[perugolate]

aye gary's an 8a punter at least

[Paul B]

nah i didnt mean him dobbin but id be suprised if he hadnt climbed 8a... this guy used to train indoors with chris graham and used to go down the berghaus a lot.....
Fair enough about NIge being irish...

[Nige C]

Nigel Callendar, currently resident in bangor i think did humble pie, thats v11. He been counted yet?

'Spose it depends on whether you consider Humble Pie to 8a or not......  ooh, how controversial.......  :D

  nige

[webbo]

are link ups counted.for instance
v6 into v1into v1 into v6 when you add all that up.it equals v14.  :D  

maybe we can all get on the list this way.

[Fiend]

http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=120948&v=1

^^^ has this Rich been mentioned already?? If not then we have another (V11 = 8a, right?).

[ned]

http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=120948&v=1

uuuuum. Surely someone who can climb 8a will generally know a lot more than that about training/muscle groups etc.

[Fingers of a Martyr]

As far as i know, Dan Varian has done Purely Belter, but not using the V11 sequence...

[Paul B]

anyone mentioned andy brown?

or john dunne? spark of some controversy here by saying i thought the bottom of careless torque or indeed careless torque was 8a.....

[dave]

can't be arsed re-reading the rest of the thread, but jordan has deffo done 8a, straight from the horses mouth.

[Adam Lincoln]

Do we reckon this list is close to the 200 mark yet? Over on the other channel someone was saying they didn't think 'that' many people had done this feat. Obviously wrong but 4 years on from list, do you think we are closer to 200?

[uptown]

Do we reckon this list is close to the 200 mark yet?

Yep, but I reckon 3 8a's are needed to truely claim the grade.

[neil h]

do dynos count, I have done 3 of them 

[Fultonius]

Well, here's a few to add to the list from north of the border:

Will Atkinson
Mark McQuaid
Niall McNair
Alan Cassidy
Ben Litster
Stewart Brown

Possibly Sam Clarke?

[dobbin]

Do we reckon this list is close to the 200 mark yet? Over on the other channel someone was saying they didn't think 'that' many people had done this feat. Obviously wrong but 4 years on from list, do you think we are closer to 200?

How many were we on before?

Yep, but I reckon 3 8a's are needed to truely claim the grade.

Agreed.

do dynos count, I have done 3 of them 

What, dynos? or 8a dynos?   

[nik at work]

I think at last count it was pretty much dead on 100-ish.

It's interesting to note some of the names mentioned as possibles, and what they have gone on to do (Variant is one I noted)

If the three ticks or you're out rule is applied I think the numbers may take a hit...

[rodma]

Well, here's a few to add to the list from north of the border:

Will Atkinson
Mark McQuaid
Niall McNair
Alan Cassidy
Ben Litster
Stewart Brown

Possibly Sam Clarke?

Tim Palmer and Gary Vincent (semi-mentioned earlier) have done more than three each. I've only done two in the forest, so I don't qualify

[Jaspersharpe]

Surely two in the forest are worth more than three or more at plenty of other places.

[galpinos]

Surely two in the forest are worth more than three or more at plenty of other places.

Isn't the saying "2 in the Forest are worth 3 in the Wood" ?

[JohnM]

Is 1 in The Cave still worth 2 in The Pass!?

[dobbin]

I have done five. Do I get a Copley brother?

[Jaspersharpe]

You get two.

[dobbin]

Fair enough. I deserve punishment.

What did you do with all that free chalk anyway?

[Adam Lincoln]

You get two.

AND a Franco Cookson 

[Doylo]

In the UK, somewhere between 50 and 100. (it was more than 50 when I wrote that 'State of the art' article for OTE in about 2001 I think)

in N Wales;

CJD
Katz
Nodder
Neil Dyer
Sam Cattell
Danny Cattell
Chris Doyle
Paul Higginson
Adam Hocking
Paul Houghoughi

and possibly Pete Robins - can't remember if he has actually done Duel.

and, of course, you.

A bakers dozen.

And the biggest improver from Wales prize goes to.........

Mr Peter Robbins

[Jaspersharpe]

What did you do with all that free chalk anyway?

I'm probably being thick but.......