Timeline of Hard Trad Ascents by British People

A list of first ascents of trad routes that are E9 or harder by Brits, sorted by date.

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140 entries on the list.

Ascent Date Climb Grade First Ascent Climber
1 6th Aug 1802 Broad Stand D ✓ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2 10th Jun 1950 Corvus D ✓ Bentley Beetham
3 Jul 1970 Longhope Route Direct E9 ✓ Ed Drummond
4 Jul 1970 Longhope Route Direct E9 ✓ Oliver Hill
5 4th Oct 1986 Indian Face E9 ✓ Johnny Dawes
6 2nd Mar 1988 Knockin' on Heaven's Door E9 ✓ Andy Pollitt
7 Jun 1989 Face Mecca E9 ✓ Nick Dixon
8 19th Sep 1989 Parthian Shot (Pre 2011 Break) E9 ✓ John Dunne
9 8th May 1991 Captain Invincible E9 ✓ Sean Myles
10 1992 If 6 was 9 E9 ✓ Dave Birkett
11 1994 Transcendence E9 ✓ Malcolm Smith
12 1994 Sans Liberté E9 ✓ Stevie Haston
13 1994 Question Mark E9 ✓ Mark Edwards
14 Sep 1994 Divided Years E9 ✓ John Dunne
15 May 1996 The Big Issue E9 ✓ John Dunne
16 1997 Savage Earth E9 ✓ John Dunne
17 24th May 1997 Gribin Wall Climb E9 ✓ Nick Dixon
18 23rd Jul 1997 Mission Impossible E9 ✓ Neil Carson
19 Aug 1997 Rare Lichen E9 ✓ Leo Houlding
20 25th Oct 1997 Meshuga E9 ✓ Seb Grieve
21 1998 Widdop Wall E9 ✓ John Dunne
22 1998 The Zone E9 ✓ John Arran
23 Aug 1998 The Human Skewer E9 ✓ Mark Edwards
24 1999 Rewind E9 ✓ Mark Edwards
25 1999 Savage Horse E9 ✓ Leo Houlding
26 Jun 1999 Trauma E9 ✓ Leo Houlding
27 24th Feb 2000 Equilibrium E10 ✓ Neil Bentley
28 26th Jun 2000 Breathless E9 ✓ John Dunne
29 27th Jul 2000 Talbot Horizon E9 ✓ Dave Birkett
30 Nov 2000 Harder Faster E9 ✓ Charlie Woodburn
31 2001 Doctor Dolittle E10 ✓ John Arran
32 31st Jan 2001 Blind Vision E9 ✓ Adrian Berry
33 9th Oct 2001 Achemine E9 ✓ Dave MacLeod
34 24th Jan 2002 Oz Bound E9 ✓ Ben Heason
35 19th Apr 2002 Welcome to the Cruel World E9 ✓ Dave Birkett
36 Aug 2002 Mark of My Beast E9 ✓ Mark Edwards
37 16th Oct 2002 The Fugue E9 ✓ Dave MacLeod
38 16th Dec 2002 Hold Fast E9 ✓ Dave MacLeod
39 Oct 2003 The Dark Side E9 ✓ Andy Earl
40 26th Oct 2003 Appointment with Death E9 ✓ Sam Whittaker
41 29th Dec 2003 Lonely Heart E9 ✓ Ben Heason
42 9th Apr 2006 Rhapsody E11 ✓ Dave MacLeod
43 3rd Jun 2006 Return of the King E9 ✓ Dave Birkett
44 Aug 2006 Adrenaline Tide E9 ✓ Mark Edwards
45 4th Apr 2007 Spinal Crack E9 ✓ Jack Geldard
46 Jul 2007 Wall of Attrition E9 ✓ Mark Edwards
47 20th Jul 2007 Hasty Sin Oot Ert Hoonds? E9 ✓ Dave Birkett
48 24th Jul 2007 To Hell and Back E10 ✓ Dave MacLeod
49 Aug 2007 The Human Skewer Direct E10 ✓ Mark Edwards
50 Sep 2007 Quetzalcoatl E9 ✓ Neil Dickson
51 2008 The Groove E9 ✓ James Pearson
52 2008 French Duke E9 ✓ Jordan Buys
53 14th Mar 2008 Dynamics of Change E9 ✓ Pete Whittaker
54 15th Jun 2008 Fearless E9 ✓ Neil Gresham
55 28th Jul 2008 Echo Wall E10 ✓ Dave MacLeod
56 29th Sep 2008 The Walk of Life E9 ✓ James Pearson
57 10th Jan 2009 Gerty Berwick E9 ✓ Ryan Pasquill
58 Jul 2009 A Thousand Setting Suns E9 ✓ Nick Dixon
59 11th Jul 2009 Present Tense E9 ✓ Dave MacLeod
60 26th Sep 2009 Dangermouse E9 ✓ Miles Gibson
61 6th Jun 2010 Muy Caliente! E9 ✓ Tim Emmett
62 28th Aug 2010 The Usual Suspects E9 ✓ Dave MacLeod
63 28th Aug 2010 The Usual Suspects E9 ✓ Tim Emmett
64 Between 22nd Oct 2010 and 27th Oct 2010 The Prophet E9 ✓ Leo Houlding
65 31st Oct 2010 Die by the Drop E10 ✓ Dave MacLeod
66 Nov 2010 Once Upon a Time in the Southwest E9 ✓ Dave Birkett
67 14th May 2011 The Rathlin Effect E9 ✓ Ricky Bell
68 21st Jun 2011 Longhope Route Direct E9 ✓ Dave MacLeod
