Pete Whittaker

Quick Info

Nationality: GB
Hardest Boulder (Worked): 8B
Hardest Sport (Worked): 8c+
Hardest Trad (Worked): E11
Hardest Trad (Onsight): E8
Hardest Trad (Flash): E9
Notable Partnerships
Tom Randall
Social Media

One half of the WideBoyz.

Features in Without a Partner: Rope Solo of El Cap in Under 24rhs

Quick Info

Nationality: GB
Hardest Boulder (Worked): 8B
Hardest Sport (Worked): 8c+
Hardest Trad (Worked): E11
Hardest Trad (Onsight): E8
Hardest Trad (Flash): E9
Notable Partnerships
Tom Randall
Social Media

One half of the WideBoyz.

Features in Without a Partner: Rope Solo of El Cap in Under 24rhs

Podcasts

Pics + Vids

Added at 17:01 on 13 January 2021
Baron Greenback (E9, FA)
Added at 10:07 on 19 July 2021
The Great Rift (E10, FA)
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Added at 19:12 on 08 December 2021
Sleepy Hollow (E10, FA)
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Added at 19:12 on 08 December 2021
Sleepy Hollow (E10, FA)
Added at 11:12 on 19 December 2020
Silence (9c)
Added at 19:07 on 08 July 2021
Ronny Medelsvensson (E9)
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Added at 16:10 on 27 October 2022
French Duke (E9)
Added at 17:01 on 24 January 2021
The Recovery Drink (E11)
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Added at 14:07 on 13 July 2022
Dynamics of Change (E9, FA)
Added at 10:01 on 14 January 2021
Baron Greenback Direct (E10, FA)
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Added at 07:07 on 21 July 2022
The Kraken (8B)
Added at 17:07 on 24 July 2022
Bar Wars (E8, FA)
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Added at 13:09 on 26 September 2022
Bar Wars (E8, FA)
Added at 13:09 on 26 September 2022
The Master's Edge (E7)
Added at 06:10 on 27 October 2022
La Fuerza de la Gravedad (E9)
Added at 16:12 on 04 December 2022

Ascents

25 recorded ascents.

Year Climb Grade FA Ascent Date
2008 Grandad's Slab E7 (Lead) ✓ 5th January 2008

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840480406171
Captain Calamity E7 (Lead) ✓ 1st March 2008

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840547072831
Dynamics of Change E9 (Lead) ✓ 14th March 2008

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

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840543739498
2009 Silent Scream E7 (Lead) ✓ 7th March 2009

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840760406143
Gobbler's Roof E7 (Lead) ✓ 22nd April 2009

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840783739474
Inspiration Dedication E8 (Lead) ✓ 13th September 2009

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840840406135
2010 French Duke E9 (Lead) March 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRQDAQlbsAw
Greenspit E9 (Lead) August 2010
2011 The Master's Edge E7 (Lead Flash) 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkn_nLKA0aE
Belly Full of Bad Berries E8 (Lead Flash) October 2011
Century Crack E10 (Lead) ✓ November 2011

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2011/11/wideboyz_climb_century_crack_placing_gear-64870
2012
2013 Baron Greenback E9 (Lead) ✓ 4th March 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2es_JX_Hcw
Cobra Crack E9 (Lead) September 2013
Sleepy Hollow E10 (Lead) ✓ 8th December 2013

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

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXOwn9-oqwC/
2014 Baron Greenback Direct E10 (Lead) ✓ 31st March 2014

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCqItM7gmoZ/
2015 The Complete Scream E8 (Lead Onsight) June 2015
Kaa'bah 8c+ (Lead) 2nd June 2015
2016
2017
2018
2019 Necronomicon E9 (Lead) April 2019

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
Ronny Medelsvensson E9 (Lead Flash) August 2019

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

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/08/pete_whittaker_flashes_ronny_medelsvensson_trad_8b-72038
The Recovery Drink E11 (Lead) August 2019

Third ascent.

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

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Of9IDo5OG/
2020 Silence 9c (Lead Did not finish) 2020

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
2021 The Great Rift E10 (Alternate Leads) ✓ November 2021

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/
2022 The Kraken 8B (Boulder) 20th June 2022

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc-kEPWFQGU
Bar Wars E8 (Lead) ✓ September 2022

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
La Fuerza de la Gravedad E9 (Lead Flash) October 2022

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvPiB8AzWkE
Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Silence 9c (Lead Did not finish) 2020

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
Kaa'bah 8c+ (Lead) 2nd June 2015
Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
The Kraken 8B (Boulder) 20th June 2022

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc-kEPWFQGU
Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
The Recovery Drink E11 (Lead) August 2019

Third ascent.

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

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Of9IDo5OG/
Century Crack E10 (Lead) ✓ November 2011

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2011/11/wideboyz_climb_century_crack_placing_gear-64870
Sleepy Hollow E10 (Lead) ✓ 8th December 2013

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

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXOwn9-oqwC/
Baron Greenback Direct E10 (Lead) ✓ 31st March 2014

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCqItM7gmoZ/
The Great Rift E10 (Alternate Leads) ✓ November 2021

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/
Dynamics of Change E9 (Lead) ✓ 14th March 2008

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

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840543739498
Baron Greenback E9 (Lead) ✓ 4th March 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2es_JX_Hcw
French Duke E9 (Lead) March 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRQDAQlbsAw
Greenspit E9 (Lead) August 2010
Cobra Crack E9 (Lead) September 2013
Necronomicon E9 (Lead) April 2019

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
Ronny Medelsvensson E9 (Lead Flash) August 2019

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

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2019/08/pete_whittaker_flashes_ronny_medelsvensson_trad_8b-72038
La Fuerza de la Gravedad E9 (Lead Flash) October 2022 8b (soft)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvPiB8AzWkE
Inspiration Dedication E8 (Lead) ✓ 13th September 2009

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840840406135
Bar Wars E8 (Lead) ✓ September 2022

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
Belly Full of Bad Berries E8 (Lead Flash) October 2011
The Complete Scream E8 (Lead Onsight) June 2015
Grandad's Slab E7 (Lead) ✓ 5th January 2008

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840480406171
Captain Calamity E7 (Lead) ✓ 1st March 2008

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840547072831
Silent Scream E7 (Lead) ✓ 7th March 2009

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840760406143
Gobbler's Roof E7 (Lead) ✓ 22nd April 2009

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.143839010406318/143840783739474
The Master's Edge E7 (Lead Flash) 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkn_nLKA0aE
Climb Grade FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade