I Climbed The World's Hardest Offwidth Crack

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  • @WideBoyz
    @WideBoyz  Місяць тому +1

    Sign up for Global Crack School updates and don't miss out www.wideboyz.school/opt-in

  • @_jpfq_
    @_jpfq_ 3 місяці тому +1448

    I love climbing because it takes you to amazing places you never imagined, like under a bridge to do crack

    • @niccard3101
      @niccard3101 3 місяці тому +36

      I'm pretty sure Red Hot Chilli peppers wrote a song about that 😂

    • @S3IIL3CT
      @S3IIL3CT 3 місяці тому +1

      lmao

    • @NPC-fl3gq
      @NPC-fl3gq 2 місяці тому +4

      Been there, done that 😂

    • @neaippehtuuppin
      @neaippehtuuppin 2 місяці тому

      And get to rub Pidgeon shit into your cuts.

    • @DanielDay-xr8om
      @DanielDay-xr8om 2 місяці тому +1

      Crack is pretty great.

  • @jay_wolf_23
    @jay_wolf_23 3 місяці тому +309

    Those two cams hanging down are actually Toms massive balls of steel.

    • @Govanification
      @Govanification 2 місяці тому +7

      Well, aluminum, mostly

    • @Methoverbitches
      @Methoverbitches Місяць тому

      @@Govanificationgod damnit you beat me to it. You said it wrong though.
      It’s aluminum not aluminum. He’s British damnit

  • @MikeBoydClimbs
    @MikeBoydClimbs 3 місяці тому +512

    The concept, the misery, the cinematography 👌 So good
    And Pete flying out to cheer on his mate is just the cherry on the cake 🍰
    I cant wait to see Tom's next "out of retirement" climb 😮

    • @ZeJuggler
      @ZeJuggler 3 місяці тому

      Oh, hi Mike! I've been watching and loving your videos since the beginning, and I'm so happy to see you get into climbing.
      Are there any skills you've gained along the years that have translated into your climbing?

  • @tobbetrubbel5266
    @tobbetrubbel5266 3 місяці тому +121

    Finally some solid bouldering content on this channel!

  • @MrTJansen
    @MrTJansen 3 місяці тому +121

    'I don't want to use the good stuff, it is just my knees.' is proper trad climber hardcore.

  • @Tim_flips
    @Tim_flips 3 місяці тому +160

    Sending the first ascent of an 8c+ essentially free solo is actually insane. Incredible grind at the end there Tom. Wow!

  • @just_johannes
    @just_johannes 3 місяці тому +117

    Didnt expect Berlin of all places to have crack climbers hardest offwidth, but here we are. 2024 keeps on giving.

  • @DerpJustiice
    @DerpJustiice 3 місяці тому +211

    Saw some Wideboys holds at my local gym earlier, first time crack climbing. It made me feel like a professional, crack climbing is SOOO much fun, thank you for making those holds! Please give us more :))

    • @WideBoyz
      @WideBoyz  3 місяці тому +38

      More on their way! Stay tuned 💪😎

    • @alliecat1008
      @alliecat1008 3 місяці тому +5

      my gym recently set a little crack for the first time
      no wideboyz holds, just a proof of concept and nothing super exciting but i really hope there will be more
      maybe i should ask them if they'd get wideboyz volumes, i do know some of the setters after all

  • @qawi272
    @qawi272 3 місяці тому +139

    As a German I can confirm this is a bridge.

    •  3 місяці тому +2

      As an observer i can tell this is a Bridge but thanks anyway 😅

    • @YpsilonK
      @YpsilonK 2 місяці тому

      großartig!! hahahahaha

    • @Josh_D03
      @Josh_D03 Місяць тому

      As an American sheetrock hanger I can confirm 😂😂

  • @syindrome
    @syindrome 3 місяці тому +71

    We need How Not 2 to do a pull test on that 6mm cord to belay loop setup!

    • @joetoad667
      @joetoad667 2 місяці тому

      Thought that straight away, get them in the cam crusher

  • @NailsOeltjen
    @NailsOeltjen 3 місяці тому +37

    Tom Randall: "I'll never do anything like that again". Fast forward to a couple years from now and Tom does another epic thing and states "I'll never do anything like that again"

  • @satpujji
    @satpujji 3 місяці тому +86

    5mins in and this already seems like absolute madness to even attempt. massive props to you Tom!

