The tour culminates in the first ascent of the ultimate offwidth test piece, century crack, the worlds hardest offwidth. Century crack is possibly the worlds hardest offwidth crack climb, and was a well known project before tom and pete climbed it last month. The wide boyz take over american offwidth climbing. Tom randall and pete whittaker were in the us for 8 weeks in search of the most difficult offwidths they could find. Establishing the worlds hardest offwidth century crack followed, and the name of the wide boyz stuck. Its a hell of a crack going through a roof, a truly amazing route.
The world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture rumoured to be dominated by knuckledragging, barbrawling dirtbags. Wide boyz tom randall and pete whittaker slay the cobra, squamish epictv climbing daily, ep. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Im curious if you ever believed that you would climb the century crack. Up next now thats what i call a first ascent ep4 century crack 5. The issue as i see it is that century crack is a plumb line and hence deserves a proper ascent. Wide boyz tom randall and pete whittaker slay the cobra.
Century crack is the hardest offwidth in the world. Ukc news wideboyz climb century crack placing gear. This encompasses much of what i built to train on for century crack, but with some vari. They embark on a tour of the usa which culminates in the first ascent of 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.
S the wild country crack school videos are awesome. A short edit of a crack training circuit from my cellar in sheffield. I ll edit that out now though, so save my embarrassment. Two brits take on the usa at the strange art of offwidth crack climbing. We like everything, says tom randall, the older guy of the wide boyz. From your videos, i think that cobra crack in squamish was the biggest. The wide boyz back in 2009, tom randall and pete whittaker made it their mission to climb the worlds hardest offwidth cracks. I havent sent it yet, weve both practiced it during our last visit to utah. After their success climbing the worlds hardest offwidth, the wide boyz, pete whittaker and tom randall, embark on their next crack climbing mission. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
Shauna coxsey tries crack climbing with pete whittaker wide boyz fa two 5. Century crack, the video the video of pete whittaker and tom randall on century crack 8c in the canyonlands, usa. We discovered century crack 8c grade today and thats how it all began. The world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture.
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