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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144 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 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 Toby Roberts 9a Rainshadow, Batman, Hubble, Stevolution, Gancho Perfecto
10 Will Smith 9a Era Vella, Estado Crítico, Perfecto Passat Extension, Víctimas Pérez
11 Pete Dawson 9a Rainshadow, Hubble, La Cabane au Canada, Northern Lights
12 James Pearson 9a Esclatamàsters, Condé de Choc, Ça Chauffe
13 Luke Dawson 9a Rainshadow, Esclatamàsters, El Gran Bellanco
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 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 Alex Waterhouse 9a The Fly
27 Stewart Watson 9a Kein Licht Kein Schatten
28 Kieran Forrest 9a Big Bang
29 Mathew Wright 9a Hubble
30 Felix Wilkins 9a Stevolution
31 James Squire 9a The World is Not Enough
32 Rob Sutton 9a Hunger
33 Arlo Rogers 9a La Cabane au Canada
34 Orrin Coley 9a The Wizard King
35 Chris Smith 9a Der Heilige Gral
36 Pete Robins 8c+ Liquid Ambar, Sea of Tranquility, Megalopa, Diamond Dogs, Dark Energy, The Pink Star
37 Ted Kingsnorth 8c+ Kabaah is Futile, Kaa'bah, Just Do It, Progress, Sabotage
38 Jerry Moffatt 8c+ Liquid Ambar, Progress, Evolution
39 Paul Smitton 8c+ Hooligan, Kaa'bah, Bah Bah Black Sheep
40 Jim Pope 8c+ Kaa'bah, Mr. Hyde, Odin's Eye
41 Nic Sellars 8c+ Progress, Evolution
42 Chris Savage 8c+ Espacio Oceano, Progress
43 Gareth Parry 8c+ Blomu R3, Supersonico
44 Ethan Walker 8c+ Kaa'bah, Evolution
45 Jon Freeman 8c+ Progress, Sabotage
46 Billy Ridal 8c+ Mr. Hyde, La Fabela
47 John Welford 8c+ The Bastard
48 John Dunne 8c+ Total Eclipse
49 Ken Palmer 8c+ Brian
50 Alan Cassidy 8c+ Metalcore
51 Neil Dyer 8c+ Megalopa
52 Ben Davison 8c+ Odin's Eye
53 Tim Palmer 8c+ Progress
54 Oli Grounsell 8c+ Megalopa
55 Ellis Butler-Barker 8c+ Brian
56 Pete Whittaker 8c+ Kaa'bah
57 Tom Newberry 8c+ Spicy Noodle
58 Dawid Skoczylas 8c+ The Wild West
59 Neil Gresham 8c+ Sabotage
60 Haydn Jones 8c+ Kaa'bah
61 Tim Emmett 8c+ Superman
62 Gordon Lennox 8c+ Frankenstein
63 Mike Hart 8c+ Dark Energy
64 Alex Norton 8c+ Persian Dawn
65 Wiz Fineron 8c+ Mr. Hyde
66 Neil Mawson 8c Cry Freedom, Espacío Tiempo, Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North, Mecca Extension, Sex After Climb
67 Matt Cooke 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Something for Nothing, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North, Epic Adventures
68 Mark Leach 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Maginot Line, Make it Funky
69 Tony Mitchell 8c Bat Route, Cry Freedom, True North, All Out
70 Matt Pickles 8c True North, Overjustified, Mecca Extension, Groove Train
71 Ian Vickers 8c True North, All Out, Wonderwall
72 Rupert Davies 8c Make it Funky, Devolution, Seraphim
73 Ben Bransby 8c Make it Funky, The Beast, Full Empire
74 Bob Hickish 8c True North, Endeavour, Mecca Extension
75 Robbie Phillips 8c Espacío Tiempo, Tiger Cat, Haggisaurus Rex
76 James Turnbull 8c Bat Route, Epic Adventures, Raining Bats and Dogs
77 Matt Broadhurst 8c Nordic Plumber, Troll Hammer, Mecca Extension
78 Louis Lancaster 8c Bat Route, Cry Freedom, All Out
79 Alex Hall 8c Directa Cornualles, Directa Jabalí, The Beast
80 Chris Cubitt 8c Mecca Extension, True North
81 Richard Waterton 8c True North, Raining Bats and Dogs
82 Ed Hamer 8c Tiger Cat, Welcome to Tijuana
83 Dave McLoughlin 8c Devolution into Waddage, Hajj
84 Adam Jeeworth 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs
85 Neil Dickson 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
86 Jerome Mowat 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
87 John Thornton 8c Groovyfied, Bat Route
88 Nathan Lee 8c Mecca Extension, Fish Eye
89 Jamie Rankin 8c Ali Bomaye, Fallingwater
90 Dave Loh 8c Qoussai les Maux de la Fin, Spanish Caravan
91 Finn Hayward 8c Mind Control, Fish Eye
92 Mark Edwards 8c Nuts Are Not the Only Fruit
93 Mark Pretty 8c Make it Funky
94 Drew Haigh 8c Cry Freedom
95 Dave Redpath 8c Devastation Generation
96 Jon Clark 8c Mecca Extension
97 Paul Reeve 8c Cry Freedom
98 Matt Donnelly 8c Mecca Extension
99 Aidan Roberts 8c Freakshow
100 Ian Cooper 8c The Death Star
101 Yann Genoux 8c Mecca Extension
102 Eddie Barbour 8c China Beach
103 Alexis Perry 8c The Death Star
104 Chris Doyle 8c The Holy Grail
105 Nic Duboust 8c Bat Route
106 Eli Hardie Howes 8c Florida
107 Jacob Cook 8c Revival
108 Ollie Torr 8c Mecca Extension
109 Al Wilson 8c Cry Freedom
110 Ben Freeman 8c Aladdin
111 Edd Mowbray 8c Mecca Extension
112 Ally Smith 8c The Pirate
113 Sam Williams 8c Bat Route
114 Jim Hulbert 8c Bat Route
115 Cailean Harker 8c The Death Star
116 James Ibbertson 8c Bat Route
117 Oliver Hill 8c Mecca Extension
118 Ben Preston 8c Mecca Extension
119 Tom Frost 8c Bat Route
120 Kevin Avery 8c La Bénédiction
121 Freddy Mead 8c Fallingwater
122 Svana Bjarnason 8c Mind Control
123 Josh Rundle 8c Fallingwater
124 Jacob Amos 8c Mecca Extension
125 Sam Clarke 8c Tsunami
126 Dave Barrans 8c Muy Verdes
127 John Hartley 8c Aladdin
128 Lewis Roy 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
129 Rhys Langlands 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
130 Rhys Conlon 8c La Fabelita
131 Ian MacDonald 8c T1 Full Equip
132 Max Milne 8c Dracula True Finish
133 Char Williams 8c Mecca Extension
134 Will Kelsall 8c Bat Route
135 John Maskell 8c Fish Eye
136 Robin Barker 8c Make it Funky
137 Richard Heap 8c Make it Funky
138 Adam Harrison 8c Bat Route
139 Adrian Baxter 8c Kalandraka
140 Sam Whittaker 8c Bat Route
141 Rob Napier 8c Bat Route
142 Adam Jeffs 8c Cry Freedom
143 Mike Grey 8c True North
144 Charlie Woodburn 8c Bat Route