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The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Enormocast 214: Pete Whittaker – A Right Wad

The Enormocast: a climbing podcast

Chris Kalous

Sports, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Wilderness

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

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 …

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Enormo cast.

0:11.2

Hey, guess what? I'm back. That's right, it's me, your toes again.

0:16.7

And I have a news flash for you Alpine climbers.

0:19.3

Us guys in our toenails, well, we're kind of the same crew. You know what I'm saying.

0:24.6

So mess with one, you mess with the other.

0:27.4

Embashing your toenails black and blue or even straight off in some godforsaken pair of ill-fitting boots

0:32.7

stoop it. Not only does it hurt like hell, what's that tinder date going to say when it's sexy

0:38.0

time when they get a load of them feet? Suddenly it's late, we're tired, we're furiously checking

0:43.0

our phones for that Uber. Where's that goddamn Uber? So listen, pair a sick high-tech mount boots

0:48.9

from Sportiva, and maybe a little technique is all you're gonna need to keep me and my crew happy

0:54.0

and healthy. Sportiva's full line of Alpine and ice-climbing boots are made in Italy by

0:58.2

men and women whose life dream it is to keep you comfy and calm when you run out above your last

1:03.1

decent piece kicking that sastrugie for all your work. Mmm, sastrugie. Sounds like something my

1:08.9

mom used to make. So go to sportiva.com or your favorite local shop to check out all the best mountain

1:15.2

boots on a plan. Remember, tell them your toes sent you up.

1:32.0

Black Diamond has a marketing problem on their hands. Too many cam acronyms in abbreviations.

1:38.0

The C4, the Z4, the C3, the X4, the C3PO and the R2D2. Oh, hey Disney lawyers, scrap those last two.

1:47.9

Anyway, their problem is your gain because the reason for all the gobbling gook is that Black Diamond

1:52.6

refuses to stop refining their cams. In the last five years, old C4s became the ultralight C4s,

1:59.4

30% lighter, and 30% spread out over Iraq as pounds people. And then seemingly for the hell of it,

2:06.0

the old C4s became the new better 10% lighter C4s. Yeah, they took their best selling and

2:11.4

standard setting cam and made it better. Why? Because they love you crack climbers and the

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