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Pete Whittaker (born 1991) is a British professional rock climber.
He is one half of the duo known as the Wide Boyz, along with his climbing partner Tom Randall.
Whittaker made a name for himself through crack climbing, including the first ascent of the world's hardest wide-width climb, Century Crack.
In 2011, Whittaker and Randall traveled to the United States, where he was the first to show Belly Full of Bad Berries (5.
13b), a popular over-wide at Indian Creek.
Continuing on the journey, Whittaker and Randall made the first ascent of Century Crack (5.
14b), the toughest off-wide ascent in the world.
After initially sending the route with the previously placed equipment, the two of them repeated the climb while placing their own equipment.
In 2014, Whittaker became the first to flash Freerider (5.
12d) on El Capitan.
In 2016, Whittaker completed Freerider's first solo free climb in one day.
After exhibiting the classic Freerider (5.
12d or 7c) in 2014 on El Capitan in Yosemite, in 2016 he became the first to climb El Cap solo and free in less than 24 hours.
Then, in 2018, still solo, he climbed Capitan and Half Dome in a single day.
On the gritstone, among his big first ascents: Dynamics of Change (E9 7a), Bigger Baron (E10 7a) and Sleepy Hollow (E10 7a).
Elsewhere, he debuted Century Crack (5.
14b or 8c), the world's hardest off-width, The Millennium Arch (5.
14a or 8b+) and Lamb of God (5.
14b or 8c), all in Canyonlands, Utah.
Pete's extreme cracking history also includes early ascents of Crown of Thorns (5.
14a or 8b+) and Cruzifix (5.
14a or 8b+), iterations of the legendary Cobra Crack (5.
14b or 8c) in Squamish, Canada, considered at the time to be the hardest crack in the world, and Recovery Drink (8c+) in Jøssingfjord, Norway, his most difficult achievement.
to date.
In 2019 he shone Ronny Medels-vensson (8b), also in Jøssingfjord, probably the toughest flash to date on a crack.
He was also the first person to reach a width of 5.
13 with his first ascent Belly Full of Bad Berries (5.
13a/b or 8b) at Indian Creek, Utah in 2011.
Pete believes he has only scratched the surface of what is possible to climb extreme crevasse.
In 2021, Whittaker and Randall scaled the Great Crack (5.
13), a 2,500-foot ceiling crack below a road viaduct in Devon, England.
His rise was documented in the short film Bridge Boys, which appeared on Reel Rock 16.
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A horizontal bigwall adventure with the...Bridge Boys 2022
A horizontal big-wall adventure with the Wide Boyz Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker as they take on the longest, most ridiculous crack climb ever attempted.
After their success climbing the worlds...Wide Boyz II – Slender Gentlemen 2014
After their success climbing the world’s hardest offwidth, the Wide Boyz, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, embark on their next crack climbing mission. This time their sights are set on the thinner end of the crack climbing spectrum. Their goal is the mighty Cobra Crack in Squamish BC, considered to be the hardest finger crack in the world. First climbed by Canadian ‘rock star’ Sonnie Trotter after battling it out with Didier Berthod, the route hit the media spotlight in the film First Ascent. With no local hard cracks to train on, the Wide Boyz refit their underground training dungeon and commit to a year of torturous finger training. With only a short trip to Canada planned, the Boyz face their biggest challenge yet against the sharp granite bite of the mighty Cobra Crack!
From acclaimed directors Paul Diffley and...Wide Boyz 2012
From acclaimed directors Paul Diffley and Chris Alstrin comes a wild journey through the strange sub-culture of offwidth crack climbing. Join two brave British lads, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, as they take on the decidedly American sport of climbing bloody, painful and often dangerous cracks that require wedging body parts into places they weren't meant to be. Randall and Whittaker's ultimate goal is to make the first ascent of a renowned offwidth test-piece known as Century Crack, which looms above the forgotten lands deep in the Utah desert. If they can achieve this unlikely climb from under the noses of the competitive Americans, it will be a coup for these young up-starts, but the odds are stacked against them.
Grit flick dvd film by alastair...Grit Flick 2009
Grit flick (dvd) film by alastair lee. Marmot presents - grit flick. This superb dvd features the highlights from one of the best gritstone seasons ever(!), filmed and produced by award winning film maker alastair lee. Headline acts headlining with jordan buy's second ascent of the coveted widdop wall, followed by what has been touted by gritstone guru john dunne as 'the hardest route on grit' as ryan pasquill makes the first ascent of the outrageously difficult 'gerty berwick'; the blank wall to the left of 'the new statesman' at ilkley, yorkshire. Then lucy creamer stars in the hardest uk female ascent of a gritstone route as lucy tries her luck on 'slab and crack' e8 at cubar, peak district. Another main attraction is one of gritstone's unsung heroes ben bransby with his first ascent of a stunning highball boulder problem at rylstone, yorkshire.
Committed Volume II showcases five of...Committed - Volume II 2008
Committed Volume II showcases five of Britain's best climbers on a spectacular array of hard routes; the terrifying Walk of Life, one of Scotland's toughest winter routes; gritstone's best “last great problem”, the youngest female ascent of an E7 and the world's maddest mantel; it's all here.
