UK's hardest sport routes
From ScottishClimbs
Here is a list of the UK's hardest sport climbs.
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9a+
- Overshadow - Malham Cove
Steve McClure (2007) - (Unrepeated)
- Violent New Breed - Giggleswick
John Gaskins (2004) - (Unrepeated)
9a
- North Star - Kilnsey
Steve McClure (2008) - (Ondra)
Originally given 9a/+.
- Mutation - Raven Tor
Steve McClure (1998) - (Unrepeated)
- Northern Lights - Kilnsey
Steve McClure (2000) - (Ondra)
- Rainshadow - Malham Cove
Steve McClure (2003) - (Unrepeated)
- The Big Bang - Lower Pen Trwyn
Neil Carson (199?) - (Unrepeated)
- Total Eclipse - Malham Cove
Big John Dunne (1995) - (Unrepeated)
Hold breakage.
8c+
- Magnetic North - Kilnsey
Steve McClure (2006) - (Unrepeated)
- Hubble - Raven Tor
Ben Moon (1990) - (Smith, Gaskins, Dunning, Simpson, McClure)
- Ring of Steall - Steall Hut
Dave MacLeod (2007) - (Unrepeated)
- Metalcore - The Anvil
Dave MacLeod (2007) - (Unrepeated)
- The Bastard - Rubicon
John Welford (1995) - (McClure,Simpson)
- Liquid Ambar - Lower Pen Trwyn
Jerry Moffat (1990) - (Moon, Carson?, Simpson, Robins)
- Sea of Tranquility - Lower Pen Trwyn
Ben Moon (199?) - (Unrepeated)
- Tonto - Hollywood Bowl
Steve Dunning (2006) - (?)
- Kaabah - Raven Tor
Steve McClure (2004) - (?)
8c
- Progress - Kilnsey
Jerry Moffat (1995) - (Sellars,Smith,?)
8c+ after hold breakage?
- Evolution - Raven Tor
Jerry Moffat (1995) - (Sellars,McClure,Smith,Simpson)
- Infanticide - Lower Pen Trywn
Neil Carson (199?) - (?)
- True North - Kilnsey
Tony Mitchell (1993) - (Vickers in 2hrs,Smith)
- Mega (Make It Funky) - Raven Tor
Mark Pretty (1993) - (Several)
- Transform - Malham Cove
Malcolm Smith (2000) - (McClure)
- Unjustified - Malham Cove
Tony Mitchell (1993) - (Parry,Smith)
- Hooligan - Raven Tor
Steve Dunning (199?) - (Smitton,?)
- Mega Whore - Raven Tor
Steve McClure (1998) - (?)
- Mecca Extension - Raven Tor
Steve McClure (1998) - (?)
- Dreadnought - Chee Dale
Steve McClure (1999) - (?)
- Body Swerve - The Anvil
Dave MacLeod (2006) - (Smith)
Slight hold breakage on crux, making route a tad harder now. (Malc ya fat bas***d!)
- Devastation Generation - Dumbuck
Dave MacLeod (2004) - (Smith)
Malcolm though Baby 8c or maybe even F8b+.
- Brian - Anstey's Cove
Ken Palmer 2003
8b+
- The Smiddy - The Anvil
Malcolm Smith (2007) - (Unrepeated)
- All Out - Kilnsey
Neil Carson (1996) - (Smith,?)
Hold breakage may up the grade?
- Body Blow - The Anvil
Dave MacLeod (2006) - (Smith, Cassidy)
Hold breakage 8c?
- Happiness in Slavery - Dumbuck
Dave MacLeod (2004) - (Cassidy, Smith)
- Cry Freedom - Malham Cove
Mark Leach (1988) - (Several)
F8c?
- Bat Route - Malham Cove
Mark Leach (1989) - (Several)
- Mecca (the mid life crisis) - Raven Tor
M. Atkinson (1988) - (Several)
- Dr Crimp - Kilnsey
Gareth Parry (2008) - (McClure, Smith)
- Northern Exposure - Kilnsey
Steve Dunning (2002) - (McClure, Watson, Smith, ?)
Short but V10/11 crux to finish.
- Indian Summer - Kilnsey
Steve Dunning (2002) - (McClure,?)
Onsighted by McClure.
- Wonderwall - Yew Cougar
Iain Vickers (200?) - (?)
- Accelerator - Hollywood Bowl
Steve Dunning (2006) - (?)
Illiwhacker left.
- The Walking Muscle - Lower Pen Trywn
Neil Carson (199?) - (?)
- Guns In the Sky - Kilnsey
Gareth Parry (2006) - (Unrepeated)
- Sean's Roof - Blackwell Dale
Jerry Moffat (1995) - (Several)
- Poppy - Ansteys Cove
Ken Palmer (1994) - (Several)
- Jehovah Kill - Raven Tor
John Welford (1993) - (Several)
- Ape Index - Cornice-WCJ
Steve McClure (2001) - (?)
- Malcolm X - Chedale
Steve McClure (1999) - (?)
- Power Ranger - Malham Cove
Tony Mitchell (1996) - (Vicars,Smith)
- Angel Eyes - Hollywood Bowl
Steve Dunning (2006) - (?)
Left extension to Kleptomania.
- Dalliance - Kilnsey
Dave Pegg (1993) - (Several)
F8b?
- Caveman - Kilnsey
Dave Pegg (1993) - (Several)