Shauna Coxsey tries crack climbing with Pete Whittaker

British climber Shauna Coxsey’s iron grip has seen her demolish the competition to become IFSC Bouldering World Cup Champion (twice), power up 8b+ outside, join the Red Bull Team, become a BMC ambassador and - incredibly - be awarded an MBE for services to crushing.
But what happens when the queen of British bouldering is faced with a brutal gritstone crack? We teamed her up with Wide Boy Pete Whittaker to find out…
A film by Nick Brown
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[@LachlanGB]

"Don't layback, I'll let slack out if you do that" HAHAHA

[@TTheMooddy]

its so awesome to see somebody so good at climbing work at one of their weaknesses just shows you that we all startet at the bottom, also really fun and enjoyable video!

[@SteveMoore1969]

"i did a vs" said the twice gold world champion boulder

[@lawrencetchen]

Have this feeling that crack climbing would come more naturally to spelunkers… anyways, this just shows how diverse all the subdisciplines in the sport are!

[@thesvenvids7708]

Is it snowy in the peak already?

[@themanonthemoon111]

TheSvenVids Don't think it's snowed this year yet.

[@johnrobinson51]

I think the footage in the video is over a year old now. The indoor crack they're practising on hasn't been at 'the Works' gym for ages.

[@placeborick]

The crank

[@gordonneverdies]

I didn't think she had a chance in hell of getting that last one.

[@christinegerard4974]

Great ! But it is a real ascetic climbing ...

[@16m49x3]

So odd to see Pete look so young

[@kasperw5597]

That hand jamming (5:01) looks sketchy tho, wouldn't one rip their wrist apart if they were to slip and fall?

[@rushthezeppelin]

Not really.....it's hard to describe but basically when you fall out of a crack, especially wide hands like she was in you just slip out. With thinner hands if you slip on your feet you just cut a bit and are hanging on hand jams which are super bomber anyway. Especially not a problem for a world class boulderer that is used to cutting feet on really thin holds anyway.

[@mattmakescovers]

"People do this for fun?" "Yeah... supposedly." Hahahaha

[@porororoborororo672]

Pete is such a joker! Really fun video!

[@roryfollinpiano2161]

I’m so glad I watched this for a second time I’m still getting used to Sheffield, my home city, being so good for climbing and as I’m newly getting into climbing it’s really cool to recognise every single place they bring up in Sheffield across loads of different videos

[@Garraffe]

Great Video. Super Funny. If you imagine someone from other "popular" sports who is a worldleading competitor doing this kind of stuff ... ;)

[@leenanguyen2610]

Does anyone know the comp she's referring to with the crack climbing problem?

[@mikerowland8004]

That's a really old video, but I really enjoyed it. Good way to start the day.

[@ZoraZoldier]

Aww, these guys have such awesome chemistry - should make more videos together! British climbing legends!

[@BlocBusters]

That was really funny ;)

[@Dobul]

Legendary video with great uk climbers

[@jonathanburton5838]

Having seen Shauna climb at the works, I now realise she actually is human having seen her crack climb, but I suspect with her drive and talent she be a hand jamming novice for long!

[@pujasetyawan2277]

3:28 free soloing

[@matthewthompson6455]

Puja Setyawan nah bro just highballin

[@CabinetOfCuriosity]

Shauna forgetting what she just learned, hesitating, unsure = Me, every time I climb. Shauna trying new things, pushing herself, learning it = my aspirations. I was a little concerned she was going to twist a knee, crack a leg ... but I know she just did well in her first lead climbing competition in years, so nothing bad could have happened.

[@epincion]

Somewhat like Shauna I too am watching Pete teach crack climbing technique because of seeing a boulder in a comp - last weekend's IFSC World Cup in Meiringen.

[@DaveLowe28]

That highlighted such a major gap in a lot of boulderer's skill set it was almost embarrassing to watch. I would love to see more crack climbing in competitions.

[@Dustbinlid1]

Don Whillans would be proud

[@shoeonhead]

Hey I know that last boulder!!!

[@petermayer1287]

tries crack, climbing ... wait

[@roryfollinpiano2161]

1:27 innuendo bingo PLEASE someone

[@roryfollinpiano2161]

Loads of this could work actually lol

[@piotrdzien9646]

cracks and tufas

[@selim5072]

He is climbing that way because he needs every bit of friction heat from his body parts to stay warm

[@jamesneeson6785]

Love his haha they’re both so fun, great representatives of UK climbing

[@ccreams7850]

That was awasome! Would love to see Shauna one day get back and send that crack :)

[@tobiasbrunner4720]

So many "that's what she said"-moments...

[@rushthezeppelin]

Crack climbing is full of innuendo....especially once you are getting into some offwidth.

[@benhewitt97]

Anyone know what route the perfect hands VS is?

[@jeeagles]

It's called 'The Crank'

[@Bobbzorzen]

i'm thoroughly impressed with that send at the end! 10/10

[@mrboyban]

Ohhh there you go! Is that the crack that everyone gets addicted to?

[@cpayne6]

Wide Boyz!

[@jondoyle392]

you are very good

[@bixchick007]

Tape.

[@jonathanschmdt4609]

Awesome Movie, thanks to Shauna, Pete and their sponsors.

[@TheRockingWeekends]

Lovely

[@wheelbegood]

very fun video

[@dareangel8718]

What about yo mama?

[@schism1986]

I've been upside down on a crack multiple times and I can vouch for it.

[@OmmerSyssel]

On purpose or simply happened by chance..?

[@DJPaulyVee]

10:02 haha

[@rory787]

"Hands at the bottom then fists!" Calm down pete

[@frankschulze788]

He is belaying her at the top having the the tube on his body?! Am I missing something or is this kind of scary?

[@brettchenoweth639]

I was just thinking the same thing.

[@mopagemo]

Quite common to do it like that in the UK. The belayer secures himself to some kind of anchor point (remember, there are rarely any bolts in the UK), so when the climber falls the belayer will not fall. Makes for more comfortable belaying too.

[@59PLUS]

Guide belay method. good for getting someone up so you can rest and eat a bit. Not great if the Second needs to go down for any reason. This chap has great videos. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYOYg2t5or2Xqbc

[@TonyFisherPuzzles]

Do we really need the stupid geek music????

[@Frivia]

its sad you can compete now but not know how to get up a simple hand crack lololol

[@piotrdzien9646]

jamming is like thrutching, doesn't count as climbing imo, real men crimp the fuck out of everything, including cracks

[@nathankahla2724]

Guy seems like a huge jerk, trying to introduce her to this thing hes really good at, and immediately goes hard and makes it harder and never gives her any validation. Then like joking with the camera man and not looking at her. I sensed her frustration