  • @NE0881
    @NE0881 3 місяці тому +18

    Tom climbed so many bridges he can surely distinguish car brands from the vibrations he feels in his legs 😂

  • @stercorarius
    @stercorarius 3 місяці тому +51

    Tom, you are an absolute legend.

  • @dothedrew93
    @dothedrew93 3 місяці тому +11

    The sheer pain tolerance these guys have is wild 😂

  • @audetetvincit
    @audetetvincit 3 місяці тому +37

    An O6 is freakin’ nails. Guess we’ll never know. Although Tom did get rid of a lot of spider webs in there, a lot cleaner for Adam’s go. If it’s soon.

  • @satanaz
    @satanaz 3 місяці тому +55

    @5:03 "I am not THAT stupid"
    - Tom Random, 2024
    It's hard to believe we are lucky enough to watch some of the greatest climbers in the world, with our own eyes, doing some of the biggest achievements humanly possible here in youtube.
    I mean, imagine being able to view to first ascent of Mount Everest, or seeing the first 6A being climbed in FB, but we never had video recording of those...
    It's so thrilling to now have videos documenting this great human achievements, like Nalle with BoD, AO with Silence, and so on.
    And then there's Tom Random and his shenanigans.
    Well, as my doctor would say "The key to life is balance, if you do a little bit of drugs, you need to eat a little bit of salad."
    This is my dose of UA-cam crack. Love it.

    • @masterpropper2485
      @masterpropper2485 3 місяці тому +5

      "Tom Random" would be the perfect nickname or artist name for Tom!

  • @julesiam2oo1
    @julesiam2oo1 3 місяці тому +3

    The cobweb in his hair at 23:53 is so good 🤣

  • @bobsicslar1240
    @bobsicslar1240 3 місяці тому +47

    watching this video upsidedown is hilarious

    • @ayuminor
      @ayuminor 3 місяці тому +2

      You'll have to upload that to youtube, I'm too lazy to change my monitor settings :P

    • @donnythedealah8511
      @donnythedealah8511 2 місяці тому

      this is the best fucking comment ever thank you

    • @donnythedealah8511
      @donnythedealah8511 2 місяці тому +2

      watch a man find it extremely difficult and enduring to wade through a crack with his feet stuck

    • @ian4683
      @ian4683 2 місяці тому +1

      When he pads his butt hahaha. Completely out of context with the video upside down.
      Also the floating cams look quite happy.😂

    • @rob7566
      @rob7566 2 місяці тому +1

      😂😂 he looks like he is doing a shit job of cleaning a slit trench 😂😂

  • @moritzkockritz5710
    @moritzkockritz5710 3 місяці тому +6

    The cams just dangling around below tom a freaking hilarious. The cobweb in the hair also very fitting for such a ridiculous and impressive feat

  • @selimvirtanen9304
    @selimvirtanen9304 3 місяці тому +539

    So at 8c+, is this the new world's hardest free solo? Tom didn't actually clip in to any gear, so there wasn't any protection from a fall, just an exit strategy if the endurance runs out. And surely a 60m route cannot be classified as a boulder.

    • @2rfg949
      @2rfg949 3 місяці тому +25

      good point!!!

    • @ThatLaggyNoob
      @ThatLaggyNoob 3 місяці тому +1

      That thought struck me too. I guess the question is if this is high enough off the deck to classify as a free solo

    • @AdrienGiboire
      @AdrienGiboire 3 місяці тому +24

      Bouldering is about height, not length, isn't it?

    • @tylerheitmann1758
      @tylerheitmann1758 3 місяці тому +35

      I think it would be considered daisy soloing

    • @2rfg949
      @2rfg949 3 місяці тому +15

      @@AdrienGiboire its a good question. I wopuld have to agree. There was little death potential with this climb. more like a really bad day if you fall.

  • @neaituppi7306
    @neaituppi7306 3 місяці тому +24

    2:14. It is hysterical that they just DIY gear from random stuff. Even the pole vaulters will make foot pads out of bicycle inner tubes, rather than there being some kind of foot shield available for it.

    • @Govanification
      @Govanification 2 місяці тому +3

      Offwidth climbing is particularly niche, not a lot of companies looking to make money designing gear for it. The fact that somebody as big as Black Diamond makes cams as big as the #7 & 8 is already amazing since all the other options are garage shops.

