Steve McClure climbs Rainman, 9b
In 2017, Steve McClure climbed his seven-year project at Malham Cove, naming it Rainman (9b), the UK's first 9b. Steve is no stranger to Malham and he had already put up some of the country's hardest routes at the crag over the previous twenty years. Rainman links some of the best sections of the crag; climbing up Raindogs (8a) and through the bulge into Rainshadow (9a), before heading directly upwards into Bat Route (8c), where Rainshadow previously went left.