Podcast appearances and mentions of pete whittaker

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Pete Whittaker is widely regarded as one of the best crack climbers of all time. We talked about his current trip to Moab trying Stranger Than Fiction, how he trained for the FA of Crown Royale 9a, the skills needed to climb cutting-edge cracks, why he is still working on improving at ring locks, the futuristic Crucifix Project, his most fun/rewarding/miserable/traumatic trips with Tom Randall, and much more!Become a Patron - 7 Day Free Trial!patreon.com/thenuggetclimbing Check out Rhino Skin Solutions!rhinoskinsolutions.comUse code “NUGGET” at checkout for 20% off your next order!Check out Crimpd!crimpd.comOr download the Crimpd app!Check out Rumpl!rumpl.com/nuggetHoliday Sale going on now with up to 25% off!The Nugget is sponsored by BetterHelp!betterhelp.com/NUGGETUse this link for 10% off your first month!Check out Wonderful Pistachios!WonderfulPistachios.com to learn more!We are supported by these amazing BIG GIVERS:Michael Roy, Craig Lee, Mark and Julie Calhoun, Yinan Liu, Zach Emery, Alex Pluta, and Matt WalterShow Notes:  thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/pete-whittakerNuggets:0:05:34 – Pete's breakfast and voice0:06:29 – Pete and Tom's current mission in Moab, and what makes that area so unique0:10:02 – Goals on trips, and working on ring locks as a weakness0:12:22 – How Pete and Tom ring lock differently0:14:57 – Pete's book on crack climbing techniques0:15:56 – Trying Mason Earl's route Stranger Than Fiction0:20:14 – Breakdown and progress on Stranger Than Fiction0:21:58 – Pete's first visit to the Profile Wall in Norway to try Recovery Drink, and working his way through the established free routes0:27:54 – The style of climbing on the Profile Wall, and the skills needed to climb hard there0:30:08 – Placing 17 pieces of gear on the 100m Crown Royale 9a0:32:35 – Breakdown of Crown Royale 9a, and running it out on the send0:38:13 – Pete's process on Crown, and projecting the top half as its own pitch0:40:42 – How Pete and Tom decide which projects to try together vs. individually0:43:19 – The most FUN trip with Tom (Century Crack trip)0:45:20 – The most MISERABLE trip with Tom (Bridge Boys)0:46:21 – The most TRAUMATIZING trip with Tom (Yosemite)0:49:09 – The most REWARDING trips with Tom (exploring the White Rim)0:50:27 – The Crucifix project0:53:26 – How Pete trained for Crown Royale 9a0:57:06 – Embracing the suck, why Pete is good at resting in stressful positions, and training stamina as a kid1:00:17 – Pete's early climbing, venturing into more dangerous routes as a teenager, and doing the first ascent of an E9 at age 17 with his mom on belay1:06:12 – Why Pete loves offwidthing, and other styles of climbing that involve lots of suffering1:10:42 – How geeky is Pete about training?1:13:10 – Adding structure, and training with Lattice for Crown Royale1:14:51 – Shoulder conditioning for Crown, and what exercises he plans to continue doing1:17:51 – Keeping tabs on the world's hardest trad routes, and Pete's thoughts on trying Tribe1:20:09 – How Pete picks objectives and goals, and riding the waves1:23:07 – Pete's recent trip to Yosemite with Mari1:25:37 – Using Darth Grader to suggest the grade of 9a for Crown Royale1:34:33 – How Pete's experience with Crown Royale compared to Recovery Drink1:37:33 – Unclimbed lines on the Profile Wall, and where the name “Crown Royale” came from1:39:26 – Check out the Patron-only EXTRA with the Wide Boyz!

Tom Randall couldn't be more excited because in today's podcast, the Wideboyz have come together to discuss Pete Whittaker's latest 9a Trad send, Crown Royale!Tom and Pete discuss all the training behind this monstrous climb. Plus, they dive in into some of Pete's assessment techniques before training, with Pete even spilling some key tips that helped him adapt his training for his project.Key topics include:How Pete self assesses before trainingHis training structure and how it has evolvedReplica TrainingWhat he has learned from climbers with different strengths (i.e Magnus)How he stays motivatedWhat are you waiting for? You can find our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more!The Lattice jingle is brought to you by Devin Dabney, music producer of the outdoor industry who also hosts the American Climbing Project.