  • @alvaroc6326
    @alvaroc6326 3 місяці тому +20

    Many spiders that day were like wtf

  • @josteinhenriksen1380
    @josteinhenriksen1380 3 місяці тому +39

    The Wide Boyz are the coolest cats in all of climbing, and and I'll stand on Shawn Raboutou's coffee table in my old La Sportivas and say that.

    • @jacksonstacy8962
      @jacksonstacy8962 3 місяці тому +1

      Glad someone else likes climbing and is a TVZ and Steve Earl fan!

    • @josteinhenriksen1380
      @josteinhenriksen1380 3 місяці тому

      @@jacksonstacy8962 Throwing a secret handshake out into the universe, and someone actually knowing the moves! Good feeling.

  • @androgynousmaggot9389
    @androgynousmaggot9389 3 місяці тому +6

    5:36 was this a compliment?....I'm not 100% sure 😅
    Another banger project! I love how you don't shy away from weird and "unorthodox" routes! Always having fun and exploring possibilities! Keep on smashing! 🤟

  • @NCTradLines
    @NCTradLines 2 місяці тому +2

    I love that it was given an O grade. 😂😂😂 Way to go, Tom!

  • @letsallbe-friends1120
    @letsallbe-friends1120 3 місяці тому +4

    Amazing effort....and result! 👏👏
    It just needed another one of Tom's acoustic guitar numbers for a soundtrack! 😁👍

  • @ThePetalesharo
    @ThePetalesharo 2 місяці тому +1

    This has to be one of the most energy intensive ways to clear out the cobwebs from a bridge

  • @edvinenetjarn9608
    @edvinenetjarn9608 2 місяці тому +2

    So good to see Tom "back in the zone".

  • @trissdavis
    @trissdavis 3 місяці тому +4

    Only jams. It's Pete and Tom just sticking their hands and feet in random things but we never see anything abone the knee or elbow.

  • @jwsea9229
    @jwsea9229 2 місяці тому +1

    Solid! Awesome! Persistent! Really good show mate! Bloody bully! Right On sticking to the fight!! 💪😊💪

  • @Jake-cx9zl
    @Jake-cx9zl 3 місяці тому +1

    was not expecting to finish this video, but I was soon hooked! you did a great job bringing us into your head space. I like slab climbing, but hearing your mental games all I could compare it to was distance running.

  • @Nothitman
    @Nothitman 3 місяці тому +14

    "Technically falling on your feet and just break your ankles" yeah seems absolutely fine Tom! Haha, what a send though

  • @WWEFAN952
    @WWEFAN952 3 місяці тому

    This is a historical send for this channel and for crack climbing and climbing in general! Awesome Tom what a beast! Pete giving that energy too completed this for me :)

  • @ginpatsusamurai
    @ginpatsusamurai 3 місяці тому +1

    Realistically you could've given it any grade you want because no one is repeating this anytime soon 🤣🤣. Also love how jolly Pete gets when pain and misery are mentionned 24:05

  • @AnnaNibbs
    @AnnaNibbs 3 місяці тому +8

    New Wideboyz urban roof crack bonkers-ness let's goooooo

  • @Terminx666
    @Terminx666 3 місяці тому +4

    Shirts look incredible, cant wait for mine to arrive!

  • @adventureawaits6923
    @adventureawaits6923 3 місяці тому +12

    Fuckin hell, that’s one gnarly route. Mega props and mad respect!

  • @gavyndame3700
    @gavyndame3700 3 місяці тому +1

    Out of retirement and straight in the frier your a legend bruv the webs on your feet are wild congratulations 🥳

  • @ReVoLynx
    @ReVoLynx 3 місяці тому +1

    Congrats! The part form 20:00 is really funny to watch with the screen upside down.

  • @teaddict-
    @teaddict- 2 місяці тому

    Absolute bloody legend mate. The grind was real on that one!

  • @gd1037
    @gd1037 2 місяці тому +1

    Congrats Tom! Glad to see you are still pushing yourself to new heights! Or lengths? not depths at least, that was scary for a little bit, not many people can say they've free soloed O6!

  • @stefanbeyer4795
    @stefanbeyer4795 Місяць тому

    I really Love you Boyz !!

  • @GeorgeLupton
    @GeorgeLupton 3 місяці тому +2

    That was superb. For someone who has the fear at times you seem to have an incredible ability to rationalise it out of the way.

  • @louiswalsh5642
    @louiswalsh5642 3 місяці тому +1

    So great to see T. Randall back on the channel!

