UKC

How many brits have climbed 9a?

I can think of about 10. Wondering how many local heroes are hiding under the radar.
Guessing must be about the 15-20 mark all together.

In reply to CharlieMack:

10? really?
Moon
McClure
the guy living in spain whose name escapes me - Tom Bolger?
McHaffie
Gaskins?

In reply to Toerag:
Stu Littlefair has done Rainshadow.
So has Jordan Buys.
James Peason has done 9a abroad.

In reply to CharlieMack:

http://ukbouldering.wikia.com/wiki/UK_Cream_of_the_Crop

In reply to Will Hunt:

Dave MacLeod aint on the sport list. He's done 9a I think.

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:


Fight The Feeling (9a) and Malcolm Smith did the FA of Hunger (9a)

In reply to planetmarshall:


..and Hubble - I forgot about him.

In reply to Will Hunt:

Come on Will, keep it up to date!

In reply to Toerag:


That adds Steve Dunning then. If it's really 9a...

And what was best John Dunne managed? Was Total Eclipse suggested as 9a?

In reply to CharlieMack:

The first one would have been Neil ? Carson on Big Bang

In reply to CharlieMack:

Unless Rainshadow has been downgraded I'm pretty sure Will Bosi gets on the list...

http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item/70428/rainshadow_9a_for_17_year-old_wil...

In reply to CharlieMack:
Tom Bolger (Lots I think?)
Stuart Littlefair (Rainshadow)
Steve McClure (So so many....)
Steve Haston (Hugh, I think Descente Lolita was recently downgraded to 8c+, whether they had the courage to tell Stevie though is another matter)
Steve Dunning (Hubble)
Ryan Pasquil (Jungle Speed)
Richard Simpson (leaving this in for the controvosy)
Will Bosi (Rainshadow)
Neil Carson (Big Bang)
Malcolm Smith (Hubble)
Jordan Buys (Rainshadow)
John Gaskins (Hubble)
John Dunne (Total Eclipse - is this 9a?)
James Pearson (Escalatermasters?)
James McHaffie (Big Bang)
Dave MacLeod (A Muetre plus something else?)

Not sure:

Stewart Watson (I'm sure he has but....)
Paul Smitton
Neil Dyer
Pete Robins

In reply to galpinos:

Barrows?

In reply to galpinos:

I think Alex Barrows should be on the list as well.

In reply to Monk:


Multiple 9as now, yes.

In reply to Will Hunt:


That list had a "in the last 5 years" criteria attached to it at the time of writing, and as the rest of this thread shows, has been put out of date in no time at all - who'd thought a lanky punter with penchant for dressing in rubber and gaffer tape would get multiple entries!?!

In reply to Oli:

Yep. Oops. I must have missed him when I cut and pasted the list across.

In reply to galpinos:
You appear to have left Ben Moon off your list!

In reply to Ally Smith:


Not to mention he often shaves body parts that don't usually get shaved...

Andy F

In reply to CharlieMack:

Wideboyz with their Century Crack!

In reply to CharlieMack:
Surely Mr Vickers on something?

In reply to CharlieMack:

http://escalade9.wifeo.com/britanniques.php

According to this list there are 22. This lists the "voie 9a" and includes boulder link ups, including ascents in the very exotic sounding "Grotte de Parisella" and the Stamina Power Link at Raven Tor. The list also includes 8c+/9a routes, and I wouldn't know if they count or not.

In reply to MartinPL:

Century Crack was 14b or 8c...

They reckon Crucifix Crack will by 9a+ but of course they have to do it first.

In reply to TonyB:

And removing the slash grades and boulder link ups I count 15 plus Rich Simpson.

In reply to stp:


So 15 then

In reply to ericinbristol:

lol

In reply to galpinos:


I seem to recall Escalatermasters being downgraded to 8c+ a few years back...

In reply to FactorXXX:

So I did, that's the last time I try to compile a list quickly for UKC!

In reply to HeMa:

Fair dos. Another one bites the dust....

In reply to HeMa:

So 14 then... (not far off the initial estimate)

Steve Mac (7)
Tom Bolger (7)
Alex Barrows
Ben Moon
James McHaffie
John Dunne
John Gaskins
Jordan Buys
Malcolm Smith
Neil Carson
Ryan Pasquil ? (not listed on French site)
Stevie Haston
Stu Littlefair
William Bosi

+ Rich Simpson who has claimed 2

In reply to stp:

...depending on whether Hubble is or isn't

In reply to GrahamD:
Well I discounted slash grade routes which Hubble gets in that French list.

But it's a good point since some of the other routes might well be more dodgy - Era Vella for one, which Jonathon Seigrist thought was more like 8c and has had far more ascents than any other 9a. Total Eclipse would be another since the grade is suggested only by John Dunne who hasn't done anything else of that grade, so very much unconfirmed.

Is it only Alex Megos who suggested (or rather implied) Hubble wasn't so hard since it was upgraded? If so maybe that should seen as an anomaly, something that suited him. And didn't Hubble take him slightly longer than Action Directe anyway (the supposed benchmark 9a)?

In reply to stp:


Didn't Ondra say 8c+/9a for Total Eclipse?

In reply to stp:


You're from Sheffield!

In reply to galpinos:


I think so. But it was wet, so he wasn't sure.

In reply to galpinos:


Apparently Jungle Speed got downgraded to 8c+ which is why he isn't listed on the French site.

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:


So is Alex Barrows (Era Vella).

In reply to stp:


?

In reply to stp:

+ Dave MacLeod, so 15 folk if Stevie Haston's route is 9a

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:

Just saying I'm not being biased against anyone, just looking at the facts as they stand.

In reply to Michael Gordon:

Dave MacLeod's has done 3 but all get slash grades (8c+/9a).

Stevie Haston has done Hugh which is still listed as full 9a - though only had 3 other repeats.

In reply to stp:


I know, just displaying my heavy Bradford bias.