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.
|
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
|