Pete Whittaker

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 worlds hardest widewidth 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 513b a popular overwide at Indian Creek Continuing on the journey Whittaker and Randall made the first ascent of Century Crack 514b the toughest offwide 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 512d on El Capitan In 2016 Whittaker completed Freeriders first solo free climb in one day After exhibiting the classic Freerider 512d 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 514b or 8c the worlds hardest offwidth The Millennium Arch 514a or 8b and Lamb of God 514b or 8c all in Canyonlands Utah Petes extreme cracking history also includes early ascents of Crown of Thorns 514a or 8b and Cruzifix 514a or 8b iterations of the legendary Cobra Crack 514b 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 Medelsvensson 8b also in Jøssingfjord probably the toughest flash to date on a crack He was also the first person to reach a width of 513 with his first ascent Belly Full of Bad Berries 513ab 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 513 a 2500foot 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