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, Echo Wall, 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 Billy Ridal E11 Rhapsody
9 Tom Randall E10 Century Crack, The Pura Pura, The Great Rift, Autobahn
10 Dave Birkett E10 To Hell and Back, Die by the Drop
11 Neil Mawson E10 Parthian Shot, Choronzon
12 Robbie Phillips E10 What We Do in the Shadows, Le Voyage
13 Neil Bentley E10 Equilibrium
14 John Arran E10 Doctor Dolittle
15 Mark Edwards E10 The Human Skewer Direct
16 Julian Lines E10 Hold Fast, Hold True
17 Ben Bransby E10 Parthian Shot
18 Ryan Pasquill E10 Sleepy Hollow
19 Iain Small E10 Hold Fast, Hold True
20 Craig Matheson E10 Hard Cheese
21 Gordon Lennox E10 Coldfinger
22 Tom Pearce E10 The Human Skewer Direct
23 James McHaffie E10 Yma O Hyd
24 Osian Parry E10 Llechan Lân
25 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
26 Jim Pope E9 Meshuga, Appointment with Death, Prisoners of the Sun, Olwen, The Final Round, The Zone, Polar Front, Dynamics of Change, Lonely Heart, Baron Greenback
27 Nathan Lee E9 Appointment with Death, Unknown Stones, Meshuga, The Zone, Rare Lichen, Divided Years, The Final Round, Gribin Wall Climb, Mission Impossible
28 John Dunne E9 Parthian Shot (Pre-2011 Break), Divided Years, The Big Issue, Savage Earth, Gribin Wall Climb, Widdop Wall, Breathless
29 Nick Dixon E9 Face Mecca, Indian Face, Gribin Wall Climb, Rare Lichen, A Thousand Setting Suns, Once Upon a Time in the Southwest
30 Jordan Buys E9 French Duke, Widdop Wall, Chicama, Talbot Horizon, Muy Caliente!, The Final Round
31 Charlie Woodburn E9 Harder Faster, The Walk of Life, Once Upon a Time in the Southwest, Something's Burning, Rare Lichen
32 Tim Emmett E9 Meshuga, Muy Caliente!, The Usual Suspects, The Path, Chicama
33 Ben Heason E9 Oz Bound, Lonely Heart, Meshuga, Muy Caliente!, Muy Caliente!
34 Calum Muskett E9 Rare Lichen, Indian Face, Gribin Wall Climb, The Walk of Life, Neanderthal
35 Alex Moore E9 The Dark Side, Longhope Route Direct, Rare Lichen, The Groove, Mission Impossible
36 Leo Houlding E9 Rare Lichen, Savage Horse, Trauma, The Prophet
37 Ali Kennedy E9 Muy Caliente!, Something's Burning, The Big Issue, The Walk of Life
38 James Taylor E9 Prisoners of the Sun, Mission Impossible, Olwen, Rare Lichen
39 Ricky Bell E9 Divided Years, The Rathlin Effect, Long Runs the Fox
40 Dan Varian E9 The Dark Side, Moonrise Kingdom, Transcendence
41 Rory Cummings E9 Divided Years, Long Runs the Fox, The Rathlin Effect
42 Matt Helliker E9 The Big Issue, Anapanasati, Race
43 Morus Sanderson E9 Gribin Wall Climb, Indian Face, Rare Lichen
44 Ed Morris E9 Muy Caliente!, Something's Burning, The Big Issue
45 Robin Barker E9 Captain Invincible, Transcendence
46 Stevie Haston E9 Sans Liberté, Greenspit
47 Seb Grieve E9 Parthian Shot (Pre-2011 Break), Meshuga
48 Nic Sellars E9 Parthian Shot (Pre-2011 Break), Trauma
49 Adrian Berry E9 Blind Vision, The Big Issue
50 Adam Hocking E9 Return of the King, Blood Eagle
51 Oli Grounsell E9 The Zone, Mission Impossible
52 Ethan Walker E9 Meshuga, The Zone
53 Neil Kershaw E9 Dynamics of Change, Meshuga
54 Ed Booth E9 Rare Lichen, Gribin Wall Climb
55 Alexis Perry E9 Question Mark, Exclamation Mark
56 Patrick Hill E9 Meshuga, The Final Round
57 Niall McNair E9 Achemine, The Dark Side
58 Dave Warburton E9 Heart And Soul, Divine Moments of Truth
59 Alex Hall E9 Trauma, Mission Impossible
60 Sean Myles E9 Captain Invincible
61 Malcolm Smith E9 Transcendence
62 Neil Carson E9 Mission Impossible
63 Ken Palmer E9 Question Mark
64 Tom de Gay E9 Meshuga
65 Chris Cubitt E9 The Zone
66 Andy Earl E9 The Dark Side
67 Sam Whittaker E9 Appointment with Death
68 Jack Geldard E9 Spinal Crack
69 Pete Robins E9 Spinal Crack
70 Neil Dickson E9 Quetzalcoatl
71 Tom Briggs E9 Parthian Shot (Pre-2011 Break)
72 Eddie Barbour E9 Divided Years
73 Miles Gibson E9 Dangermouse
74 Dan Bradley E9 The Zone
75 Gareth Parry E9 The Big Issue
76 Adam Watson E9 Harder Faster
77 George Ulrich E9 Indian Face
78 Dave Mason E9 Meshuga
79 Jacob Cook E9 The Lizard King
80 Bob Hickish E9 Meshuga
81 Ed Hamer E9 Meshuga
82 Tim Rankin E9 Perfect Vacuum
83 Tom Livingstone E9 Rare Lichen
84 John McCune E9 Divided Years
85 Si Moore E9 Divided Years
86 Mark Rankine E9 Divine Moments of Truth
87 Tim Blake E9 The Dark Side
88 Nic Duboust E9 Meshuga
89 Wojciech Szymanowicz E9 Rewind
90 Tony Stone E9 The Final Round
91 Adam Bowman E9 The Final Round
92 Andy Marshall E9 The Inevitable End
93 James Squire E9 Commitment Issues
94 Rob Sutton E9 Achemine
95 Ian Cooper E9 Once Upon a Time in the Southwest
96 Joseph Mullett E9 The Zone
97 Sam Radcliffe E9 The Final Round
98 Ramon Marin E9 The Final Round
99 Sam Ley E9 Achemine
100 Saul Calvert E9 Long Runs the Fox
101 Steve Ramsden E9 Divine Moments of Truth
102 Calum Coldwell-Story E9 Return of the King
103 Alex Norton E9 Divided Years
104 Darren McMaster E9 Mission Impossible
105 Simon Smith E9 Achemine
106 Neil Furniss E9 Meshuga
107 Sam Hamer E9 Meshuga