I set out from Bend, Oregon, this past Wednesday morning and began the five hour commute up to Ashford, Washington. The whole time I was driving, I fretted about the weather. Rainier, like most big peaks, is known for unpredictable and rapid changes in its atmospheric attitude. Looking back on my experience, I feel like I cheated a little: We summited with cloudless skies and mellow winds. For many climbers, the weather is an obstacle to surmount not unlike the glaciers and vert that make Rainier the challenge that it is. When I pulled into Ashford I was thinking about all of the climbing legends who've been through this place: Ed Veisturs, Mark Twight, Jim, Lou, and Pete Whittaker, among many more. Rainier is a test piece. It's the place where countless climbing careers begin, and some tragically end. As Twight says “the mountains have teeth.” One of the worst accidents in US mountaineering history happened right here in 1981, where 11 people were killed when the Ingraham Icefall fractured and avalanched down the glacier. It was the very same route we'd be attempting. My friends and I went with the four-day climb through RMI (Rainier Mountaineering Inc.), which dates back to 1969 and was one of the first guide services operating in the vicinity. Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/zimpzon/calm License code: 9IVKCMGYJXZNZTCH Thumbnail photo by Lucas Davies on Unsplash

This week I am joined by Pete Whittaker, one of the world's leading climbers. His ability and dedication have seen him achieve astonishing feats such as making the first ascent of Century Crack, the world's hardest off-width climb and making the first rope solo free-climb of Freerider on El Capitan. Listen now as we discuss his journey from a boy in a little village in the Peak District to becoming one of the most respected climbers on the planet. 

Pete Whittaker is a professional climber. We recently collaborated on a video to see if he could out hang the whole Storror team, relaying one after another, hanging from a bridge over icy cold water. You probably saw already that he thrashed us! Holding on for a full 25 minutes! In this episode, we chat about Pete's introduction to parkour and how he's freakishly above the level you'd expect to see after three days of training. We talked about Toby's adventures rock climbing with Pete in Norway as well as some of the similarities between parkour and climbing and how parkourists could benefit from introducing some bouldering to complement their parkour training. Instagram - @petewhittaker01 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@WideBoyz If you'd prefer to watch the video and see some added clips relevant to the conversation, you can access it by becoming a YouTube join member on Storror's YouTube.

Pete Whittaker is a legendary crack climber from the UK and the first person to rope solo free-climb El Capitan in under 24 hours. My convo was a masterclass in scaling massive rock faces! I know jack about climbing but learning about the world he lives in is extraordinary. You'll travel the world in this chat we had learning about the state of global competition in climbing!

Rab athlete, Tom Randall, has travelled the world in search of the quirkiest crack climbs that nature has to offer. Faced with the prospect of a year without international travel, Tom and his climbing partner, Pete Whittaker, needed a project closer to home. And so ‘The Great Rift' was born. In this exclusive interview, he explains how an almost 800m, perfectly smooth, horizontal concrete crack under a motorway bridge on the M5 caught his eye.

Rab athlete Tom Randall swapped life as a London city trader to become a cutting-edge rock climber. His visionary first ascents included the famous Century Crack, a project that he and his Wideboyz partner Pete Whittaker trained for in Tom's legendary Sheffield cellar. Tom is a serial entrepreneur and founder of the global climbing performance Lattice Training. I caught up with Tom – once he'd put his kids to bed – to find out where he finds all the energy and whether he could envisage life without some ludicrous stretch project.

RunOut #73: Real Crack with Tom Randall Today we're joined by British crack-climbing legend Tom Randall to discuss his latest first ascent with his partner in crime Pete Whittaker. The duo, fondly known as the Wide Boyz, recently completed a 2,500-foot dead-horizontal roof crack on the underside of overpass in their native England. The 70-pitch crack, with difficulties consistently between 5.12d and 5.13b took the lads four days, and this journey will be subject of an upcoming Reel Rock film fest. But first, we hash out an online scuffle involving whether a GriGri has a place on a multi-pitch climber's rack. Finally, Bradley Carter, aka Chum-DM3, pays homage to the late Paul Nelson, who unexpectedly died of natural causes earlier this year. Show Notes The Great Rift report. Follow Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker on Instagram Enormocast on Facebook. “Full Nelson” by Chum-DM3 on Apple Music Paul Nelson obituary. “The Day I Sent Color Blind (5.13 R)” by Paul Nelson on Evening Sends Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

