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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223 entries on the list.

# ClimberGradeClimbs
1 Will Bosi 9A Alphane, Burden of Dreams, Return of the Sleepwalker, Spots of Time, Realm of Tor’ment
2 Aidan Roberts 9A Alphane, Spots of Time, Arrival of the Birds
3 Hamish McArthur 9A Megatron, No One Mourns the Wicked
4 Solly Kemball-Dorey 8C+ Isles of Wonder SDS, The Trident
5 Nathan Phillips 8C+ Deep Fake
6 Eliot Stephens 8C Arzak, From Dirt Grows the Flowers, The Origin SDS, Dreamtime, Zircon, The Malleus Maleficarum
7 Toby Saxton 8C Babylon, Monkey Wedding, The Finnish Line, Arzak, Iechyd da
8 Ned Feehally 8C The Big Island, The Last Anasazi, Sine Language, Underwave, Serenata
9 James Squire 8C The World is Yours, Spray of Light, Ambition, Paradise Found
10 Sam Prior 8C Serenata, Trance, Underwave
11 Mike Adams 8C Serenata, Serenataon
12 James Pearson 8C Juneru, Mystic River
13 Sam Blackwell 8C Paradise Found, Trance
14 Leo Skinner 8C Paradise Found, Trance
15 Tim Clifford 8C The Singularity
16 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete (assis, pre-December 2013)
17 Dawid Skoczylas 8C Serenata
18 Mathew Wright 8C Serenata
19 Orrin Coley 8C Ultra Instinct
20 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours
21 Ben Bransby 8C Big Leviathan Extended (Sans Resin)
22 Alex Barrows 8C Pretence of Youth
23 Max Milne 8C Forgotten Gem
24 Billy Ridal 8C The Big Island
25 Pete Dawson 8C Trance
26 Eli Cartwright 8C Trance
27 Matthew Mendes 8C Trance
28 Dan Varian 8B+ Serendipity, Little Women, Dandelion Mind, Bewilderness, The Rail, Star Power, L'Alchimiste, La Ligne de Bête, Bombadil, Crescendo, Lower Limbs, The Magna Strata, Weeping Arete, Forgotten Lands, Reality Drift, The Seam Engine, Truffles on Bicycles
29 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink, Little Women, Megalodon, Louis Cut, Dernier Uppercut, Bewilderness, Leftovers, Hatch Armstrong, The Last Armstrong, Loucifer, Cut Through Hell Extension
30 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, From Shallow Water to Riverbed, Catalan Witness the Fitness
31 Dan Turner 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
32 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops (assis), From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, Black Eagle
33 Tim Blake 8B+ Star Power, Orlok, Crescendo, Monk Life, Copperline, Reality Drift
34 James Noble 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Serenade, Golden Shadow, Bordello SDS, Bone Machine into Hats for Weasels via Rubble Rouser
35 Malcolm Smith 8B+ Monk Life, Pilgrimage, Dreamtime (pre break), Gut Buster
36 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal, Dandelion Mind, Fleeting Youth
37 Tom Newman 8B+ Fire in the Rain, Dandelion Mind, Serendipity
38 Mike Hart 8B+ Pilgrimage, Loucifer, Louis Cut
39 Hamish Potokar 8B+ Spaceship, Fotofobia SDS, El Elegido
40 Joe Lawson 8B+ Tomahawk, Mortal Immortal, Fleeting Youth
41 Rhys Langlands 8B+ Below Zero, Off the Wagon, Bultitude
42 Ben Moon 8B+ Superman SDS, Voyager SDS
43 Steve Dunning 8B+ Ullola, Dreamtime (pre break)
44 Sam Davenhall 8B+ Kaizen, At the Heart of It All
45 Dave Jones 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Warpath
46 Ben Freeman 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Monk Life
47 Tom Peckitt 8B+ Amandla, Memento
48 Alex Waterhouse 8B+ New Base Line, The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
49 Felix Wilkins 8B+ Weeding the Lip, Dandelion Mind
50 Ben Preston 8B+ Gecko (assis), The Origin
51 Elliot Verry 8B+ Hatch Armstrong, Power of Now
52 Flinn Mcinerney 8B+ Impropa Sit Propera, Sit Propera
53 Dylan Soin 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Pilgrimage
54 Gus Turner 8B+ Tomahawk, Ullola
55 Andy Earl 8B+ Monk Life
56 Neil Dyer 8B+ Silk Cut
57 Stewart Watson 8B+ Memento
58 Dave Barrans 8B+ Gecko (assis)
59 Simon Newstead 8B+ The Island
60 Joe Wilson 8B+ Blood Sport LH
61 Ethan Walker 8B+ Dandelion Mind
62 Will Smith 8B+ Weeding the Lip
63 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
64 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
65 Kieran Forrest 8B+ Pilgrimage
66 Phil Rose 8B+ Spaceship
67 Rajendra Pun 8B+ Spaceship
68 Buster Martin 8B+ The Never Ending Story (Part 1+2)
69 Luke Dawson 8B+ Tigris SDS
70 Tom Bolger 8B+ Mr. Potatoe
71 Ben Smart 8B+ Arrival Fallacy
72 Jim Pope 8B+ Kindred
73 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
74 Leven Rowan 8B+ Pool of Bethesda (Skindog Start)
75 Alex Moore 8B+ Smiling Buttress
76 Luca Martins 8B+ Bewilderness
77 Lewis Roy 8B+ Bultitude
78 Tom Williams 8B+ Húsafell
79 John Schindler 8B+ Blood Sport LH
80 Spike Fullwood 8B+ Bewilderness
81 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
82 Harry Constantine 8B Superman, Rhythm, Patina Turner, Outliers, Cherry Falls Sit, Flip Flopera, Hard Times, Final Flip Flopera
83 Adam Smith 8B Combination, After Ava Arrives, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous, Magic in the Woods, Crown Worthay
84 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Yes We Can, Rhythm, Voyager, River Runs Dry
85 Chris Davies 8B The Neon Handshake, East Coker, Compact Culture, The Power of Goodbye, A Life Aesthetic, My Own Private Idaho
86 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start, Meadowlark Lemon, After Ava Arrives, Kubalik
87 Sam Doyle 8B Steppenwolf, Nine Pinch Nails, Wedgie Wall, Ramped Up, Isles of Wonder
88 Jamie Rankin 8B Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods, Combination, The Winner Takes It All, Crown Worthay
89 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
90 Matt Birch 8B Slashface, The Swarm, High Fidelity, The Mandala SDS
91 Keith Bradbury 8B Khéops, La Danse des Balrogs, Ammagamma, Gourmandise
92 Danny Cattell 8B Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Dear John, Le Dernier Atrocity
93 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
94 Arlo Rogers 8B Weapons Cache, Mega Ten Plus, Goliath Extension, Louis Left
95 Rhys Conlon 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Fat Lip, Godzilla SDS, WADzilla
96 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
97 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray, Superman, Working Class Sit Start
