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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214 entries on the list.

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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 Toby Saxton 8C Babylon, Golden Daze, Monkey Wedding, The Finnish Line, Arzak, Iechyd da
7 Eliot Stephens 8C Arzak, From Dirt Grows the Flowers, The Origin SDS, Dreamtime, Zircon, The Malleus Maleficarum
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 Mike Adams 8C Serenata, Serenataon
11 James Pearson 8C Juneru, Mystic River
12 Sam Blackwell 8C Paradise Found, Trance
13 Sam Prior 8C Serenata, Trance
14 Tim Clifford 8C The Singularity
15 Tyler Landman 8C Satan i Helvete (assis, pre-December 2013)
16 Dawid Skoczylas 8C Serenata
17 Mathew Wright 8C Serenata
18 Orrin Coley 8C Ultra Instinct
19 Jonny Kydd 8C The World is Yours
20 Leo Skinner 8C Paradise Found
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 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
28 Jack Palmieri 8B+ Silk Cut, Triggerocity-Upper Cut, Pilgrimage, The Hatchlink, Little Women, Last Wave Goodbye, Megalodon, Louis Cut, Dernier Uppercut, Bewilderness, Leftovers, Hatch Armstrong, The Last Armstrong, Loucifer, Cut Through Hell Extension
29 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
30 Dan Turner 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Bewilderness, Monk Life, Voyager SDS, Little Women, Asphyxia, Knife at the Opera
31 Micky Page 8B+ Khéops (assis), From Dirt Grows the Flowers (Left), Big Paw, Monk Life, Ill Thrill, Black Eagle
32 James Noble 8B+ Dandelion Mind, Serenade, Golden Shadow, Bordello SDS, Bone Machine into Hats for Weasels via Rubble Rouser, Last Wave Goodbye
33 Tim Blake 8B+ Star Power, Orlok, Crescendo, Monk Life, Copperline, Reality Drift
34 Dave Mason 8B+ Bewilderness, Mortal Immortal, Dandelion Mind, Last Wave Goodbye, Fleeting Youth
35 Malcolm Smith 8B+ Monk Life, Pilgrimage, Dreamtime (pre break), Gut Buster
36 Matthew Mendes 8B+ Bewilderness, The Long Night, Bizzare Ride SDS, Superman SDS
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 Liam Fyfe 8B+ The Origin
64 Rob Hunter 8B+ Blondie SDS
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 Jim Pope 8B+ Kindred
72 Adam Wheeler 8B+ Superman SDS
73 Leven Rowan 8B+ Pool of Bethesda (Skindog Start)
74 Alex Moore 8B+ Smiling Buttress
75 Luca Martins 8B+ Bewilderness
76 Lewis Roy 8B+ Bultitude
77 Tom Williams 8B+ Húsafell
78 Pete Robins 8B+ Silk Cut
79 Harry Constantine 8B Superman, Rhythm, Patina Turner, Outliers, Cherry Falls Sit, Flip Flopera, Hard Times, Final Flip Flopera
80 Adam Smith 8B Combination, After Ava Arrives, Ava's Arrived, The Winner Takes It All, Infamous, Magic in the Woods, Crown Worthay
81 Mark Katz 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity, Yes We Can, Rhythm, Voyager, River Runs Dry
82 Chris Davies 8B The Neon Handshake, East Coker, Compact Culture, The Power of Goodbye, A Life Aesthetic, My Own Private Idaho
83 Rob Cook 8B Skiroute Project, Keen Roof - Nachos Start, Meadowlark Lemon, After Ava Arrives, Kubalik
84 Sam Doyle 8B Steppenwolf, Nine Pinch Nails, Wedgie Wall, Ramped Up, Isles of Wonder
85 Jamie Rankin 8B Merlin's Beard, Magic in the Woods, Combination, The Winner Takes It All, Crown Worthay
86 Ryan Pasquill 8B Shallow Groove, Spectre, Cypher, The Ace
87 Matt Birch 8B Slashface, The Swarm, High Fidelity, The Mandala SDS
88 Keith Bradbury 8B Khéops, La Danse des Balrogs, Ammagamma, Gourmandise
89 Fraser Moodie 8B Supersize Me, Sanction, Amber, Pressure
90 Arlo Rogers 8B Weapons Cache, Mega Ten Plus, Goliath Extension, Louis Left
91 Rhys Conlon 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Fat Lip, Godzilla SDS, WADzilla
92 Steve McClure 8B Malc's Traverse, Close of Business, Fat Lip
93 Martin Smith 8B General Disarray, Superman, Working Class Sit Start
94 Tim Palmer 8B The Mandala SDS, High Fidelity, Elephunk
95 Tom Williams 8B Dead and Bloated, The Ace, The Hourglass
96 Euan MacFadyen 8B Dark Sakai, The Vice, King of Limbs
97 Danny Cattell 8B Wedgie Wall, Paper Birds Low, Le Dernier Atrocity
98 Ash Wolsey-Heard 8B Vecchio Leone, Fat Lip, Voyager
99 Sam Hunter 8B Elephunk, Mufasa, The Ace
100 Craig Davies 8B Compact Culture, The Hourglass, Nine Pinch Nails
101 John Schindler 8B Working Class Sit Start, Flip Flopera, Amber
