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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147 entries on the list.

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