Dark Energy
35 Ted Kingsnorth 8c+ Kabaah is Futile, Progress, Kaa'bah, Just Do It, Sabotage
36 Jim Pope 8c+ Eye of Odin, Kaa'bah, Mr. Hyde
37 Jerry Moffatt 8c+ Evolution, Liquid Ambar
38 Paul Smitton 8c+ Bah Bah Black SHeep, Kaa'bah
39 Chris Savage 8c+ Espacio Oceano, Progress
40 Alan Cassidy 8c+ Metalcore, Nordic Flower
41 Gareth Parry 8c+ Blomu R3, Supersonico
42 Oli Grounsell 8c+ Radar Ez, Megalopa
43 Ethan Walker 8c+ Kaa'bah, Evolution
44 Jon Freeman 8c+ Sabotage, Progress
45 John Welford 8c+ The Bastard
46 Nic Sellars 8c+ Evolution
47 Ken Palmer 8c+ Brian
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 James Noble 8c+ Superman
58 Billy Ridal 8c+ Mr. Hyde
59 Gordon Lennox 8c+ Frankenstein
60 Mike Hart 8c+ Dark Energy
61 Alex Norton 8c+ Persian Dawn
62 Arlo Rogers 8c+ Assai XXL
63 Tim Emmett 8c+ Superman
64 Wiz Fineron 8c+ Mr. Hyde
65 Neil Mawson 8c Raining Bats and Dogs, True North, Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Sex After Climb, Espacío Tiempo, Mecca Extension
66 Matt Cooke 8c Bat Route, True North, Cry Freedom, Something for Nothing, Raining Bats and Dogs
67 Mark Leach 8c Maginot Line, Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Make it Funky
68 Matt Pickles 8c Groove Train, True North, Mecca Extension, Overjustified
69 Chris Smith 8c Battle Cat, L'espiadimonis, Mistic, True North
70 Rupert Davies 8c Make it Funky, Devolution, Seraphim
71 Bob Hickish 8c Endeavour, Mecca Extension, True North
72 Robbie Phillips 8c Tiger Cat, Especio Tempo, Haggisaurus Rex
73 James Turnbull 8c Raining Bats and Dogs, Epic Adventures, Bat Route
74 Matt Broadhurst 8c Troll Hammer, Mecca Extension, Nordic Plumber
75 Tony Mitchell 8c Bat Route, True North
76 Ian Vickers 8c True North, Wonderwall
77 Chris Cubitt 8c Mecca Extension, True North
78 Richard Waterton 8c True North, Raining Bats and Dogs
79 Ed Hamer 8c Tiger Cat, Welcome to Tijuana
80 Dave McLoughlin 8c Hajj, Devolution into Waddage
81 Ben Bransby 8c The Beast, Full Empire
82 Adam Jeeworth 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs
83 Jerome Mowat 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
84 Nathan Lee 8c Mecca Extension, Fish Eye
85 Jamie Rankin 8c Ali Bomaye, Fallingwater
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 Ben Freeman 8c Aladdin
105 Al Wilson 8c Cry Freedom
106 Ollie Torr 8c Mecca Extension
107 Ed Mowbray 8c Mecca Extension
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 Alex Hall 8c Directa Cornualles
121 Svana Bjarnason 8c Mind Control
122 Josh Rundle 8c Fallingwater
123 Charlie Woodburn 8c Bat Route
124 Will Kelsall 8c Bat Route
125 Ian MacDonald 8c T1 Full Equip
126 Sam Whittaker 8c Bat Route
127 Rob Napier 8c Bat Route
128 Adrian Baxter 8c Kalandraka
129 Max Milne 8c Dracula True Finish
130 Richard Heap 8c Make it Funky
131 Mike Grey 8c True North
132 Char Williams 8c Mecca Extension
133 Adam Jeffs 8c Cry Freedom
134 Adam Harrison 8c Bat Route
135 John Maskell 8c Fish Eye
136 Robin Barker 8c Make it Funky