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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111 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 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 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
25 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
26 Nathan Lee E9 Appointment with Death, Unknown Stones, Meshuga, The Zone, Rare Lichen, Divided Years, The Final Round, Gribin Wall Climb, Mission Impossible
27 John Dunne E9 Parthian Shot (Pre 2011 Break), Divided Years, The Big Issue, Savage Earth, Gribin Wall Climb, Widdop Wall, Breathless
28 Nick Dixon E9 Face Mecca, Indian Face, Gribin Wall Climb, Rare Lichen, A Thousand Setting Suns, Once Upon a Time in the Southwest
29 Jordan Buys E9 French Duke, Widdop Wall, Chicama, Muy Caliente!, Talbot Horizon, The Final Round
30 Charlie Woodburn E9 Harder Faster, The Walk of Life, Once Upon a Time in the Southwest, Something's Burning, Rare Lichen
31 Tim Emmett E9 Meshuga, Muy Caliente!, The Usual Suspects, The Path, Chicama
32 Calum Muskett E9 Rare Lichen, Indian Face, Gribin Wall Climb, The Walk of Life, Neanderthal
33 Alex Moore E9 The Dark Side, Longhope Route Direct, Rare Lichen, The Groove, Mission Impossible
34 Leo Houlding E9 Rare Lichen, Savage Horse, Trauma, The Prophet
35 Ben Heason E9 Oz Bound, Lonely Heart, Muy Caliente!, Meshuga
36 Ali Kennedy E9 Muy Caliente!, Something's Burning, The Big Issue, The Walk of Life
37 James Taylor E9 Prisoners of the Sun, Mission Impossible, Olwen, Rare Lichen
38 Seb Grieve E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Parthian Shot (Pre 2011 Break), Meshuga
39 Ricky Bell E9 Divided Years, The Rathlin Effect, Long Runs the Fox
40 Neil Kershaw E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Meshuga, Dynamics of Change
41 Dan Varian E9 The Dark Side, Moonrise Kingdom, Transcendence
42 Matt Helliker E9 The Big Issue, Anapanasati, Race
43 Morus Sanderson E9 Gribin Wall Climb, Indian Face, Rare Lichen
44 Johnny Dawes E9 Indian Face, Face Mecca
45 Robin Barker E9 Captain Invincible, Transcendence
46 Stevie Haston E9 Sans Liberté, Greenspit
47 Nic Sellars E9 Parthian Shot (Pre 2011 Break), Trauma
48 Adrian Berry E9 Blind Vision, The Big Issue
49 Adam Hocking E9 Return of the King, Blood Eagle
50 Oli Grounsell E9 The Zone, Mission Impossible
51 Ethan Walker E9 Meshuga, The Zone
52 Ed Booth E9 Rare Lichen, Gribin Wall Climb
53 Alexis Perry E9 Question Mark, Exclamation Mark
54 Rory Cummings E9 Divided Years, Long Runs the Fox
55 Patrick Hill E9 Meshuga, The Final Round
56 Niall McNair E9 Achemine, The Dark Side
57 Dave Warburton E9 Heart And Soul, Divine Moments of Truth
58 Alex Hall E9 Trauma, Mission Impossible
59 Ed Morris E9 Muy Caliente!, Something's Burning
60 Andy Pollitt E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
61 Ron Fawcett E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
62 Sean Myles E9 Captain Invincible
63 Malcolm Smith E9 Transcendence
64 Richie Patterson E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
65 Neil Carson E9 Mission Impossible
66 Ben Tetler E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
67 Ken Palmer E9 Question Mark
68 Tom de Gay E9 Meshuga
69 Mike Weeks E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
70 Chris Cubitt E9 The Zone
71 Andy Earl E9 The Dark Side
72 Sam Whittaker E9 Appointment with Death
73 Jack Geldard E9 Spinal Crack
74 Pete Robins E9 Spinal Crack
75 Neil Dickson E9 Quetzalcoatl
76 Tom Briggs E9 Parthian Shot (Pre 2011 Break)
77 Aly Robertson E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
78 Eddie Barbour E9 Divided Years
79 Miles Gibson E9 Dangermouse
80 Dan Bradley E9 The Zone
81 Gareth Parry E9 The Big Issue
82 Adam Watson E9 Harder Faster
83 George Ulrich E9 Indian Face
84 Dave Mason E9 Meshuga
85 Jacob Cook E9 The Lizard King
86 Bob Hickish E9 Meshuga
87 Ed Hamer E9 Meshuga
88 Tim Rankin E9 Perfect Vacuum
89 Tom Livingstone E9 Rare Lichen
90 Si Moore E9 Divided Years
91 John McCune E9 Divided Years
92 Mark Rankine E9 Divine Moments of Truth
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 Saul Calvert E9 Long Runs the Fox
106 Steve Ramsden E9 Divine Moments of Truth
107 Calum Coldwell-Story E9 Return of the King
108 Alex Norton E9 Divided Years
109 Sam Hamer E9 Meshuga
110 Dan Honeyman E9 Knockin' on Heaven's Door
111 Neil Furniss E9 Meshuga