Andrew Earl

Andrew Earl, known as Andy Earl, is a professional climber and coach born in 1976 who comes from the north-east of England. He climbs both traditional routes and boulder problems, and has made ascents graded E9 on traditional climbs and 8B+ (V14) in bouldering at sites in Europe. Much of his best known work is in Northumberland, where he made first ascents such as The Dark Side at Back Bowden Doors, the E9 The Prow, and the boulder problem Blood Sport at Shaftoe Crags. In competition he was British bouldering champion from 2003 to 2006, won the silver medal in bouldering at the 2004 European Championships in Birmingham, and won the fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup in Réunion in 2007.