| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Strong Steve[2] |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 25 July 1970 Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Riding of Yorkshire[3] |
| Education | Sacred Heart, Redcar[3] Sheffield University[4] |
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb)[5] |
| Website | www |
| Climbing career | |
| Type of climber | |
| Highest grade | |
| Known for | Creating hardest British sport climbs; repeating hardest British traditional climbs |
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| Retired | 2004[1] |
| Updated on 13 January 2022 | |
Steve McClure (born 25 July 1970) is a British rock climber and climbing author, who is widely regarded as Britain's leading and most important sport climber for a period that extends for over two decades, starting from the late 1990s. In 2017, he created Rainman, Britain's first-ever 9b (5.15b) sport route, and by that stage was responsible for developing the majority of routes graded 9a (5.14d) and above in Britain. Although mainly known for sport climbing, McClure has also been one of the most successful British traditional climbers, and British onsight climbers (in both sport climbing and traditional climbing formats).
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- ^ a b Blackburn, Mike (25 November 2015). "Leading rock climber Steve McClure handed honorary degree at Teesside University". TeessideLive. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ McClure, Steve (November 2014). "Chapter 10. God's own Rock". Beyond Limits: A life through climbing. ISBN 978-1910240199.
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