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 Yanis Nayu 08 Jan 2011
Following on from the "Best Sport Climber" and "Best Trad Climber" threads, who do you think is the best all-round climber?

Dave MacLeod gets my vote.
 liz j 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265:
Alex Huber.
 goldmember 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265: Alain Robert - by a mile
 GDes 08 Jan 2011
The late Jean Cristophe Lafaille must have been one of the best ever. Soloing 8000 metre peaks and climbing 8c+, doesn't get much more diverse than that.

Currently, must be Ueli Steck by some distance. Alps, Himalaya, onsighting (pretty much) El Cap.

I think a great all rounder has to consistently perform brilliantly away from their home patch
 birdie num num 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265:
Parthenocissus Quinquefolia, you may not have heard of him, he's American but sounds Greek.
 goldmember 08 Jan 2011
In reply to birdie num num: heard hes a bit of creep-er tho
Anonymous 08 Jan 2011
In reply to GDes:
> The late Jean Cristophe Lafaille must have been one of the best ever. Soloing 8000 metre peaks and climbing 8c+, doesn't get much more diverse than that.
>
> Currently, must be Ueli Steck by some distance. Alps, Himalaya, onsighting (pretty much) El Cap.
>

Aren't they both foreigners? Surely the best all rounder has to be a Brit?

 Bunchuk 08 Jan 2011
In reply to birdie num num:

One google search later I get the joke :/
banned profile 74 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265: if you don't include alpine/himalaya then dave mac.if you include alpine then I'm saying steck
 Simon Caldwell 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265:

Cragrat Rich
 Puppythedog 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265: Callum Mcnicol? can dry tool and mixed on grit, improvise an ab from a boulder, all round class.
StuMcLaren 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265: According to Johnny Dawes real climbing is dead, so does it really matter?
 stayfreejc 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265: Dave Macloed. Although has he done any big walls? Or 8000 metre peaks? I think Honnold has the biggest balls though. God knows how he climbs with those things between his legs.
 Rob15 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265: Haston might be in with a shout??
 glennofsheff 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265: What about Joe Brown (CBE)., whilst his routes may now seem "easy" in terms of grades,for the day they were cutting edge ,his vision,skill,boldness and pioneering spirit would surely qualify him.
 Alyson 08 Jan 2011
In reply to wayno265: Can I be the one to get the 'surely it's Rich Simpson?' joke in?

There, done!

As you were.
OP Yanis Nayu 08 Jan 2011
In reply to Alyson: Didn't he, showing a definite lack of ambition, limit his alleged bullshitting to sport and alpinism? That would make him ineligible in my book.

In reply to wayno265: dve macloed is the top! v13 9a e12- and i cant even think about his winter exploits
banned profile 74 04 Feb 2011
In reply to Laurent Moseley: which 9a?
 jules699 04 Feb 2011
In reply to wayno265:

Dave Mac for sure. Hands down!
 Fidmark 04 Feb 2011
In reply to wayno265: Me
Camdaz 04 Feb 2011
In reply to wayno265: Deffo got to be Peter Parker
 Bulls Crack 04 Feb 2011
In reply to goldmember:
> (In reply to wayno265) Alain Robert - by a mile

A kilometer surement?
 Blue Straggler 04 Feb 2011
In reply to wayno265:

The one having the most fun
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