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 world's hardest wide-width 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 (5.13b), a popular over-wide at Indian Creek. Continuing on the journey, Whittaker and Randall made the first ascent of Century Crack (5.14b), the toughest off-wide 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 (5.12d) on El Capitan. In 2016, Whittaker completed Freerider's first solo free climb in one day.