Pete Whittaker

Height:

5'9.5"

Ape index:

+3 inches

Born:

29/01/1991

Current Location:

Sheffield

Been climbing for:

13ish years

Fav 5:10 Shoe:

Anasazi range

Memorable Climbing Moment:

Many, but to name a few:
Topping out on Dynamics
Climbing 1000 routes on stanage
onsighting a new route in Italy, I was so scared i nearly cried
Climbing trips with friends

Climbing Heroes:

many inspirations, but naming a few, Johnny Dawes for climbing movement, Steve Mc for the sport, Caff for his onsight skills, Ryan for his flashes, Randall for the offwidth, Katy shes a good allrounder.

Loves:

Offwidths

Hates:

45 degree boards with wooden holds (the slabby side however, is ok)

Fav Book:

Any climbing related

Fav Music:

I like most stuff

Fav Climb:

Quarryman Groove pitch

Other Hobbies:

N/A

Occupation:

Student

Website:

Five Ten

 

Pete's Blog

11th Feb 2011 New Routes on New Crag for Randall and Whittaker

Taken from UKclimbing.com:

 

"Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall have climbed two new routes at a 'new' crag - Rainroach Rock in Staffordshire.

The routes, Captain Cutloose (E7 6c) and Pieces of Eight (E8 7a) took a fair bit of cleaning, but after the hard work produced two good lines.

Tom Randall explains how they were tipped off:

...I got chatting to Gary Gibson about new crags and new routes to be developed in the Churnet region. Quite surprisingly, he actually gave me a rather good tip-off about this place called Rainroach Rock...

After trekking through quite a bit of dense woodland and the dreaded Rhododendron bushes we eventually found the fabled Rainroach Rock. As promised, the crag was totally obscured by vegetation, so we got work with a load of bow-saws and cleared a substantial area of land. Once cleaned up a bit, we were greeted with a really awesome bit of rock – perfect Churnet grit, capped with a massive horizontal 7-foot roof!

...We returned on Friday to find perfect conditions. A quick check of our routes from the comfort of a tight rope confirmed they were ready to go, so we later dispatched them that day. My route features a huge cut loose move across the roof and a bit of spicy climbing up the final arete, which was very enjoyable – this created 'Captain Cut Loose' probably about E7 6c. Pete crimped and gnarled his way up the very bold lower arete of his route and ran it out on the upper headwall to create a desperate E8 7a – 'Pieces Of Eight'."

 

Check the video out HERE