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