Destination Guide My Favourite Route: Pete Whittaker - The Vice (E1 5b), Stanage North
There are some climbs that etch themselves into your memory for the raw, humbling lessons they dish out. For me, that climb is The Vice (E1 5b) at Stanage North.
In late September, at Profile Wall in Jøssingfjord, Norway, Pete Whittaker established what is likely one of the hardest trad routes in the world.
At 9a, Crown Royale is Pete's hardest FA to date. The route contains a hundred metres of climbing, both on face holds and through crack systems, and climbs through another of Pete's hard Profile Wall routes, the 'half pitch' 8c, Eigerdosis.
Pete has now released footage from his first ascent of this '100m pump fest', which you can watch below:
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At 9a surely it is one of the hardest routes rather than "likely to be"?
Spicy moments for he cameraman towards the end. The crack to the left looks pretty cool too.
Is there unedited footage? Be keen to see him leave that rest
"I´ll just put some gear in,then I´ll take a rest". On that wall...
Pete´s the Duracell bunny of arm stamina. Hang competition against 7 highly trained parkour athletes above cold canal water, enjoy: https://youtu.be/eppVeRDkClg?si=70b5sPEvI7UTDedu
That's mental & hilarious - thanks for posting the link
Superb thanks for posting that l, I hadn't seen it before