It was the crack that put those twothe wide boyzon the map. Whats estonishing is the amount of motivation these two climbers possessed. Two climbers from england, pete whittaker and tom randall, set out to explore this world and climb the worlds hardest offwidths. Located in utahs canyonlands, century crack thwarft numerous attempts, including the freeclimbing prodigy stevie haston, who estimated the grade to be around 5. Further afield, he has made the first ascents of century crack 5. The world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture rumoured to be dominated by knuckledragging, barbrawling, dirtbags. Since then, pete has done some other very impressive things in climbing. Sep 30, 2019 further afield, he has made the first ascents of century crack 5. Pete is widely regarded as one of the best crack climbers in the world, having made dozens of cuttingedge first ascents and hard repeats, including the first ascent of century crack 5. Tom on gets in a training lap on the custombuilt wooden offwidths the pair. In october, the pair established what is believed to be the worlds most difficult offwidth route, a 170foot roof crack under canyonlands white rim that they dubbed century crack. Alstrin film and hot aches productions have teamed up to document their twoyear journey.
October 2011, british climbers tom randall and pete whittaker climbed what many are hailing as the hardest offwidth in the world. Stevie haston attempted this route in the 1990s with no success. Mar 23, 2015 six months ago my girlfriend ashley and i made an audacious goal, to climb the worlds hardest offwidth, the century crack. The pair received some criticism for preplacing the cams for their first ascent. Repeat of the century danny parker on century crack ukc. Century crack is possibly the worlds hardest offwidth crackclimb, and was a well known project before tom and pete climbed it last month. In 2011 he teamed up with pete whittaker to take on the worlds hardest offwidth crack century crack, which is documented in the film wide boyz from hotaches. A climber called crusher bartlett discovered century crack back in.
In october last year, danny parker from salt lake county made the third ascent of the infamous 120ft roof offwidth century crack 5. See more ideas about rock climbing, bouldering and climbing. Danny parker, 27, made waves at the end of last week announcing that he had repeated century crack, the interminable offwidth roof crack in canyonlands, utah, first reappointed by tom randall and pete whittaker in 2011. They kind of top out with century crack which is graded as 14b, but was the hardest offwidth, and the cutting edge. The 120foot line was first freed by the wide boyzthe uk climbers tom randall and pete whittaker who in 2011, after. See more ideas about rock climbing, bouldering, climbing. Repeat of the century danny parker on century crack. Climb worst idea of the century crack, central coast. Anyone who followed the quest of wide boyz tom randall and pete whittaker, two brits who tore up the u. Posts about century crack written by tomrandallclimbing. Worst idea of the century crack v5 yds 6c font avg. Probably also the hardest offwidth crack ever climbed weighing in at around lowend 5. An analysis including the firsthand account of steve crusher bartlett. We spent several days a week, training on our wooden version of the climb, making huge improvements over time and becoming almost machine like climbers, and yet when it came down to it, we didnt send.
Pete has offered to demonstrate the many different techniques and to give us an understanding of when, why and how to use them. Nov 21, 2011 in october, the pair established what is believed to be the worlds most difficult offwidth route, a 170foot roof crack under canyonlands white rim that they dubbed century crack. Monday th july 2020, crack school with pete whittaker pete is widely regarded as one of the best crack climbers in the world, having made dozens of cuttingedge first ascents and hard repeats, including the first ascent of century crack 5. Crack climbing by pete whittaker sample pages by vertebrate. The monster roof crack was first climbed by wide boyz tom randall and pete whittaker in 2011 with the gear in place. Sep 23, 2015 six months ago my girlfriend ashley and i made an audacious goal, to climb the worlds hardest offwidth, the century crack. My first offwidth experience happened simultaneously with the wideboyz free ascent of century crack. Climbing the worlds hardest offwidth outside online. An offwidth is a crack in the rock that is wider than a persons fist so they are unable to use secure fist jamming techniques but narrower than a person to fit completely inside so they.
Tbp 144 pete whittaker of wide boyz fame on crack climbing. Following the ascent of the infamous offwidth line, they were introduced to a number of other projects in the area by local developer rob. Nov 25, 2015 the hardest true crack would probably be century crack. Renowned crack climber, author and wide boyz pete whittaker shares his new guide the definitive guide to crack climbing.
