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Earlier this month, Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker took on the might of Brown & Whillans, not something to be done lightly, climbing all of their routes on the Eastern & Western Edges in a single day.

Unbelievably, the Wideboyz pulled it off climbing 125 routes (1800m) up to E6 and running 23 miles in just over 22 hours.

UKClimbing.com caught up with the pair to find out more...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/page.php?id=6646

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Terrazza Crack E6 6c?

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good interview

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A couple of remembrances from my brief time with them:

Tom's look of horror and despair when I asked him if he'd got my late night text about 'lost' routes that I'd just discovered on Lawrencefield Quarry that had been climbed by Whillans and Brown (not actually true).

Tom backing off from his first go at Jankers Groove musing on how tricky it was for a VS!

A stupendous effort. I suggested to them that maybe after a few years (or beers) to allow the pain to fade that they go for the complete Peak District BAW.

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I see you've now changed it to HVS 5a. To the best of my knowledge (and certainly in the latest definitive guide), it's HVS 5b.

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One of the hardest HVSs at Stanage.

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Trying to squeeze into a pair of rock shoes after that amount of running, ouch.