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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141 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
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 Will Smith 9a Era Vella, Estado Crítico, Perfecto Passat Extension, Víctimas Pérez
10 Pete Dawson 9a Rainshadow, Hubble, La Cabane au Canada, Northern Lights
11 Toby Roberts 9a Rainshadow, Batman, Hubble, Stevolution
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 John Dunne 9a Total Eclipse
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 Arlo Rogers 9a La Cabane au Canada
35 Orrin Coley 9a The Wizard King
36 Chris Smith 9a Der Heilige Gral
37 Pete Robins 8c+ Liquid Ambar, Megalopa, Diamond Dogs, Dark Energy, The Pink Star, Sea of Tranquility
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 John Welford 8c+ The Bastard
48 Ken Palmer 8c+ Brian
49 Alan Cassidy 8c+ Metalcore
50 Neil Dyer 8c+ Megalopa
51 Ben Davison 8c+ Odin's Eye
52 Tim Palmer 8c+ Progress
53 Oli Grounsell 8c+ Megalopa
54 Ellis Butler-Barker 8c+ Brian
55 Pete Whittaker 8c+ Kaa'bah
56 Tom Newberry 8c+ Spicy Noodle
57 Dawid Skoczylas 8c+ The Wild West
58 Neil Gresham 8c+ Sabotage
59 Haydn Jones 8c+ Kaa'bah
60 Tim Emmett 8c+ Superman
61 Billy Ridal 8c+ Mr. Hyde
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 Matt Pickles 8c True North, Overjustified, Mecca Extension, Groove Train
70 Ian Vickers 8c True North, All Out, Wonderwall
71 Rupert Davies 8c Make it Funky, Devolution, Seraphim
72 Ben Bransby 8c Make it Funky, The Beast, Full Empire
73 Bob Hickish 8c True North, Endeavour, Mecca Extension
74 Robbie Phillips 8c Tiger Cat, Haggisaurus Rex, Especio Tempo
75 James Turnbull 8c Bat Route, Epic Adventures, Raining Bats and Dogs
76 Matt Broadhurst 8c Nordic Plumber, Troll Hammer, Mecca Extension
77 Louis Lancaster 8c Bat Route, Cry Freedom, All Out
78 Alex Hall 8c Directa Cornualles, Directa Jabalí, The Beast
79 Tony Mitchell 8c Bat Route, True North
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 Jerome Mowat 8c Cry Freedom, Bat Route
86 Nathan Lee 8c Mecca Extension, Fish Eye
87 Jamie Rankin 8c Ali Bomaye, Fallingwater
88 Dave Loh 8c Qoussai les Maux de la Fin, Spanish Caravan
89 Finn Hayward 8c Mind Control, Fish Eye
90 Mark Edwards 8c Nuts Are Not the Only Fruit
91 Mark Pretty 8c Make it Funky
92 Drew Haigh 8c Cry Freedom
93 Dave Redpath 8c Devastation Generation
94 Jon Clark 8c Mecca Extension
95 Paul Reeve 8c Cry Freedom
96 Matt Donnelly 8c Mecca Extension
97 Aidan Roberts 8c Freakshow
98 Ian Cooper 8c The Death Star
99 Yann Genoux 8c Mecca Extension
100 Eddie Barbour 8c China Beach
101 Alexis Perry 8c The Death Star
102 Chris Doyle 8c The Holy Grail
103 Nic Duboust 8c Bat Route
104 Ally Coull 8c Magnum Opus
105 Eli Hardie Howes 8c Florida
106 Jacob Cook 8c Revival
107 Ed Mowbray 8c Mecca Extension
108 Al Wilson 8c Cry Freedom
109 Ollie Torr 8c Mecca Extension
110 Ben Freeman 8c Aladdin
111 Ally Smith 8c The Pirate
112 Sam Williams 8c Bat Route
113 John Thornton 8c Groovyfied
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 John Maskell 8c Fish Eye
129 Mike Grey 8c True North
130 Charlie Woodburn 8c Bat Route
131 Ian MacDonald 8c T1 Full Equip
132 Adam Jeffs 8c Cry Freedom
133 Max Milne 8c Dracula True Finish
134 Char Williams 8c Mecca Extension
135 Adam Harrison 8c Bat Route
136 Sam Whittaker 8c Bat Route
137 Rob Napier 8c Bat Route
138 Will Kelsall 8c Bat Route
139 Adrian Baxter 8c Kalandraka
140 Robin Barker 8c Make it Funky
141 Richard Heap 8c Make it Funky