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