  • @rookjameson
    @rookjameson 2 місяці тому

    Tom, you absolute legend!

  • @BeardedFistOfZeus
    @BeardedFistOfZeus 2 місяці тому

    Absolute unit! Cracking effort

  • @iedison3839
    @iedison3839 3 місяці тому +3

    Would love to see a training regimen video for this rig!

  • @AamirTime
    @AamirTime 2 місяці тому

    Insane work. Respect.

  • @TrackpadProductions
    @TrackpadProductions 3 місяці тому +30

    I'm willing to bet that this will likely be the last route these shoes will ever be climbing. /hj

  • @der_brecher5202
    @der_brecher5202 3 місяці тому +3

    The light under the bridge at 2:40 onwards is just awesome. Cover Shot. Did anyone take pictures? :D

    • @WideBoyz
      @WideBoyz  3 місяці тому +4

      Yes Peppo who helped with filming on the ascent took some photos during working sessions 👍 yeah really cool light!

  • @juliangreaves4727
    @juliangreaves4727 2 місяці тому +1

    Incredible!

  • @chris_devlog
    @chris_devlog 2 місяці тому

    Incredible! Good job Tom!

  • @poppingkk
    @poppingkk 3 місяці тому +9

    Following the pattern, we will either have to wait 10 or 3 years for Tom's return from "retirement" for another audacious project. :) Hopefully it would be much sooner!
    This is looked brutal! Legendary stuff!

  • @guidogaggl4020
    @guidogaggl4020 3 місяці тому

    What a mission congratulations tom. Great to see you guys together again for a send. Hope you guys got your well deserved tea.

  • @davidthomas1424
    @davidthomas1424 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic entertainment, and as someone else has already said, it's where imagination takes us in climbing that makes it such a wonderful pursuit. I used to dream about climbing, but I'm wondering whether Tom has nightmares about offwidths 😄 Thanks guys 👍👍

  • @BasicThought
    @BasicThought 3 місяці тому +2

    Great send! Those cactus in your office need more light! They are starting to cone!

  • @Supwiyaman
    @Supwiyaman Місяць тому

    That was incredible, best of the best what a legend tom is 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @herrar6595
    @herrar6595 Місяць тому

    I really love seeing people push themselves :)

  • @tombutel4668
    @tombutel4668 2 місяці тому +1

    Absolute Beast Mode!!!!

  • @matthewhvaal4948
    @matthewhvaal4948 3 місяці тому

    Well done , you smashed that one out the park mate.

  • @balaenopteramusculus
    @balaenopteramusculus 3 місяці тому +2

    Absolutely mental. Mad respect. ❤

  • @brdw
    @brdw 2 місяці тому +1

    LEGEND TOM

  • @drover7476
    @drover7476 2 місяці тому

    The cobweb in the hair at the end is amazing

  • @mathkrGames
    @mathkrGames 2 місяці тому

    Amazing job Tom. O6 is madness, though, because surely Adam would come extremely prepared after getting shut down on his first session.

  • @kegsend8985
    @kegsend8985 3 місяці тому

    tom youre an absolute specimen!! go on ya! congrats!

  • @thisguywalksintoa1267
    @thisguywalksintoa1267 3 місяці тому

    well done! That was awesome to watch, thank you for sharing that with us.

  • @ItsJustNarkas
    @ItsJustNarkas 3 місяці тому +8

    That looked tough! Great job!

  • @pierregodeau4286
    @pierregodeau4286 Місяць тому

    Great stuff!!

  • @BCRandom69
    @BCRandom69 3 місяці тому

    Absolute mad man. Love it

  • @niccard3101
    @niccard3101 3 місяці тому +2

    "Under the bridge downtown, where I drew some blood"😂

  • @bazcardinal1176
    @bazcardinal1176 3 місяці тому

    What an accomplishment! Loved it!

  • @tenfiveinthegrass
    @tenfiveinthegrass 2 місяці тому

    excellent video and brilliant job!

  • @KS-um9qg
    @KS-um9qg 3 місяці тому

    Man, just started climbing a month ago, and this makes me want to go climb a crack so bad. Tom is a beast!

  • @tilkka_
    @tilkka_ 3 місяці тому +2

    How do you train to something like that? Like watch a movie like a bat? Or going 15min at the time doing 3 sets a day?? How did not your body brake when prepareing to something like that? Mindboggled! 🤯 And huge respect!!

  • @JimmyHusain
    @JimmyHusain 3 місяці тому

    Salute! Loving the video.

