Simon Nadin
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| Nickname | Buxton stick-man[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 July 1965[1] Buxton, England[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Climbing career | |||||||||||||||
| Type of climber | Sport climbing, Traditional climbing | ||||||||||||||
| Highest grade | |||||||||||||||
| Known for | Winning first IFSC Climbing World Cup in 1989 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 18 January 2022. | |||||||||||||||
Simon Nadin (born 10 July 1965) is a British rock climber and professional photographer, who won the first ever IFSC Climbing World Cup in 1989.[3]
Climbing[edit]
Nadin was a climbing all-rounder and pioneered routes which set new levels in climbing.[3] He started climbing on gritstone outcrops, such as The Roaches, near his home in Buxton[4] and using nuts made in his school metalwork lessons.[4]
Within a year of starting climbing he was climbing at E6 level[4] and in later years frequently onsight-soloed E4, E5 or harder routes.
In 1989, having only been a professional climber for six months, he became the first IFSC Climbing World Cup champion, beating Didier Raboutou at the final round in Lyon, with an audience of 8000 people (Jerry Moffatt finished 3rd).[2] He also came first in that round of the World Cup winning £3000 for this.[2] Nadin was nearly disqualified twice for late arrival due to not seeing instructions put up in the official hotel, as the UK team was staying in a youth hostel.[2]
Later in 1989, he unsuccessfully attempted to free climb The Nose on El Capitan with Lynn Hill.[5]
Nadin's training methods were unusual, training 'heavy' in the winter, but still able to complete difficult ascents having not climbed for a period of time.[6]
Media[edit]
He appeared in series 3 of Coast climbing The Old Man of Hoy with Neil Oliver and Andy Cave.[7]
Selected climbs[edit]
- Barriers in Time - The Roaches
- Thing on a Spring - The Roaches
- Paralogism - The Roaches
- Painted Rumour - The Roaches
- Dangerous Crocodile Snogging - Ramshaw Rocks, Staffordshire
- Never Never Land - Ramshaw, Staffordshire
- Master of Reality - Hen Cloud, Staffordshire
- B4XS - Hen Cloud, Staffordshire
- Inaccessible - Ina's Rock, Churnet Valley
- Menopause - 6b (solo) - Stoney Middleton
See also[edit]
- List of grade milestones in rock climbing
- History of rock climbing
- Rankings of most career IFSC gold medals
References[edit]
- ^ a b Heinz, Zak (1996). Rock Stars: World's Best Free Climbers. Cordee. p. 59. ISBN 978-3763370443.
- ^ a b c d Clouston, Erlend (20 November 1989). "From the archive, 20 November 1989: Miracle, miracle on the wall, GB is the best of all". The Guardian. London: GMG. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Simon Nadin - Living Art". living-art.org.uk. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Simon Nadin (1965-): The World Champ Next Door". ote.dsl.pipex.com. 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Hill, Lynn (2008). "Freeing the Nose". In Jeffrey Mathes Mccarthy (ed.). Contact: mountain climbing and environmental thinking. University of Nevada Press. p. 189. ISBN 9780874177466.
- ^ "Mountain Heritage Trust". mountain-heritage.org. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ "BBC - Coast". bbc.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
External links[edit]
- Simon Nadin on Flickr
- Simon Nadin, Climbing-History.org Page (January 2022)