69 Nov 2011 Century Crack E10 ✓ Pete Whittaker
70 Nov 2011 Century Crack E10 ✓ Tom Randall
71 2012 Something's Burning E9 ✓ Charlie Woodburn
72 4th Mar 2013 Baron Greenback E9 ✓ Pete Whittaker
73 Jun 2013 Hold Fast, Hold True E10 ✓ Julian Lines
74 1st Aug 2013 Psykovsky's Sequins E9 ✓ Franco Cookson
75 20th Sep 2013 Unknown Stones E9 ✓ Nathan Lee
76 Nov 2013 Parthian Shot E10 ✓ Ben Bransby
77 8th Dec 2013 Sleepy Hollow E10 ✓ Pete Whittaker
78 2014 The Pura Pura E10 ✓ Tom Randall
79 8th Mar 2014 The Lizard King E9 ✓ Jacob Cook
80 16th Mar 2014 Pure Now E9 ✓ Tom Randall
81 31st Mar 2014 The Bigger Baron E10 ✓ Pete Whittaker
82 15th Aug 2014 Dina Crac E9 ✓ Tom Randall
83 21st Sep 2014 Choronzon E10 ✓ Neil Mawson
84 2015 Bonanno Pisano E9 ✓ James Pearson
85 30th May 2015 Divine Moments of Truth E9 ✓ Franco Cookson
86 14th Jun 2015 Long Runs the Fox E9 ✓ Ricky Bell
87 Sep 2015 The Final Round E9 ✓ Tom Randall
88 6th Mar 2016 Exclamation Mark E9 ✓ Alexis Perry
89 Apr 2016 House of Talons E9 ✓ James McHaffie
90 8th Apr 2016 Perfect Vacuum E9 ✓ Tim Rankin
91 10th Apr 2016 MYXOMOP E9 ✓ Franco Cookson
92 May 2016 Dark Religion E9 ✓ James McHaffie
93 5th Aug 2016 Magrathea E9 ✓ Julian Lines
94 2017 Power Ranger E11 ✓ James Pearson
95 2017 Le Voyage E10 ✓ James Pearson
96 9th Apr 2017 Nothing Lasts E11 ✓ Franco Cookson
97 May 2017 Moonrise Kingdom E9 ✓ Dan Varian
98 May 2017 Moonrise Kingdom E9 ✓ James McHaffie
99 29th Aug 2017 The Aghori E9 ✓ Franco Cookson
100 Jun 2018 Blood Eagle E9 ✓ Adam Hocking
101 Apr 2019 Black Mamba E9 ✓ Pete Whittaker
102 Apr 2019 Black Mamba E9 ✓ Tom Randall
103 27th May 2019 GreatNess Wall E10 ✓ Steve McClure
104 14th Jun 2019 The Golden Road E9 ✓ Dave MacLeod
105 Aug 2019 Crown Duel E10 ✓ Pete Whittaker
106 Oct 2019 Mind Riot E10 ✓ Dave MacLeod
107 Sep 2020 Final Score E10 ✓ Neil Gresham
108 17th Apr 2021 Immortal E11 ✓ Franco Cookson
109 28th May 2021 Hard Cheese E10 ✓ Craig Matheson
110 8th Jun 2021 Prisoners of the Sun E9 ✓ James Taylor
111 Sep 2021 Mnemosyne E9 ✓ Dave MacLeod
112 4th Sep 2021 Lexicon E11 ✓ Neil Gresham
113 4th Sep 2021 The Inevitable End E9 ✓ Andy Marshall
114 5th Oct 2021 What We Do in the Shadows E10 ✓ Robbie Phillips
115 Nov 2021 The Great Rift E10 ✓ Tom Randall
116 Nov 2021 The Great Rift E10 ✓ Pete Whittaker
117 6th Mar 2022 Commitment Issues E9 ✓ James Squire
118 8th Apr 2022 The Sandman E10 ✓ Franco Cookson
119 28th Apr 2022 Heart And Soul E9 ✓ Tom Pearce
120 1st Jun 2022 Crac Yr Meistri E9 ✓ James McHaffie
121 Between 1st Jan 2023 and 9th Feb 2023 Bon Voyage E12 ✓ James Pearson
122 17th Feb 2023 Coldfinger E10 ✓ Gordon Lennox
123 May 2023 Valinor E9 ✓ Robbie Phillips
124 5th May 2023 Out for Blood E9 ✓ Dave MacLeod
125 7th May 2023 Olwen E9 ✓ James Taylor
126 Jul 2023 Magical Thinking E10 ✓ Mathew Wright
127 Jul 2023 Anapanasati E9 ✓ Matt Helliker
128 Aug 2023 Eigerdosis E10 ✓ Pete Whittaker
129 18th Aug 2023 Black Thistle E10 ✓ Mathew Wright
130 Between 23rd Sep 2023 and 28th Sep 2023 Crown Royale E11 ✓ Pete Whittaker
131 Jun 2024 Race E9 ✓ Matt Helliker
132 12th Jun 2024 Polar Front E9 ✓ Jim Pope
133 Sep 2024 Patresence E9 ✓ Angus Kille
134 Sep 2024 Yma O Hyd E10 ✓ James McHaffie
135 23rd Sep 2024 Autobahn E10 ✓ Tom Randall
136 21st Jan 2025 One Inch Punch E9 ✓ Mathew Wright
137 Between 1st Mar 2025 and 26th Mar 2025 Neanderthal E9 ✓ Calum Muskett
138 2nd Apr 2025 Away With the Faeries E9 ✓ Robbie Phillips
139 May 2025 The Unseen Kingdom E9 ✓ Mike Adams
140 Chicama E9 ✓ Tim Emmett