The Bearded Dwarf has flashed and onsighted E8, redpointed F8a and bouldered 8A. Interestingly, he's also done FAs of F8a, 8A and E8. Dick.
If you can climb Font 8A, French 8a should be a first go redpoint, so pretty irrelevant.
45 Definites (but feel free to check that you agree), getting closer to 50The Definites:Dave Birkett (E8 onsight)James Pearson (E8 onsight, Font/sport 8 flash)Ryan Pasquil (E8 flashes)Jordan BuysIan VickersGaz ParryKevin ThawLeo HouldingSte DunningSte MacJack GeldardDave MacMalc SmithJohn DunneStevie Hastonpete robinsJerry Moffatt (assuming his finish to Renegade Master makes it E8)Sam WhittakerNeil Carson (I assume he's done Font 8A but don't know)John WelfordMark KatzBen BransbyNick Dixon (Assuming Nesscliffe prob is Font 8A?)Tom BriggsRobin BarkerAndy EarlAli KennedySi MooreJohn GaskinsJohn CookeStuart CameronNeil DicksonNeil BentleyJames MacHaffieRich Simpson (onsighted E9 possibly??)Keith BradburyLiam HalseyBen HeasonPete HurleySean MylesMiles GibsonNeil DyerAlan CassidyDan BradleyTim Rankin (but another Font 8A would be nice)The Not Sures:Cubby (Font 8A?)Dan Varian (What E8? Highballing Superboc with a sea of mats can't count)Ned Feehally (What E8? Highballing Superboc with a sea of mats can't count)Stu Littlefair (what E8?)Stew Watson (What E8?)Adam Mulholland (dunno anything about this person, sorry)Tim Emmett (Font 8A?)Neil Gresham (has he done Font 8A?)Ron Fawcett (Not done E8, anybody?)Nic Sellars (Font 8A?)Andy Swan (E8?)Niall McNair (dunno anything about him)Lucy Creamer (Font 8A?)James Ibbetson (I assume that's Ibbo? Has he done E8?)Ricky Bell (Font 8A?)Rupert Davies (E8?)Adrian Berry (Font 8A? Start of Blind Vision is, I think, 7C+)Dave Barrans (E8?)Seb Grieve (fairly sure he hasn't done Font 8A)Ben Moon (E8?)John Redhead (fairly sure he hasn't done Font 8A)Simon Nadin (E8?)Chris Cubbit (Font 8A?)Jamie Cassidy (E8?)Gordon Lennox (Font 8A?))Ali Coull (I no nothing about this chap)Pete Oxley (Font 8A?)Mark Edwards (Font 8A?)Andi Turner (E8? Probably not?)Justin Crtchlow (Sport 8a?)Pete Whittaker"The whole thread is here:http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=382489However if you start insisting on the E8 been onsight the numbers plummet to Pearson, Birkett, Pasquil (I'll allow him the flashes) and errr.. well me. Unless anyone can add others?And as far as I know Pearson is the only one to have flashed/onsighted all of three. I guess that's the next target...
Quote from: T_B on June 10, 2014, 01:43:55 pmIf you can climb Font 8A, French 8a should be a first go redpoint, so pretty irrelevant. I could introduce you to quite a few people who boulder 8A that would disprove this for you quite quickly as their elbows pointed skywards!
good effort what was the route 8a in the lakes?? I live in the lakes and there's not may 8a routes to go at.
Mark Edwards (Font 8A?)
Nik could go for 5* 8 but his knees are too little to get him to the top of a big hill.
QuoteMark Edwards (Font 8A?)He's done tons of 8As. Haven't you seen his videos?
Quote from: Jaspersharpe on June 11, 2014, 08:55:33 amQuoteMark Edwards (Font 8A?)He's done tons of 8As. Haven't you seen his videos?many of them first ascents?
And Andy Cave? Wasn't there an article saying he'd done VIII, E8, 8a, 8000m and 8-pints in an 8 month period? (Not sure about the 8A bit though to be a true all rounder?)I guess i have a tenuous claim on the triple crown too if you count long Parisella's problems as 8A? I've swapped leads on a VIII FA, but seconded the crux, so can't quite claim the extended version.We could throw in M8/D8 for some further variety and whittle the list down a bit further?
Sorry Ally, back around. I'm going to suggest that goes in the next guide at VII - compared to Great Corner it is.
how many have done a 8000m peak? is it just Leo Holding?
Quote from: J_duds on June 11, 2014, 09:12:48 amhow many have done a 8000m peak? is it just Leo Holding?Is 'climbing' an 8000 m peak really a challenge that climbers aspire to? I don't think it is.At a family do a few years back I got introduced to a distant relative who was a 'climber', turns out they had paid a lot of money to go on several guided trips up big peaks in the Himalayas. He didn't have a clue about climbing, e.g. he drew a complete blank when I said I really wanted to climb London Wall. The type of people drawn to Himalayan mountaineering generally seem to fit this mold. Now I'm not saying it's not a challenge, it clearly is, but I just I don't think the majority of British all-rounders even momentarily think of climbing 8000 m peaks.Furthermore, for the majority of people (minus Ueli Steck), climbing an 8000 m peak is so far removed from the independent nature of the rest of our activities that it's almost an alien concept paying to go on an organised trip.
How about doing them all in a day, that would be impressive.
Not as impressive as doing the Yorkshire Triple Crown in a day though. That still blows me away.
Quote from: T_B on June 12, 2014, 12:05:12 pmNot as impressive as doing the Yorkshire Triple Crown in a day though. That still blows me away.Has anyone seriously tried this?
Quote from: Sloper on June 11, 2014, 08:58:16 amNik could go for 5* 8 but his knees are too little to get him to the top of a big hill.you seen Andy Cave's legs?
[q Sorry Ally, back around. I'm going to suggest that goes in the next guide at VII - compared to Great Corner it is.Cool topic, the 8A would seem by far the hardest and the trad the easiest (?) out of 8a, e8, VIII, 8A - the trad could be redpointing a bold 7b it seems?!, winter is more about time spent doing it than a high physical performance standard and sacrificing a normal life to chase conditions, sport probably second hardest? and the boulder problem - there's no short-cutting that sort of physicality (except knee-bars...) no matter how easy it is to work/access.
As pointed out earlier surely 8A must be the hardest. I find it unbelievable that anyone who climbs 8A cant do an 8a route. I know a lot of people who climbed 8b-8c routes who couldnt do 8A. A tiny bit of application would get an 8A boulderer up 8a.
Does anyone have anymore info on this. I would love to hear about it was there any write up on it, what order would you do them in do you walk from crag to crag as we'll or is this just folklore. I've always thought this would be such a brilliant thing to be able to do.