RunOut #73: Real Crack with Tom Randall Today we're joined by British crack-climbing legend Tom Randall to discuss his latest first ascent with his partner in crime Pete Whittaker. The duo, fondly known as the Wide Boyz, recently completed a 2,500-foot dead-horizontal roof crack on the underside of overpass in their native England. The 70-pitch crack, with difficulties consistently between 5.12d and 5.13b took the lads four days, and this journey will be subject of an upcoming Reel Rock film fest. But first, we hash out an online scuffle involving whether a GriGri has a place on a multi-pitch climber's rack. Finally, Bradley Carter, aka Chum-DM3, pays homage to the late Paul Nelson, who unexpectedly died of natural causes earlier this year. Show Notes The Great Rift report. Follow Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker on Instagram Enormocast on Facebook. “Full Nelson” by Chum-DM3 on Apple Music Paul Nelson obituary. “The Day I Sent Color Blind (5.13 R)” by Paul Nelson on Evening Sends Become a RunOut Rope Gun! Support our podcast and increase your RunOut runtime. Bonus episodes, AMA, and more will be available to our Rope Guns. Thank you for your support! http://patreon.com/runoutpodcastContact us Send ideas, voicemail, feedback and more. andrew@runoutpodcast.com // chris@runoutpodcast.com

In this episode we've got a very special guest on the sofa - Mr Pete Whittaker! Perhaps the only time, we'll have both of the Wideboyz on the Lattice sofa at the same time... so obviously the "Ask Lattice" session got straight onto the topic of crack climbing and the training that can be done for it. What have Tom and Pete learnt in over 10 years of specialising in routes, trad climbing and of course the dreaded crack discipline?Firstly, both Pete and Tom are extremely experienced in their replica training - see also some of our other videos on this subject - so they jump straight into this topic and share their experiences. They also tackle cross-training and how it can be incorporated into performance preparation and what kind of ordering or balance should be on crack vs face. If that's not enough for you, they get into the discussion of "what size matters" when it comes to training and why some sizes are better than others...Intro: (0:00​)Replica training: (2:00​)What size of crack to train?: (8:48​)Is cross-training useful for crack climbing?: (13:44​)Should you prioritise crack or face climbing?: (19:21​)Outro: (21:25​)Find out more about our Lattice Training Plans here: https://latticetraining.com/plans/​Find out more about Wideboyz here! https://wideboyz.com 

On Episode 214 of the Enormocast, I beam myself to Sheffield, England, the heart of British climbing, to talk to Pete Whittaker. Pete is one half of the infamous Wide Boyz but not just an offwidth climber. His prowess on cracks of all sizes is well known and has lead to his new definitive modern … Continue reading "Enormocast 214: Pete Whittaker – A Right Wad"

Climbing superstar Pete Whittaker's Trip Report of his free climb of El Capitan's Secret Passage rated 5.13d. Get your digital copy of Everest Alone today for only $5.  5 hours of entertainment for the price of a cup of Coffee. Buy Now Pete Whittaker's Website Instagram Crack Climbing  Book Pete's rope solo climb of El Capitan Blubrry Podcast Hosting Accidental Productions

I'm joined by the most humble human being I've ever met, professional climber and record breaker, Pete Whittaker.Pete talks openly about his journey from a young boy introduced too climbing, to some of his record breaking achievements throughout his career so far.Insta: @petewhittaker01 and @wide_boyzYouTube: Wide Boyz 

I talked with Pete Whittaker of Wide Boyz fame about how he trains for hard offwidth and trad climbs, and about his new book on crack climbing.

