Malcolm Smith (climber)

For other people with similar names, see Malcolm Smith (disambiguation)

Malcolm Smith (born 1973) is an elite rock climber born in Dunbar, Scotland. He is the brother of Scottish Visual Artist Sandy Smith.

Climbing since 1988, he has developed an impressive list of repeated hard climbs, notably repeating Ben Moon's 1990 testpiece Hubble at Raven Tor aged only 18.^[1] Smith is particularly known for his commitment to tough training regimes and for his focus on bouldering: one of only a handful of climbers to have repeated the classic Dreamtime at Cresciano, he has also created new problems up to Font 8b+ such as Monk Life in Northumberland and Pilgrimage^[2] at Parisella's cave in North Wales.

Smith has also competed internationally and is sponsored by Scarpa and Moon Climbing.

Films

Smith's training techniques were the subject of the black and white short film Splinter by Slackjaw Films.^[3] This was originally included as a free extra on their DVD "Blood, Sweat and Bagels", but has since come to be regarded as a classic climbing short in its own right.

References

1. ^ "FreakClimbing.com - Interview with Malcolm Smith". FreakClimbing.com. http://www.freakclimbing.com/modules.php?name=People&rop=showcontent&pid=18. 
2. ^ "Smith Does 5.14+ Traverse - Climbing.com". Climbing.com. http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/malcolmage/. 
3. ^ "Splinter by Slackjaw". Slackjaw. http://www.slackjaw.co.uk/climbingfilms/splinter.html. 

• "CLIMBING: World finals mark a high.(Sport)". Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland). November 12, 2003. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-110066582.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18. 

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