Malcolm Smith (born 1973, Dunbar, Scotland) is a Scottish rock climber and competition climber who won the bouldering IFSC Climbing World Cup in 2002.
He is one of only a handful of climbers to have repeated Fred Nicole's boulder problem, Dreamtime V14 (8B+) 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.
[6] Now sometimes considered F9a,[6] which would make Malcolm the 3rd man ever to climb F9a.
Malcolm originally gave the route E9 7a but it was downgraded by second ascendent Robin Barker also in 1994.
2010 Perfect Crime Extension, Font 8a+, Dumbarton Rock.