Inspiring Adventure from Vertebrate Publishing - the podcast that connects you to the great outdoors through literature.Episode 9 Rae is joined by Tough Girl Challenges founder and podcast host Sarah Williams, who fast packed the Appalachian Trial in 100 days.Sarah set up Tough Girl Challenges as a way of inspiring and motivating women and girls. She hosts the award-winning Tough Girl Podcast, and has interviewed hundreds of inspirational female explorers, adventurers and athletes.Sarah is no stranger to challenges of her own. In 2016 she took on the Marathon des Sables, which comprises six marathons across the Sahara desert. The following year she tackled the incredible Appalachian Trial. In 2018 she cycled from Vancouver in Canada down the Pacific Coast Highway to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico. Last year she walked the Camino Portugues and the Lycian Way. So just ready yourself for a major serving of inspiration!To read more about Sarah’s other challenges and watch her videos you can delve into her adventures over on her website, toughgirlchallenges.com, or tune into her podcast to hear about other incredible women doing incredible things, The Tough Girl Podcast. Sarah is a firm believer is sharing the word when it comes to the achievements of women who are taking on incredible challenges, and has featured a number of the Fantastic Female Adventurers from Lily Dyu’s children’s book on her podcast. In terms of my 100 day challenge, keep tuning in to find out more. Over the coming weeks I’ll be sharing my plans as they form, and ultimately I will be sharing the progress of the challenge via instagram!If you’ve got any feedback on the podcast, or suggestions for topics to cover or people you’d like to hear from please drop Rae an email at rae@v-publishing.co.uk and she'll send you a 20% discount code for the Vertebrate Publishing websiteOur next episode is due on Thursday 30 January and I’ll be welcoming back Helen and Paul Webster, who featured in our very first episode. This time they’ll be telling us more about walking in Scotland, especially the Cairngorms which feature in their next title, Day Walks in the Cairngorms. Before then you can always nip over to our YouTube channel to see our latest video with Pete Whittaker.Join the conversation by searching for Vertebrate Publishing on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube or sign up for our newsletter at v-publishing.co.uk

Pete Whittaker stops by to talk about his unique approach to rock climbing, why he loves suffering and his new book, Crack Climbing, out in January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Climber, writer and monologist (Google it), Andy Kirkpatrick talks to climber Pete Whittaker about a wide range of subjects, including crack climbing, soloing and post-it-note personalities. Website: https://andy-kirkpatrick.comInstagram: http://instagram.com/psychoverticalMusic by PogoBooks⁣PsychoverticalCold WarsMe, Myself & I⁣1001 Climbing Tips ⁣⁣Unknown Pleasures ⁣⁣Higher Education Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/psychovertical)

Pete is one half of the Wide Boyz duo, crack climber extraordinaire and now, author. He’s taken a brief break in signing pre-ordered copies of his first book, Crack Climbing, to answer some quick-fire questions from his Instagram followers. Our plan for Jerry Moffatt to put Pete under the spotlight was foiled by the challenge of co-ordinating the diaries of two of the best climbers in the world today, so you’ll have to settle for me as the voice of Instagram instead.Pete has just returned from a stint out in Yosemite where he completed seven walls in seven days with fellow climber Sean Warren. Each wall needed to be completed in under ten hours to allow them enough rest between climbs. You’ll be glad to know they achieved their goals, scaling El Cap’s Lurking Fear in nine hours, Leaning Tower’s West Face in five hours, Mount Watkins’ South Face in seven and a half hours, Washington Column’s 10 Days After in eight and a half hours, Half Dome’s Regular North-West Face in six and a half hours, Liberty Cap’s South-West Face in six hours and finally Lost Arrow Spire in seven hours fifty mins. Somehow in between his big week in Yosemite and heading up to Kendal Mountain Festival Pete managed to sign over 700 pre-ordered copies of his first book, Crack Climbing, and squeeze in this fun Q&A filled with questions from his followers on Instagram.If you’re keen to improve your climbing you can head over to our website (v-publishing.co.uk) to order yourself a copy of Crack Climbing; and if you’re really up for expanding your climbing repertoire by opting for our 3 for 2 bundle offer, which features Pete’s book as well as 1001 Climbing Tips by Andy Kirkpatrick and Mastermind by Jerry Moffatt, you’ll be scaling El Cap yourself before long.If you’ve got any feedback on the podcast, or suggestions for topics to cover or people you’d like to hear from please drop me an email at rae@v-publishing.co.uk Our next episode comes out in a fortnight (our last one before Christmas on 12 December) where I’m chatting with Suzanna Cruickshank about her upcoming book, Swimming Wild in the Lake District. If that’s too long a wait then why not pop over to YouTube to catch our interview between Jon Barton and Jerry Moffatt which comes out next week. In the meantime, join the conversation by searching for Vertebrate Publishing on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube or sign up for our newsletter at v-publishing.co.uk

