Pete Whittaker Solos a 400-metre North Face - Gripped Magazine

Pete Whittaker Solos a 400-metre North Face - Gripped Magazine

Crack climbing expert Pete Whittaker has completed an all-free rope-solo ascent of Atlantis on the north face of Blamann on Kvaløya Island, Norway. He completed the climb in eight hours and 45 minutes. The 400-metre route was first climbed in June 1980 by Frode Guldal and Harvard and Sjur Nesheim, at A2, and was freed in July 1990 by Per Hustad and Johan Nilsson at Norwegian 8-/8 or 5.12-. It’s since been repeated all-free and by aid several tim…