Malcolm Smith (climber)

Malcolm Smith (born 1973) is a rock climber born in Dunbar, Scotland, who in 2002, won the bouldering IFSC Climbing World Cup.^[1]

Smith is principally known for tough training regimes and for his focus on bouldering, and is one of only a handful of climbers to have repeated Fred Nicole's boulder problem, Dreamtime at Cresciano,^[2] and has made first ascents of boulder problems up to 8B+ (V14), such as Monk Life in Northumberland,^[3] and Pilgrimage at Parisella's Cave in North Wales.^[4] Smith has also competed internationally in bouldering competitions, winning the 2002 IFSC Climbing World Cup.

When he was aged 18, he repeated Ben Moon's sport climbing route Hubble, at Raven Tor.^[1]

He is the brother of Scottish Visual Artist Sandy Smith.

Filmography[]

• Documentary on Smith's training techniques: Heap, Richard (director) (2006). Splinter (Motion picture). Slackjaw Film. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
• Documentary on Smith, Jerry Moffatt, and Ben Moon bouldering in Cresciano: Heap, Richard (director) (2001). Stone Love (Motion picture). Slackjaw Film. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
• Documentary on British bouldering: Pritchard, Ben (director) (2001). Stick It (Motion picture). Slackjaw Film. ASIN B000K2Y798. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

References[]

External links[]

• IFSC Profile
• "CLIMBING: World finals mark a high.(Sport)". Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland). November 12, 2003. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved 2008-07-18.