Strong British Male Boulderers

The best British male boulderers.

This list aims to list any male British boulderer who has climbed 8B 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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175 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 Will Bosi 9A Alphane, Burden of Dreams, Return of the Sleepwalker, Spots of Time
2 Aidan Roberts 9A Alphane, Spots of Time, Arrival of the Birds
3 Solly Kemball-Dorey 8C+ Isles of Wonder SDS
4 Toby Saxton 8C Babylon, Golden Daze, Monkey Wedding, The Finnish Line, Arzak, Iechyd da
5 James Squire 8C The World is Yours, Spray of Light, Ambition, Paradise Found
6 Ned Feehally 8C The Big Island, Sine Language, Serenata
7 Eliot Stephens 8C Arzak, From Dirt Grows the Flowers, The Origin SDS
8 Nathan Phillips 8C Juneru, Trance, Beautiful Mind
9 Mike Adams 8C Serenata, Serenataon
10 Sam Blackwell 8C World at War, Paradise Found
11 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours, World at War
12 Tim Clifford 8C The Singularity
13 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete Assis (Pre December 2013)
14 Dawid Skoczylas 8C Serenata
15 Mathew Wright 8C Serenata
16 James Pearson 8C Juneru
17 Orrin Coley 8C Ultra Instinct
18 Leo Skinner 8C Paradise Found
19 Sam Prior 8C Serenata
20 Ben Bransby 8C Big Leviathan Extended (Sans Resin)
21 Max Milne 8C Forgotten Gem
22 Dave MacLeod 8B+ Big Long Now, Seven of Nine, New Base Line, Mystic Stylez, Natural Method, Practice of the Wild, Lithium, Gut Buster, Below Zero, Bultitude, Catalan Witness the Fitness, From Shallow Water to Riverbed
23 Dan Varian 8B+ Serendipity, Little Women, The Rail, Star Power, L'Alchemiste, Bombadil, The Magna Strata, Weeping Arete, Crescendo, La Ligne De Bête, Bewilderness
24 Billy Ridal 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2), Superman SDS, The Boss, From Shallow Water to Riverbed, Power of Now, The Book Club, Trust Issues, Get Railed
25 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops Assis, From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, The Boss, Black Eagle
26 James Noble 8B+ Serenade, Golden Shadow, Jour de Chasse, Bordello SDS, The Boss, Last Wave Goodbye
27 Dan Turner 8B+ Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
28 Malcolm Smith 8B+ Leviathan, Monk Life, Pilgrimage, Dreamtime (pre break), Gut Buster
29 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink
30 Pete Dawson 8B+ Pilgrimage, Superman SDS, Bewilderness, Weeding the Lip
31 Alex Barrows 8B+ Pilgrimage, Mortal Immortal, Belly Full of Nachos
32 Mike Hart 8B+ Pilgrimage, Loucifer, Louis Cut
33 Hamish Potokar 8B+ Spaceship, Fotofobia SDS, El Elegido
34 Ben Moon 8B+ Superman SDS, Voyager SDS
35 Sam Davenhall 8B+ Kaizen, At the Heart of It All
36 Tom Peckitt 8B+ Amandla, Memento
37 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal
38 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
39 Joe Lawson 8B+ Tomahawk, Mortal Immortal
40 Rhys Langlands 8B+ Below Zero, Off the Wagon
41 Hamish McArthur 8B+ Gran Paradiso, North Ridge
42 Elliot Verry 8B+ Hatch Armstrong, Power of Now
43 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
44 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
45 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
46 Tim Palmer 8B+ The Mandala SDS
47 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
48 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
49 Tom Newman 8B+ Serendipity
50 Ben Freeman 8B+ Monk Life
51 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
52 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
53 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
54 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
55 Jim Pope 8B+ The Boss
56 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
57 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
58 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
59 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
60 Felix Wilkins 8B+ Weeding the Lip
61 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
62 Ben Preston 8B+ Gecko Assis
63 Eli Cartwright 8B+ Bewilderness
64 Tim Blake 8B+ Star Power
65 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
66 Leven Rowan 8B+ Pool of Bethesda (Skindog Start)
67 Flinn Mcinerney 8B+ Impropa Sit Propera
68 Alex Moore 8B+ The Boss
69 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko Assis
70 Steve Dunning 8B+ Dreamtime (pre break)
71 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
72 Matt Birch 8B+ The Mandala SDS
73 Dave Jones 8B+ Warpath
74 Chris Marley 8B+ Moonstruck
75 Chris Davies 8B East Coker, A Life Aesthetic, The Power of Goodbye, My Own Private Idaho, Compact Culture, The Neon Handshake
76 Adam Smith 8B Combination, The Vault, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous
77 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
78 Danny Cattell 8B Louis Armstrong, Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
79 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Hourglass, The Ace, Louis Armstrong
80 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Voyager
81 Jonny Argue 8B Louis Armstrong, Fat Lip, Voyager
82 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
83 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
84 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman, The Vault
85 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
86 Jamie Rankin 8B The Vault, Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods
87 Jacob Handyside 8B The Riverbed, Riders on the Storm, Charity Bouldern
88 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
89 Steve McClure 8B Close of Business, Fat Lip
90 Keith Bradbury 8B La Danse des Balrogs, Ammagamma
91 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
92 Ethan Walker 8B Belly of the Beast, Dandelion Mind
93 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
94 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, The Vault
95 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
96 Lewis Roy 8B Sanction, Supersize Me
97 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
98 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
99 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction
100 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
101 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated
102 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start
103 Matt Helliker 8B The Vault, Combination
104 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
105 Arlo Rogers 8B Distortion, Weapons Cache
106 Rhys Conlon 8B The Vault, Le Dernier Atrocity
107 Luca Martins 8B The Ace, Kick Me Up
108 Gus Turner 8B Flip Flopera, Cypher
109 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
110 Luke Fletcher 8B Dead and Bloated, Mr. Spantastic
111 Wiz Fineron 8B The Vice, The Riverbed
112 Ben West 8B Mooiste Meisie, Steppenwolf
113 Liam Desroy 8B Vecchio Leone, The Riverbed
114 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
115 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
116 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
117 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul
118 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
119 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
120 Ed Hamer 8B Louis Armstrong
121 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
122 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
123 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
124 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
125 James Thornton 8B The Ace
126 Richard Hession 8B Louis Armstrong
127 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
128 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
129 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
130 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
131 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
132 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed
133 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
134 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk
135 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
136 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
137 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
138 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
139 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
140 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
141 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
142 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
143 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
144 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
145 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
146 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
147 Jon Freeman 8B Steppenwolf
148 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
149 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
150 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
151 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
152 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
153 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
154 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
155 Kyle Whitehand 8B The Vault
156 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails
157 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
158 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
159 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
160 Harry Constantine 8B Superman
161 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip
162 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
163 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
164 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
165 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
166 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
167 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
168 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
169 Will Atkinson 8B One Step Beyond
170 Louis Parkinson 8B The Riverbed
171 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
172 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
173 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray
174 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
175 John Welford 8B Superman