Simon Nadin (born 10 July 1965) is a British

rock climber Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ...

and professional photographer, who won the first ever

IFSC Climbing World Cup The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of climbing competitions held annually and organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering and speed. The number of competit ...

in 1989.

Climbing

Nadin was a climbing all-rounder and pioneered routes which set new levels in climbing. He started climbing on

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outcrops, such as

The Roaches The Roaches (from the French ''les roches'' - the rocks) is a prominent rocky ridge above Leek and Tittesworth Reservoir in the Staffordshire Peak District of England. The ridge with its rock formations rises steeply to . Along with Ramsha ...

, near his home in

Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.

and using nuts made in his school

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lessons. Within a year of starting climbing he was climbing at E6 level and in later years frequently

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ed E4, E5 or harder routes. In 1989, having only been a professional climber for six months, he became the first

champion, beating Didier Raboutou at the final round in

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, with an audience of 8000 people (

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finished 3rd). He also came first in that round of the World Cup winning £3000 for this. 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

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. Later in 1989, he unsuccessfully attempted to free climb ''The Nose'' on

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with

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. 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.

Media

He appeared in series 3 of

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climbing The Old Man of Hoy with

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and

Andy Cave Andy Cave (born 1966) is a British mountaineer, mountain guide, and motivational speaker. He was nominated for the Piolet d'Or for his first ascent of the North Face of Changabang in 1997, and won the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literatu ...

Selected climbs

*''Barriers in Time'' -

*''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,

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*''Menopause'' - 6b (solo) -

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References

External links

Simon Nadin on Flickr

Simon Nadin
''Climbing-History.org'' Page (January 2022) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nadin, Simon British rock climbers 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Derbyshire IFSC Climbing World Cup overall medalists British competition climbers

Climbing

Media

Selected climbs

See also

References

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