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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158 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 Arlo Rogers 9a La Cabane au Canada, Estado Crítico, Selecció Natural, Direct Into Your Fabelita
14 James Pearson 9a Esclatamàsters, Condé de Choc, Ça Chauffe
15 Ben Moon 9a Hubble, Rainshadow
16 Malcolm Smith 9a Hubble, Hunger
17 Stevie Haston 9a Descente Lolita, Hugh
18 James McHaffie 9a Big Bang, The Meltdown
19 Dave MacLeod 9a Fight the Feeling, Hunger
20 Hamish McArthur 9a Jungle Speed, Hunger
21 Angus Kille 9a Esclatamàsters, The Meltdown
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 Tim Emmett 9a Era Vella
39 Sam Butterworth 9a Wild West
40 Pete Robins 8c+ Liquid Ambar, Sea of Tranquility, Megalopa, Diamond Dogs, Dark Energy, The Pink Star
41 Ted Kingsnorth 8c+ Kabaah is Futile, Kaa'bah, Just Do It, Progress, Sabotage
42 Jerry Moffatt 8c+ Liquid Ambar, Progress, Evolution
43 Paul Smitton 8c+ Hooligan, Kaa'bah, Bah Bah Black Sheep
44 Jim Pope 8c+ Kaa'bah, Mr. Hyde, Odin's Eye
45 Nic Sellars 8c+ Progress, Evolution
46 Chris Savage 8c+ Espacio Oceano, Progress
47 Gareth Parry 8c+ Blomu R3, Supersónico
48 Ethan Walker 8c+ Kaa'bah, Evolution
49 Jon Freeman 8c+ Progress, Sabotage
50 Haydn Jones 8c+ Kaa'bah, Ice King
51 Billy Ridal 8c+ Mr. Hyde, La Fabela
52 John Welford 8c+ The Bastard
53 John Dunne 8c+ Total Eclipse
54 Ken Palmer 8c+ Brian
55 Alan Cassidy 8c+ Metalcore
56 Neil Dyer 8c+ Megalopa
57 Ben Davison 8c+ Odin's Eye
58 Tim Palmer 8c+ Progress
59 Wiz Fineron 8c+ Mr. Hyde
60 Oli Grounsell 8c+ Megalopa
61 Ellis Butler-Barker 8c+ Brian
62 Pete Whittaker 8c+ Kaa'bah
63 Tom Newberry 8c+ Spicy Noodle
64 Dawid Skoczylas 8c+ The Wild West
65 Neil Gresham 8c+ Sabotage
66 Jack Palmieri 8c+ A Familiar Atrocity
67 Gordon Lennox 8c+ Frankenstein
68 Mike Hart 8c+ Dark Energy
69 Robbie Phillips 8c+ L'Odi Social
70 Louis Jones 8c+ King of Thieves
71 Louis Lancaster 8c+ Progress
72 John Hartley 8c+ King of Thieves
73 Alex Hall 8c+ Progress
74 John Thornton 8c+ Gimmel Express
75 Neil Mawson 8c Cry Freedom, Espacío Tiempo, Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North, Mecca Extension, Sex After Climb
76 Matt Cooke 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Something for Nothing, Raining Bats and Dogs, True North
77 Mark Leach 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route, Maginot Line, Make it Funky
78 Tony Mitchell 8c Bat Route, Cry Freedom, True North, All Out
79 Matt Pickles 8c True North, Overjustified, Mecca Extension, Groove Train
80 Matt Broadhurst 8c Nordic Plumber, Troll Hammer, Mecca Extension, Muy Verdes
81 Ian Vickers 8c True North, All Out, Wonderwall
82 Rupert Davies 8c Make it Funky, Devolution, Seraphim
83 Ben Bransby 8c Make it Funky, The Beast, Full Empire
84 Bob Hickish 8c True North, Endeavour, Mecca Extension
85 Chris Cubitt 8c Mecca Extension, True North
86 Richard Waterton 8c True North, Raining Bats and Dogs
87 Ed Hamer 8c Tiger Cat, Welcome to Tijuana
88 Dave McLoughlin 8c Devolution into Waddage, Hajj
89 Adam Jeeworth 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs
90 Yann Genoux 8c Mecca Extension, Hanuman Extension
91 Neil Dickson 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
92 James Turnbull 8c Bat Route, Raining Bats and Dogs
93 Jerome Mowat 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
94 Finn Hayward 8c Mind Control, Fish Eye
95 Cailean Harker 8c The Death Star, Melltith
96 Nathan Lee 8c Mecca Extension, Fish Eye
97 Rhys Conlon 8c Aitzol, La Fabelita
98 Jamie Rankin 8c Ali Bomaye, Fallingwater
99 Dave Loh 8c Qoussai les Maux de la Fin, Spanish Caravan
100 Jacob Amos 8c Mecca Extension, Father and Son
101 Daniel Smith 8c No Remorse, Core Pain
102 James Taylor 8c The Beast, Diamond in the Ruff
103 Mark Edwards 8c Nuts Are Not the Only Fruit
104 Mark Pretty 8c Make it Funky
105 Drew Haigh 8c Cry Freedom
106 Dave Redpath 8c Devastation Generation
107 Jon Clark 8c Mecca Extension
108 Sam Whittaker 8c Bat Route
109 Matt Donnelly 8c Mecca Extension
110 Paul Reeve 8c Cry Freedom
111 Aidan Roberts 8c Freakshow
112 Ian Cooper 8c The Death Star
113 Eddie Barbour 8c China Beach
114 Alexis Perry 8c The Death Star
115 Chris Doyle 8c The Holy Grail
116 Nic Duboust 8c Bat Route
117 Sam Elias 8c American Hustle
118 Eli Hardie Howes 8c Florida
119 Jacob Cook 8c Revival
120 Al Wilson 8c Cry Freedom
121 Ollie Torr 8c Mecca Extension
122 Edd Mowbray 8c Mecca Extension
123 Ben Freeman 8c Aladdin
124 Ally Smith 8c The Pirate
125 Sam Williams 8c Bat Route
126 Jim Hulbert 8c Bat Route
127 James Ibbertson 8c Bat Route
128 Oliver Hill 8c Mecca Extension
129 Ben Preston 8c Mecca Extension
130 Tom Frost 8c Bat Route
131 Kevin Avery 8c La Bénédiction
132 Freddy Mead 8c Fallingwater
133 Josh Rundle 8c Fallingwater
134 Alex Oates 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
135 Sam Clarke 8c Tsunami
136 Dave Barrans 8c Muy Verdes
137 Lewis Roy 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
138 Rhys Langlands 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
139 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
140 Alex Moore 8c Bat Route
141 Max Rose 8c Aladdin
142 Finn Kerswell 8c Ali Bomaye
143 Leven Rowan 8c La Pequeña Mowgli
144 Dale Comley 8c Stay as You Are
145 Tom Livingstone 8c Max Power
146 Will Kelsall 8c Bat Route
147 Mike Grey 8c True North
148 Charlie Woodburn 8c Bat Route
149 Rich Heap 8c Make it Funky
150 Char Williams 8c Mecca Extension
151 Ian MacDonald 8c T1 Full Equip
152 Adam Jeffs 8c Cry Freedom
153 Adrian Baxter 8c Kalandraka
154 Adam Harrison 8c Bat Route
155 Robin Barker 8c Make it Funky
156 Rob Napier 8c Bat Route
157 Max Milne 8c Dracula True Finish
158 John Maskell 8c Fish Eye