Katy Whittaker
Height: |
5ft 9" |
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Ape index: |
+3 inches |
Born: |
22/03/1989 Burnley |
Current Location: |
Sheffield |
Been climbing for: |
13 years ish... |
Fav 5:10 Shoe: |
Anasazi velcro of course! |
Memorable Climbing Moment: |
Too many to choose from! Would have to be one of the days out I've had on the grit, or climbing in the Cuillins, Skye. |
Climbing Heroes: |
ooo so many, an obvious one is dawes, but its mainly the people I go climbing with that inspire me most. |
Loves: |
Slab climbing |
Hates: |
Being cold |
Fav Book: |
N/A |
Fav Music: |
It varies, couldn't really say |
Fav Climb: |
Masters Edge, Millstone |
Other Hobbies: |
ermm seeing my friends, eating nice things etc |
Occupation: |
Student, studying graphic design. work a part time at The Climbing Works |
Website: |
Nope |
3rd Mar 2011 CWIF 2011 Bigstone Athletes 1st/4th!!
The climbing Works International Fesitval went off with a bang this weekend, with a mixture of local heroes and foreign pro's doing well.
Our very own Katy Whittaker claimed 1st place in the womens, with Ned coming 4th in the hotly contested mens catergory.
Taken form the Climbingworks.com:
"What a Final!! What a day!! The Climbing Works International Festival 2011 came to a close last night in an amazing session of top level bouldering.
The Mens and Womens Final provided some amazing action with a range of problems that tested the strength, skills and tenacity of all the finalists. At the end of the night we crowned two new champions.In the Mens, the only non-UK based climber in the final, Jernej Kruder of Slovenia, became CWIF champion with a display of immense power and strength that showed why Jernej may just be the strongest man in Slovenia (and one to watch in the coming years on the World competition scene).
In the Womens final, our very own, Climbing Works mild mannered receptionist, Katy Whittaker triumphed by the narrowest of margins over Melanie Sandoz of France. Katy sealed her win by flashing problem number 4 but it could be oh so different if Melanie had managed to hold the cut loose / swing on problem number 3.
The full results are available to view in pdf format below:
(each bloc has 2 columns, the left hand side is the amount of attempts it took to get the bonus, the right hand column is the amount of attempts it took to reach the top hold. A 0 means that the problem was not topped out)
You can view some more photos online at our Climbing Works Picasa albums here. We'll get more up over the next few days along with some film footage.
You can watch some of the highlights from the qualifiers on our website here>>
For any mor einfo head to the climbing works blog HERE