102 Zedekaii Oliver-Jones 8B Le Dernier Atrocity, Dead and Bloated, Chronic
103 Hayato Furusugi 8B The Ace, Merlin's Beard, Keen Roof - Nachos Start
104 Jacob Handyside 8B Riders on the Storm, Charity Bouldern, The Riverbed
105 Jerry Moffatt 8B Superman, The Ace
106 Jordan Buys 8B Isla de Encanta, High Fidelity
107 Dan Warren 8B The Real Keelhaul, Bulbhaul
108 Alex Gorham 8B Mooiste Meisie, The Riverbed
109 Jonny Argue 8B Fat Lip, Voyager
110 Andy Banks 8B Vice President, Flor de Loto
111 Mikey Cleverdon 8B The Waterman, Crown Worthay
112 Andy Jackson 8B Bulbhaul, Magic in the Woods
113 Adam Watson 8B Ammagamma, Master of Stone
114 Morgan Preece 8B The Riverbed, The Watchtower (assis)
115 Stuart Littlefair 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb, Superman
116 Luke Fletcher 8B Mr. Spantastic, Dead and Bloated
117 Finley Wood 8B WADzilla, Godzilla SDS
118 Alex Oates 8B WADzilla, The Waterman
119 Matt Cousins 8B The Ace, Steppenwolf
120 Chris Matthew 8B The Knowing, Bleu Sacré
121 Jon Freeman 8B Hellraiser, Steppenwolf
122 Brad Bushell 8B Merlin's Beard, Isla de Encanta
123 Leon Joyce 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start, The Ace
124 Ewan Walker 8B Nine Pinch Nails, Steppenwolf
125 Ben Pestell 8B Fat Lip, The Ace
126 Angus Davidson 8B Chahala SDS, Sanction
127 Callum Amos 8B XTRA, Outliers
128 Kit Mcmean 8B Flip Flopera, Isla de Encanta
129 Louis Leclercq 8B Flow My Tears, Ava's Arrived
130 Thom Davies 8B Amber, Flow My Tears
131 Sam Pestell 8B Point Ramp, The Ace
132 Liam Desroy 8B The Riverbed, Vecchio Leone
133 Wiz Fineron 8B The Vice, The Riverbed
134 Ben West 8B Steppenwolf, Mooiste Meisie
135 Louis Parkinson 8B Steppenwolf, The Riverbed
136 Paul Bennett 8B Voyager
137 Gareth Parry 8B Isla de Encanta
138 Dave Cowl 8B The Real Keelhaul
139 Greg Chapman 8B Walk Away
140 Mark McQuade 8B Sanction
141 Paul Carruthers 8B Working Class Sit Start
142 Chris Savage 8B Quimera
143 Tom Newberry 8B Serenity
144 Barnaby Ventham 8B Font Blues
145 Dan Smith 8B Middle Trifecta
146 James Thornton 8B The Ace
147 Ricky Bell 8B Gentleman's Arete
148 Michael Bleazard 8B Steppenwolf
149 Sam Whittaker 8B Le Dernier Atrocity
150 Tom Randall 8B The Kraken
151 Ollie Torr 8B Fat Lip
152 Haydn Jones 8B Fat Lip
153 Dom Bridgwood 8B Close of Business
154 Paul Houghoughi 8B You Can Go Now
155 Will Buck 8B Rhythm
156 Cailean Harker 8B The Ace
157 Ellis Butler-Barker 8B Occam's Razor
158 Mike Mullins 8B Mooiste Meisie
159 Chris Smith 8B You Can Go Now
160 Joe Walmsley 8B You Can Go Now
161 Sam Mawson 8B Cypher
162 Liam Halsey 8B Cypher
163 Sam Butterworth 8B Bulbhaul
164 Louis Jones 8B You Can Go Now
165 Andy Hutchinson 8B Mr. Lambtastic
166 Calum Coldwell-Story 8B Sideshow
167 Ben Gladstone 8B Lost In The Moment
168 Pete Whittaker 8B The Kraken
169 Aiden Dunne 8B Superman
170 Rowan Page 8B Flip Flopera
171 Marco Giudice 8B Eagle Huntress
172 Jake Mason 8B The Ace
173 Andrew Hammond 8B Hulk
174 Issac Baxter 8B Welcome to Jamrock
175 Henry Henderson 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
176 Sam Croft 8B Charity Bouldern
177 Ben Harvey 8B Hydro
178 Kyle Whitehand 8B Combination
179 Harry Leeds 8B Hydro
180 Joe Gardner 8B Isles of Wonder
181 Nathaniel Gjoderum-Hall 8B Antediluvian
182 Matt Helliker 8B Combination
183 Dave Parry 8B Keen Roof - Nachos Start
184 Sebastien Dove 8B Combination
185 Tom Stockton 8B WADzilla
186 Robin Müller 8B Another World SDS
187 Harry Clarke 8B Hydro
188 Rob Hearnden 8B Isla de Encanta
189 Alex Hall 8B Dead and Bloated
190 Spike Fullwood 8B Superman
191 Paddy Buchan 8B Take the Power Back
192 Jack Mckechnie 8B Supersize Me
193 Beidrik Scott 8B Superman
194 Sébastien Dussaut 8B Boogalagga
195 Sam White 8B Sideshow
196 Finn Parry 8B Superman
197 Josh Hummel-Newell 8B Superman
198 Bojan Sretovic 8B Antediluvian
199 Bradley Proctor-Lowe 8B Shakey Graves
200 Severin Domela 8B Riders on the Storm
201 Adam Price 8B Flip Flopera
202 Osian Parry 8B Chronic
203 Rufus Cox 8B Vecchio Leone
204 Benedict Schofield 8B Steppenwolf
205 Ian Cooper 8B I Krísi Tis Kírkis
206 Will Decker 8B Isles of Wonder
207 Dom Rowe 8B Hydro
208 Adam Walker 8B Blue Eyes and Exit Wounds
209 John Welford 8B Superman
210 Rory Fowler 8B WADzilla
211 James Garden 8B Jean-Claude van Lamb
212 Dan Knight 8B Mooiste Meisie
213 Si Moore 8B Nuthin' But Sunshine
214 Andy Brown 8B Superman