Strong British Male Trad Climbers

Men in the UK who have trad climbed E9 or harder.

This list aims to be definitive in terms of the people included but does not attempt to enumerate every relevant ascent.

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107 entries on the list.

Climber Grade Climbs
1 James Pearson E12 Bon Voyage
2 Dave MacLeod E11 Rhapsody, Lexicon
3 Steve McClure E11 Rhapsody, Lexicon
4 Franco Cookson E11 Nothing Lasts, Immortal
5 Mathew Wright E11 Lexicon, Rhapsody
6 Neil Gresham E11 Lexicon
7 Pete Whittaker E11 Crown Royale
8 Tom Randall E10 Century Crack, The Pura Pura, The Great Rift, Autobahn
9 Dave Birkett E10 To Hell and Back, Die by the Drop
10 Neil Mawson E10 Parthian Shot, Choronzon
11 Robbie Phillips E10 What we do in the Shadows, Le Voyage
12 Neil Bentley E10 Equilibrium
13 John Arran E10 Doctor Dolittle
14 Mark Edwards E10 The Human Skewer Direct
15 Julian Lines E10 Hold Fast, Hold True
16 Ben Bransby E10 Parthian Shot
17 Ryan Pasquill E10 Sleepy Hollow
18 Iain Small E10 Hold Fast, Hold True
19 Craig Matheson E10 Hard Cheese
20 Gordon Lennox E10 Coldfinger
21 Tom Pearce E10 The Human Skewer Direct
22 James McHaffie E10 Yma O Hyd
23 Angus Kille E9 Gribin Wall Climb, Trauma, Indian Face, Mission Impossible, Muy Caliente!, The Walk of Life, Crac Yr Meistri, The Hallucinogen Wall, Patresence, Rare Lichen
24 Nathan Lee E9 Appointment with Death, Unknown Stones, Meshuga, The Zone, Rare Lichen, Divided Years, The Final Round, Gribin Wall Climb
25 John Dunne E9 Parthian Shot (Pre 2011 Break), Divided Years, The Big Issue, Savage Earth, Gribin Wall Climb, Widdop Wall, Breathless
26 Jim Pope E9 Meshuga, Appointment with Death, Prisoners of the Sun, Olwen, The Final Round, The Zone, Polar Front
27 Nick Dixon E9 Face Mecca, Indian Face, Gribin Wall Climb, Rare Lichen, A Thousand Setting Suns, Once Upon a Time in the Southwest
28 Jordan Buys E9 French Duke, Widdop Wall, Chicama, Muy Caliente!, Talbot Horizon, The Final Round
29 Charlie Woodburn E9 Harder Faster, The Walk of Life, Once Upon a Time in the Southwest, Something's Burning, Rare Lichen
30 Tim Emmett E9 Meshuga, Muy Caliente!, The Usual Suspects, The Path, Chicama
31 Leo Houlding E9 Rare Lichen, Savage Horse, Trauma, The Prophet
32 Ben Heason E9 Oz Bound, Lonely Heart, Meshuga, Muy Caliente!
33 Ali Kennedy E9 Muy Caliente!, Something's Burning, The Big Issue, The Walk of Life
34 Alex Moore E9 The Dark Side, Longhope Route Direct, Rare Lichen, The Groove
35 James Taylor E9 Prisoners of the Sun, Mission Impossible, Olwen, Rare Lichen
36 Seb Grieve E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Parthian Shot (Pre 2011 Break), Meshuga
37 Ricky Bell E9 Divided Years, The Rathlin Effect, Long Runs the Fox
38 Neil Kershaw E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Dynamics of Change, Meshuga
39 Dan Varian E9 The Dark Side, Moonrise Kingdom, Transcendence
40 Calum Muskett E9 Indian Face, The Walk of Life, Rare Lichen
41 Matt Helliker E9 The Big Issue, Anapanasati, Race
42 Morus Sanderson E9 Gribin Wall Climb, Indian Face, Rare Lichen
43 Johnny Dawes E9 Indian Face, Face Mecca
44 Robin Barker E9 Captain Invincible, Transcendence
45 Adrian Berry E9 Blind Vision, The Big Issue
46 Adam Hocking E9 Return of the King, Blood Eagle
47 Oli Grounsell E9 The Zone, Mission Impossible
48 Ethan Walker E9 Meshuga, The Zone
49 Ed Booth E9 Rare Lichen, Gribin Wall Climb
50 Alexis Perry E9 Question Mark, Exclamation Mark
51 Patrick Hill E9 Meshuga, The Final Round
52 Niall McNair E9 Achemine, The Dark Side
53 Dave Warburton E9 Heart And Soul, Divine Moments of Truth
54 Alex Hall E9 Trauma, Mission Impossible
55 Ed Morris E9 Muy Caliente!, Something's Burning
56 Mike Adams E9 Meshuga, Oz Bound
57 Andy Pollitt E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
58 Ron Fawcett E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
59 Sean Myles E9 Captain Invincible
60 Malcolm Smith E9 Transcendence
61 Richie Patterson E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
62 Neil Carson E9 Mission Impossible
63 Ben Tetler E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
64 Ken Palmer E9 Question Mark
65 Nic Sellars E9 Parthian Shot (Pre 2011 Break)
66 Tom de Gay E9 Meshuga
67 Mike Weeks E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
68 Chris Cubitt E9 The Zone
69 Andy Earl E9 The Dark Side
70 Sam Whittaker E9 Appointment with Death
71 Jack Geldard E9 Spinal Crack
72 Pete Robins E9 Spinal Crack
73 Neil Dickson E9 Quetzalcoatl
74 Tom Briggs E9 Parthian Shot (Pre 2011 Break)
75 Aly Robertson E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
76 Eddie Barbour E9 Divided Years
77 Stevie Haston E9 Greenspit
78 Miles Gibson E9 Dangermouse
79 Dan Bradley E9 The Zone
80 Gareth Parry E9 The Big Issue
81 Adam Watson E9 Harder Faster
82 George Ulrich E9 Indian Face
83 Dave Mason E9 Meshuga
84 Jacob Cook E9 The Lizard King
85 Bob Hickish E9 Meshuga
86 Ed Hamer E9 Meshuga
87 Tim Rankin E9 Perfect Vacuum
88 Tom Livingstone E9 Rare Lichen
89 John McCune E9 Divided Years
90 Si Moore E9 Divided Years
91 Mark Rankine E9 Divine Moments of Truth
92 Rory Cummins E9 Divided Years
93 Tim Blake E9 The Dark Side
94 Nic Duboust E9 Meshuga
95 Wojciech Szymanowicz E9 Rewind
96 Adam Bowman E9 The Final Round
97 Andy Marshall E9 The Inevitable End
98 James Squire E9 Commitment Issues
99 Rob Sutton E9 Achemine
100 Ian Cooper E9 Once Upon a Time in the Southwest
101 Joseph Mullett E9 The Zone
102 Sam Radcliffe E9 The Final Round
103 Ramon Marin E9 The Final Round
104 Sam Ley E9 Achemine
105 Neil Furniss E9 Meshuga
106 Sam Hamer E9 Meshuga
107 Dan Honeyman E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door