Weve spent hours and hours debating this number amongst ourselves and its sort of been a tough decision, but also an easy one. The sizes of cracks vary from those that are just barely wide enough for the fingers to fit inside, to those that are so wide that the entire body can fit inside with all limbs outstretched. Century crack by steve crusher bartlett pete whittaker and tom randall both climbers led century crack, one right after the other have pulled off a free lead of what is quite likely the longest roof crack in the world 120 feet long. Several friends of mine stated, that they were pretty devastated at first when they were not able to do 5. The ability to climb cracks is at the core of a climbers craft. We kindly ask that you choose standard shipping where possible to reduce our environmental impact. I all seemed like a really good idea at the start, but i have to confess on the first day when i realised i had absolutely no idea of how to present to camera, i had second thoughts. Tom and pete have since gone on to establish and repeat many of the worlds hardest crack climbs in all different widths, sizes, lengths and brutalities, gaining great knowledge and experience in this form of climbing. The inspiration for building this crack machine came after seeing tom randall and pete whittakers crack cellar, which they used to train for century crack a 5. Just before pete and i went over to the usa for our offwidth tour, we teamed up with wild country and hotaches to film a 6 part set of webisodes, called crack school. I first heard about century crack when tom and pete did the first ascent fall 2011. They recorded the wild country crack school series of videos. For those of you who a are bored, b nursing a grudge against tom randall and peter whittaker, or c like crack climbing, then this ahem gem is for you.
The great outdoors stack exchange is a question and answer site for people who love being outdoors enjoying nature and wilderness, and learning about the required skills and equipment. So are we basically working on a totally separate scale here. For context, watch this short video of tom and pete training for century crack. Oct 29, 2018 tom randall and pete whittaker were in the u. Their new climb, century crack, is the hardest offwidth in the world at 5. 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 world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture rumoured to be dominated by knuckledragging, barbrawling dirtbags. Cracked outchris burkards journey to climb the yosemite offwidth circuit duration. There is a notorious kind of crack called offwidths. The tour culminates in the first ascent of the ultimate offwidth test piece, century crack, the worlds hardest offwidth.
Tom randall and pete whittaker aka the wideboyz are the uks most famous notorious. Then there is century crack, the only offwidth to make this list. Their story spoke to me, and although i had just projected a 40 5. Crack climbing by pete whittaker provides a single point of reference for all crack climbing techniques, regardless of the grade you climb pete is widely regarded as one of the best crack climbers in the world, having made dozens of cuttingedge first ascents and hard repeats, including the first ascent of century crack 5. Danny parker on offwidth and century crack danny parker, the creator of the offwidth army, has been climbing uncomfortable wide stuff for years. We do our best to process and ship orders within 12 business days mondayfriday, excluding holidays. Ukc news wideboyz climb century crack placing gear. Following the ascent of the infamous offwidth line, they were introduced to a number of other projects in. Tom and pete have since gone on to establish and repeat many of the worlds hardest crack climbs in all different widths, sizes, lengths and brutalities, gaining great knowledge and experience in. Danny parker has made the third ascent of the offwidth called century crack 5.
Apr 1, 2018 rock climbing, bouldering, ice climbing, and more climbing. The sizes of cracks vary from those that are just barely wide enough for the fingers to fit inside, to those that are so wide that the entire body can fit. Danny parker climbed his first offwidth ever around the same time the wide boyz climbed century crack. Seven years after its first ascent, the notorious offwidth roof crack century crack 5. Establishing the worlds hardest offwidth century crack followed, and the name of the wide boyz stuck. Crack climbing is a type of rock climbing in which the climber follows a crack in the rock and uses specialized climbing techniques. Jun 03, 2012 just before pete and i went over to the usa for our offwidth tour, we teamed up with wild country and hotaches to film a 6 part set of webisodes, called crack school.
Tom is a keen trad climber and has established many first ascents all over the world, mostly involving some kind of crack climbing. Wideboyz climb century crack placing gear ukc news. I mean, elite offwidth climbers are climbing mids generally, when 5. Our gut feeling as soon as wed both topped out was 5.
The recovery drink and the worlds hardest crack climbs. I had a brand new randall arrive in my family in the form of my daughter hannah, and i also achieved a huge goal in my climbing. Hailing from salt lake city, parker may not have been on. Nov 01, 2018 seven years after its first ascent, the notorious offwidth roof crack century crack 5. Now thats what i call a first ascent ep4 century crack 5. Its by far the hardest offwidth crack climb in the world so being the first to free climb it was an incredible feeling.