  • @matteobecchi1210
    @matteobecchi1210 3 місяці тому

    Man you are a legend! What an effort. So good.

  • @Barbuzim1
    @Barbuzim1 3 місяці тому

    Super inspiring, Tom!
    Really big congratulations

  • @theguy8521
    @theguy8521 3 місяці тому +56

    Good that it was in Berlin and not Dresden. Otherwise climbing below a bridge would have been even more scary...

    • @tastemyshells5813
      @tastemyshells5813 3 місяці тому +1

      That one took me a minute to get😂😂

    • @ThePenguinOfUndying
      @ThePenguinOfUndying 3 місяці тому +2

      Bridge died.

    • @FI-Schutzschalter
      @FI-Schutzschalter 3 місяці тому

      ​@tastemyshells5813 explain

    • @Lumi_nance
      @Lumi_nance 3 місяці тому

      www.google.com/search?sca_esv=eab902f88a49963b&q=dresden+br%C3%BCcke+einsturz&udm=2&fbs=AEQNm0A6bwEop21ehxKWq5cj-cHa02QUie7apaStVTrDAEoT1GiVzOBBcEbsoZQwi7osVtOt14TuvywiCQwEDdjn352nsZleooGBRFgsZ8q34fIGxmKtJTvLlldxHBaRp1FNswbP3Zte7XrAPAfxv4OvthrCfBKWuDPyCjrwgjWHKTMZka2i43dPKZnFu4kprjDIpHHTQEMO&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLyK2uioyJAxUK_rsIHTWTEt4QtKgLegQIEBAB&biw=360&bih=751&dpr=3#vhid=1rTUXqvEhq8ugM&vssid=mosaic​@@FI-Schutzschalter

    • @tomrandall8348
      @tomrandall8348 3 місяці тому +6

      The funny thing is that Dresden could just be the venue where the next big bridge proj is…. 👀

  • @Jagknorr
    @Jagknorr 3 місяці тому +1

    Troll solo bridge climb. Amazing effort, physically and mentally! Well done! 😁👍

  • @cajuallyponk6035
    @cajuallyponk6035 3 місяці тому +1

    This is exactly what I was hoping for when you guys went quiet for a while

  • @thomasl6912
    @thomasl6912 2 місяці тому

    Good effort! 🎉

  • @glynwilliams13266231
    @glynwilliams13266231 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic effort. Well Deserved

  • @JK-zx3go
    @JK-zx3go 3 місяці тому +1

    Tom's looking shredded.

  • @jboustead13
    @jboustead13 3 місяці тому

    Very impressive. Well done!

  • @theclinchmma4126
    @theclinchmma4126 3 місяці тому

    That's one hell of an achievement! You've earned the right to sound anyway u want to! 🙏🤜

  • @dabbleonabike
    @dabbleonabike 3 місяці тому

    Absolutely sick! Great work Tom, such a massive effort. Someone should've grabbed that spiderweb out of his hair though 😂

  • @josephpetty1522
    @josephpetty1522 3 місяці тому

    Congrats Tom awesome send!

  • @Sinus2016
    @Sinus2016 3 місяці тому

    congratulations 🎉 that's insane!

  • @louis-wz7vy
    @louis-wz7vy 3 місяці тому

    amazing performance tom!

  • @bigutubefan2738
    @bigutubefan2738 3 місяці тому

    Great effort Tom!

  • @Garraffe
    @Garraffe 2 місяці тому

    Smooth sailing. Just like the Autobahn used to be ;)

  • @paulheimweh
    @paulheimweh 3 місяці тому

    This is BRILLANT

  • @portentouslad5051
    @portentouslad5051 3 місяці тому +5

    17:20 Is that a gate without a fence? and it's got a padlock too? That is so Germany...

    • @ejdl89
      @ejdl89 2 місяці тому

      Most useless gate ever

  • @willgilbert5565
    @willgilbert5565 3 місяці тому

    Absolute flipping BEAST!

  • @crownic
    @crownic 2 місяці тому

    Good job man

  • @rdsefre8462
    @rdsefre8462 3 місяці тому

    So good! Wow

  • @keelferm
    @keelferm 3 місяці тому

    Full committment! Mind-bogglingly relentless challenge!

  • @matthewwalczak7750
    @matthewwalczak7750 3 місяці тому +1

    Next stop: The Ipswich project... the Orwell bridge is calling you