John D. Burns is a mountaineer, storyteller and author. His first two books, The Last Hillwalker and Bothy Tales, were self-published bestsellers and were both shortlisted for TGO Magazine’s Outdoor Book of the Year. Earlier this year John joined Vertebrate Publishing with a three book deal to produce new paperback editions of The Last Hillwalker and Bothy Tales alongside his latest title, the novel Sky Dance, all published in September. John is currently working on his next title, Wild Winter, which is due to be published in Autumn 2020. John is a gifted storyteller and his performance poetry and one-man plays have taken him across the country from the Edinburgh Fringe to mountain festivals, bookshops to theatres and back again. His passion for the hills, mountaineering, bothies and keeping ’The Great Outdoors’ great and accessible to all is clear and infectious.I met John at the incredible independent Nottingham bookshop, Five Leaves, just before one of his events to chat about his life in wild and wonderful places, the lure of snow and how both of these influence his writing.Sky Dance is John’s first novel. It is a gripping read and view into the beauty of rural and wild Scotland, but also delves into the politics of land ownership, raptor persecution and conservation, challenging readers to face issues that surround the protection and access to some of the UK’s last wild places. To read it for yourself you can order signed copies from www.v-publishing.co.uk where we’re running a 30% off sitewide deal until Sunday 17 November, or keep an eye out for other offers in the run up to Christmas, including a 3 for 2 on all John’s titles. We’ll be back again in a fortnight, with an interview between two climbing legends; Jerry Moffatt and Pete Whittaker – be sure to join us for that. Buy Sky DanceVisit John's websiteFind Five Leaves BookshopRead the Walkhighlands interview with John D. BurnsRead or listen to Sky Dance by getting the ebook or audiobook

Pete Whittaker is widely regarded as one of the best crack climbers in the world. He seeks out pioneering first ascents and revels in pushing his personal limits. Having grown up in the Peak District surrounded by the area’s world-famous gritstone crags, he has been climbing since the age of six and has gone on to rack up an impressive mix of climbing achievements on a variety of rock types and styles across the globe. As one half of the Wide Boyz duo with Tom Randall, Pete has become synonymous with hard crack climbing. He has taken techniques learnt on his local crags and has applied them to with great effect all over the world, most notably on the huge roof cracks in the desert areas of Utah, and on the big walls of Yosemite. Pete popped into the Inspiring Adventure podcast studio to talk to us about his climbing experience and give us a sneaky insight to what we can expect from his new book, Crack Climbing, which he’s written to provide a single point of reference for all crack climbing techniques, regardless of the grade you climb. Whilst Pete believes he has only scratched the surface of what is possible with hard crack climbing, we can all agree that his experience places him as a top authority in this field. His ability and willingness to share his learning has led to the production of Crack Climbing and it stands to be the one-stop-shop for learning and applying crack climbing techniques. These techniques should be at the core of any climber’s craft; and the book will help you develop skills with confidence and improve your climbing standard. We’ll be back again in a fortnight, with an interview between adventurer Leon McCarron and author of Quest into the Unknown Tony Howard, so do join us for that!Buy Crack Climbing UK and InternationalUS and Canada OrdersJoin in the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and InstagramAnd keep an eye on our YouTube channel for some special videos from Pete!

Pete chronicles the Brentrance of the Wideboyz.

Pete Whittaker is a British big wall climber who rope soloed El Capitan in under 24 hours.

In this episode Augustine talks to possibly the best trad climber in the world about offwidths, fingertip cracks and runouts. We also talk about what its like to grow up trad climbing, and how to deal with fear on a scary lead. Pete Whittaker has trad climbed all around the world and has ticks of many a painful crack climb under his belt. A few of the climbs we talk about include Century Crack, a 5.14b offwidth roof crack, his rope solo ascent of Freerider, a 12d on El Capitan, and the Crucifix, another horizontal crack project. Enjoy!

PETE WHITTAKER, a British Rock Climber, just made history by being the first person to free-climb Freerider (5.12d)in a day, using a rope-solo technique. Not only did he decimate the record, which was previously held by Jorg Verhoeven, who rope soloed Free Rider in four days, Pete smoked the route in 20 hours and six minutes. Listen as Pete shares his story on how this all came together, his thoughts about soloing the route, and what he might do next. Please LIKE and FOLLOW our Podcast. You can also listen to our show on Apple Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tripleblack-tv-podcast-your-entertainment-source-for/id1182753383?mt=2

The world famous Wideboyz, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, talk dodgy websites, wide cracks, cellar sessions, training plans and forgiveness.