Now two brits, tom randall and pete whittaker the wide boyz travel to the united states to do battle with some offwidth climbs. A climbing training podcast episodes free, on demand. Pro rock climbers, climbing trainers, and other insightful members of the climbing community offer their experiences with training for climbing, the best diet for climbing, and their personal. From wideboyz to slender gentlemen posted on may 26, 20 by tomrandallclimbing a few people that are unlucky enough to have to see myself and pete regularly will know that weve spent the past winter improving on our crack climbing skills and taking things down a size or two. But tom randall thinks its time you investigated this almostforgotten art. Wideboyz, are a pair of expert british climbers who regularly set new records in the extreme sport of. Wide boyz ii slender gentlemen hot aches productions. Offwidth climbing duo, wideboyz euromaxx videos dw. Wide boyz download from acclaimed directors paul diffley and chris alstrin comes a wild journey through the strange subculture of offwidth crack climbing. Its not about the grade, its about the experience and when it comes to the wide the experience is the same for everyone. Hi, were tom randall and pete whittaker and commonly unlucky for us. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Now two cheeky brits, tom randall and pete whittaker, are on a mission to master this bizarre form of climbing. Get your free download of basecamp magazine, news updates from our community and the latest product information.
You are encouraged to join our forum, add a personal photo gallery and send us content regarding your wide adventures. Climbing wide cracks is a brutish and peculiarly american pursuit, practiced by a small band of burly misfits. Crack climbing is a highly technical form of movement in which climbers position their hands, feet, and even their entire body in cracks to make upward progress on rock. The wide boyz epic quest to send one of the worlds toughest cracks wide boyz fa two 5. 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. Weve been climbing together for the last 6 years or so and became a little better known when we developed a major obsession for offwidth climbing. This course, in the offwidth capital of the world, will teach you basic and advanced offwidth climbing techniques that will have you cruising wide cracks in style. Peoples choice kendal mountain film festival best climbing film.
Offwidth cracks are too narrow to fit your whole body in and too wide to use standard crack climbing techniques. However, i think its actually his wide crack skills that he should be best known for. Their new climb, century crack, is the hardest offwidth in the world at 5. Now two englishmen, tom randall and pete whittaker, are on a mission to master this bizarre form of climbing. Best climbing film sheffield adventure film festival. Pete whittaker and tom randall dedicated two years of their lives to training for offwidth routes they had never even seen. I talked with pete whittaker of wide boyz fame about how he trains for hard offwidth and trad climbs, and about his new book on crack climbing. Dru is a youngish climber and coach who dropped roots in the red as a kid, and now uses the base he gained there to tick hard sport pitches and boulders worldwide. Tom randall is one of the infamous wide boyz offwidth climbers from sheffield, england. The film does a great job of bringing together the boyz training in sheffield on ridiculously painfullooking wooden rigs, sender films archive footage of trotters. This time their sights are set on the thinner end of the crack climbing spectrum.
Two climbers from england, pete whittaker and tom randall, set out to explore this world and climb the worlds hardest offwidths. Two climbers from england, pete whittaker and tom randall, set out to explore this world and climb the worlds hardest offwidth. 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. Their goal is the mighty cobra crack in squamish bc, considered to be the. In wide boyz, or as it could have been called, a journey into the brutal beauty of off width climbing, from hot aches productions, we get to follow pete whittaker and tom randall on their quest to fulfill their lifetime dream of freeing the legendary 40 meter off width roof crack of century crack in the utah desert.
Bundle deal which includes both wide boyz films, century crack and cobra crack. So when two proper british lads, tom randall and pete whittaker, crossed the pond to eat up the gnarliest wide cracks in the west. Hes repeated or established pretty much every single hard offwidth crack in europe and as yet, none have withheld his shuffle. Wide boyz trailer the world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture, rumoured to be dominated by knuckledragging, barbrawling dirt bags. Many people know pete for his general allround trad climbing hes bloody good at it, so no surprises there. American offwidth climbing has spawned a counterculture of rough and tumble characters. Tom talks about his entry into the gladiatorial climbing scene in sheffield, england, how his crack addiction started despite the lack of cracks in the uk, and the battle that him and pete whittaker took on with the worlds hardest offwidth, century crack in canyonlands national park.
Fresh from winning peoples choice and best climbing film at the kendal mountain festival, wide boyz is a widely acclaimed film documenting two uk climbers exploration of the world of hard offwidth crack climbing. Wide boyz this blog is about two climbers who are searching out the widest, dirtiest and hardest offwidths that this planet has to offer. On episode 194, i sit down in denver, colorado with louisville, ky native and red river gorge climber, dru mack. Establishing the worlds hardest offwidth century crack followed, and the name of the wide boyz stuck. Chris sharma has been at the top of the sport climbing game for 15 years, but 19yearold prodigy adam ondra is hot on his heels. Pro rock climbers, climbing trainers, and other insightful members of the climbing community offer their experiences with training for climbing, the best diet for climbing, and their personal stories with climbing. The journeys, the training, the routes and the failures no holds barred. Since the cracks are unique in size, the climbing can seem awkward. From wideboyz to slender gentlemen tom randall climbing.
After two years of compulsive training in their tiny cellar, the underdogs travel to the states to do. The world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture rumoured to be dominated by knuckledragging, barbrawling, dirtbags. The world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture rumoured to be dominated by knuckledragging, barbrawling dirtbags. Stevie haston attempted this route in the 1990s with no success. The legend and the young contender team up in catalunya, spain. Often painful and hard work, their murky delights have been left behind by modern climbing.
Join two brave british lads, pete whittaker and tom randall, as they take on the decidedly american sport of climbing bloody, painful and often dangerous cracks that require wedging body. American offwidth climbing has spawned a counterculture of rough and tumble characters who arent afraid to bleed their way up a route. Wide boyz ii slender gentlemen is the story of pete and toms mission to climb cobra crack, and, youve got to hand it to hot aches, they know how to tell a good story. Reel rock film tour wide boyz tv episode 2012 plot. Pete whittaker of wide boyz fame on crack climbing training. For our purposes, the wide starts at about 4 inches or maybe a little less for the ladies or a diminutive fister. The wide boyz take over american offwidth climbing. Two climbers from england, pete whittaker and tom randall, set out to explore this. The world of offwidth crack climbing is a strange subculture rumored to be dominated by knuckledragging, barbrawling dirtbags. Wideboyz, are a pair of expert british climbers who regularly set new records in the extreme sport of offwidth. Their goal is the mighty cobra crack in squamish bc, considered to be the hardest finger crack in the world. Hosted by neely quinn, the trainingbeta podcast is a weekly conversation with rock climbings best and brightest.
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