We like everything, says tom randall, the older guy of the wide boyz. The world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture rumoured to be dominated by knuckledragging, barbrawling dirtbags. We discovered century crack 8c grade today and thats how it all began. Century crack is possibly the worlds hardest offwidth crack climb, and was a well known project before tom and pete climbed it last month. I havent sent it yet, weve both practiced it during our last visit to utah. The tour culminates in the first ascent of the ultimate offwidth test piece, century crack, the worlds hardest offwidth. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5. Now thats what i call a first ascent ep4 century crack 5. Im curious if you ever believed that you would climb the century crack.
Stevie haston attempted this route in the 1990s with no success. Century crack is the hardest offwidth in the world. A short edit of a crack training circuit from my cellar in sheffield. This encompasses much of what i built to train on for century crack, but with some vari. The world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture. S the wild country crack school videos are awesome.
Being greedy and claiming a first ascent when one hasnt done a true ascent for trad climbing that usually means placing the gear on lead basically isnt on. Their new climb, century crack, is the hardest offwidth in the world at 5. Century crack, the video the video of pete whittaker and tom randall on century crack 8c in the canyonlands, usa. The wide boyz take over american offwidth climbing. The wide boyz back in 2009, tom randall and pete whittaker made it their mission to climb the worlds hardest offwidth cracks.
Wild country crack school episode 2 hand cracks with the wide boyz duration. Its a hell of a crack going through a roof, a truly amazing route. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Up next now thats what i call a first ascent ep4 century crack 5. Wide boyz tom randall and pete whittaker slay the cobra. Establishing the worlds hardest offwidth century crack followed, and the name of the wide boyz stuck. From your videos, i think that cobra crack in squamish was the biggest. They embark on a tour of the usa which culminates in the first ascent of century crack, the worlds hardest offwidth. Shauna coxsey tries crack climbing with pete whittaker wide boyz fa two 5. I ll edit that out now though, so save my embarrassment. The issue as i see it is that century crack is a plumb line and hence deserves a proper ascent.