98 Tim Palmer 8B The Mandala SDS, High Fidelity, Elephunk
99 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Ace, The Hourglass
100 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
101 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
102 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk, Mufasa, The Ace
103 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
104 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated, Chronic
105 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails, Steppenwolf, Hard Times
106 Hayato Furusugi 8B The Ace, Merlin's Beard, Keen Roof - Nachos Start
107 Jacob Handyside 8B Riders on the Storm, Charity Bouldern, The Riverbed
108 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
109 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
110 Dan Warren 8B Bulbhaul, The Real Keelhaul
111 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
112 Jonny Argue 8B Fat Lip, Voyager
113 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
114 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, Crown Worthay
115 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip, Mandela’s Gleaming Path
116 Andy Jackson 8B Bulbhaul, Magic in the Woods
117 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
118 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed, The Watchtower (assis)
119 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace, Saruman (du bas)
120 Louis Parkinson 8B Steppenwolf, The Riverbed
121 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb, Superman
122 Luke Fletcher 8B Mr. Spantastic, Dead and Bloated
123 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
124 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman
125 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
126 Chris Matthew 8B The Knowing, Bleu Sacré
127 Jon Freeman 8B Hellraiser, Steppenwolf
128 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
129 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
130 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
131 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
132 Callum Amos 8B XTRA, Outliers
133 Kit Mcmean 8B Flip Flopera, Isla de Encanta
134 Louis Leclercq 8B Flow My Tears, Ava's Arrived
135 Thom Davies 8B Amber, Flow My Tears
136 Sam Pestell 8B Point Ramp, The Ace
137 Max Haworth 8B Superman, Extra Longwave
138 Liam Desroy 8B Vecchio Leone, The Riverbed
139 Ben West 8B Mooiste Meisie, Steppenwolf
140 Wiz Fineron 8B The Vice, The Riverbed
141 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
142 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
143 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
144 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
145 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
146 Paul Carruthers 8B Working Class Sit Start
147 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
148 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
149 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
150 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
151 James Thornton 8B The Ace
152 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
153 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
154 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
155 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
156 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
157 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
158 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
159 Will Buck 8B Rhythm
160 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
161 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
162 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
163 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
164 Richard Ames 8B Ames of Thrones
165 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
166 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
167 Sam Butterworth 8B Bulbhaul
168 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
169 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
170 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
171 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
172 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
173 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
174 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
175 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
176 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
177 Andrew Hammond 8B Hulk
178 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
179 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
180 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
181 Ben Harvey 8B Hydro
182 Kyle Whitehand 8B Combination
183 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
184 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
185 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
186 Matt Helliker 8B Combination
187 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
188 Sebastien Dove 8B Combination
189 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
190 Robin Müller 8B Another World SDS
191 Harry Clarke 8B Hydro
192 Rob Hearnden 8B Isla de Encanta
193 Alex Hall 8B Dead and Bloated
194 Paddy Buchan 8B Take the Power Back
195 Jack Mckechnie 8B Supersize Me
196 Beidrik Scott 8B Superman
197 Sébastien Dussaut 8B Boogalagga
198 Sam White 8B Sideshow
199 Finn Parry 8B Superman
200 Josh Hummel-Newell 8B Superman
201 Bojan Sretovic 8B Antediluvian
202 Bradley Proctor-Lowe 8B Shakey Graves
203 Severin Domela 8B Riders on the Storm
204 Adam Price 8B Flip Flopera
205 Osian Parry 8B Chronic
206 Rufus Cox 8B Vecchio Leone
207 Benedict Schofield 8B Steppenwolf
208 Ian Cooper 8B I Krísi Tis Kírkis
209 Will Decker 8B Isles of Wonder
210 Dom Rowe 8B Hydro
211 Adam Walker 8B Blue Eyes and Exit Wounds
212 Andrew Clark 8B Isla de Encanta
213 Tim Kwok 8B Hydro
214 Adam Syska 8B Chronic
215 Conrad Caddy 8B Superman
216 Hari Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
217 Callum MacFarlane 8B Extra Longwave
218 Andy Brown 8B Superman
219 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
220 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
221 John Welford 8B Superman
222 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
223 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb