Pete Whittaker

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https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840547072831

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dPa2MGqhE

Pete's ascent was partially aided by a gardening glove taped to his under-sized fist.

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2008/06/rays_roof__-_dispatched_by_tom_randall_and_pete_whittaker-44807

References

[1] https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840760406143

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840783739474

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRQDAQlbsAw

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkn_nLKA0aE

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2011/11/wideboyz_climb_century_crack_placing_gear-64870

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2es_JX_Hcw

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-ACI7nnd5g

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/CXOwn9-oqwC/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCqItM7gmoZ/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZpprpkFh9I

I was pleased with our successes on this one. When one person gets it it's great, but it always feels like a job half-done, so it was good that we both did it one after the other on the same day. It felt like a little inner personal achievement to me. [1]

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/04/roof_crack_repeat_by_randall_and_whittaker_-_necronomicon_513d14a-71912

Third ascent.

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/08/third_ascent_of_recovery_drink_by_pete_whittaker-72032

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Of9IDo5OG/

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/B1iqA2KFpE9/?hl=en-gb

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Vqvg7FBYY/

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/08/pete_whittaker_flashes_ronny_medelsvensson_trad_8b-72038

Pete had a little play on the crack section to see if he could work out a sequence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQWHvDvtMFs

Will it see repeats?

Pete: No. I would absolutely love it if someone did. Honestly I would love it! But it's a fairly short list of candidates, and even then, they'd still need to put some training time in, and they'd need a partner of a same standard. And then to go through the whole recce, access, police thing again.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CWojJDwMRPG/

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CfJWkIMjBSQ/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc-kEPWFQGU

On trying to find a partner for the line:

He [George Smith] kept giving me phone numbers of other climbers. Calum [Muskett] managed to bring in the excuse that he was becoming a Dad. However, I eventually managed to rope Zippy [Mark Pretty] into a trip down there. Fortunately for him, the swell was way too big and we couldn't even make it to the base of the first pitch.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci8JBrcMzVt/

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2022/09/massive_new_gogarth_e8_roof_crack_by_pete_whittaker_-_bar_wars-73154

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFDrzUL8srU

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2022/10/8b_trad_roof_crack_flash_in_spain_by_pete_whittaker-73178

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvPiB8AzWkE

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CwQX1kfMn8d/?img_index=1

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2023/08/pete_whittaker_makes_first_free_ascent_of_eigerdosis_8c-73433

[3] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/pete-whittaker-frees-eigerdosis-8c-trad-crack-jossingfjord-norway.html

The hardest, or up their with the hardest things I've done.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxvn7caMmLO/=

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_3i6axfao

[3] https://www.instagram.com/p/CyAugoKMhdi/

[4] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2023/10/pete_whittaker_on_crown_royale_9a-73481

[5] https://open.spotify.com/episode/1XrRTecaRKy9JOqPFXoKhI?

[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HodiG0G9knM

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/petewhittaker01/?img_index=1

Climbing The Cleaver a few weeks back i went wayyyy over maximum. After I passed the crux lip turn I was hazing in and out vision and could barely do the few simple moves to the anchor. Proper over the red line and beyond moment! 😅 I enjoyed it. [1]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C1BeVVpOF_7/?img_index=1

As it's not had many ascents I'll give my thoughts on the grade to add to the general consensus over time. For me it felt tough 8c, harder than Cobra [Crack], easier than Recovery [Drink]. With pure cracks like this hand and finger size does always play a part though. This crack does take in a range of bad sizes so the cruxes are likely to be slightly different for everyone.

However, what can be said is it's such a classic for the hard global crack circuit, and you really need to know your pure jamming techniques for this one. Thanks Mason Earle for the vision and the fight right to the anchor. [1]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0Cl6HrvwK-/

[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/19Qi2hObiFY843FSwzN0vp?4v-Ppg

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGQfQpjpq8I

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C2kYg1LMnKB/

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wufMU4o46-k

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C2W73x0MFuW/

[2] https://youtu.be/G7DWi8E0S-8?t=752