Climbing The World's Hardest Crack Boulder (Kraken 8B)

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Pete sets about completing one of the final hard cracks on his crack ticklist.
Having competed many of the hardest cracks in each specific size Pete revisits the Kraken after 13 years to see if any improvements have been made and tries to tick off the world's hardest crack boulder
This problem was first climbed by Tom in 2015, check out his ascent here • Tom Randall climbs the...
Thanks to ‪@teamBMCTV‬ for the footage from the Kraken
Thanks to ‪@HotAches‬ for the footage from Wide Boyz I
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  • @WideBoyz
    @WideBoyz Жыл бұрын

    Thanks to @teamBMC for the footage from the Kraken Thanks to @Hot Aches Productions for the footage from Wide Boyz I

  • @markusseppala6547
    @markusseppala6547 Жыл бұрын

    Pete is always so humble it makes me forget how strong he actually is.

  • @MisterBoy316

    @MisterBoy316

    Жыл бұрын

    He doesn't look that strong either, a real life Spiderman

  • @themindgame14
    @themindgame14 Жыл бұрын

    Finally, someone got the memo on how much better quiet, unedited climbing films are. very nice. thank you

  • @alexcouret

    @alexcouret

    Жыл бұрын

    Hearing the breathing pattern is so awesome as an intermediate climber trying to make it to advanced grades. I've been working on my breathing for quite a while now and really appreciate seeing how it is like on properly hard boulders!

  • @Bmac2112

    @Bmac2112

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel like they’d dispute the “unedited” part - still a lot of production value here with the different angles and voiceover

  • @Moarb1d

    @Moarb1d

    Жыл бұрын

    No annoying music, no "allez" shouting, just pure climbing.. love it

  • @brittanthomas4180

    @brittanthomas4180

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree! hearing the climbers breathing/struggle/focus really adds to the immersion of climbing vids

  • @GunBase

    @GunBase

    Жыл бұрын

    idk i sort of like listening to adam ondra scream into the mic lmaoo

  • @KombiLife
    @KombiLife Жыл бұрын

    A+ on the story telling here Pete

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😀

  • @NicRobertsNerd

    @NicRobertsNerd

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WideBoyz the voiceover at the start was perfect!

  • @PatchBOTS
    @PatchBOTS Жыл бұрын

    When Pete says "crack" 100 times in the first minute of the video you know it's going to be a good one.

  • @stefanbaytochev
    @stefanbaytochev Жыл бұрын

    LETS GO PETE. GREAT JOB. That looked easy, cant wait to see you first ascending a new hardest crack boulder in the world!!

  • @alexc650

    @alexc650

    Жыл бұрын

    Is Tom going to set a ringlocks section in the cellar?

  • @fvux5393
    @fvux5393 Жыл бұрын

    Man, aside from your amazing performance, let's not forget the scenery of this boulder. The rock, the sea, the remote feeling. It's just a beauty

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes awesome location and place!!

  • @MisterBoy316

    @MisterBoy316

    Жыл бұрын

    The big graffiti c*** in the background 😁

  • @ThunderChunky101

    @ThunderChunky101

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MisterBoy316 I thought that! 😂

  • @er4din903
    @er4din903 Жыл бұрын

    Praying for your health and safety and wishing you good luck in overcoming your crack addiction! 🙏

  • @martinandreasvik6505
    @martinandreasvik6505 Жыл бұрын

    Tom and Pete (and Mari) are my absolute heroes.

  • @dave_h_8742

    @dave_h_8742

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup ditto.

  • @rogerelzenga4465

    @rogerelzenga4465

    9 ай бұрын

    Also Trad-princess, she's a badass too ^^

  • @martinandreasvik6505

    @martinandreasvik6505

    9 ай бұрын

    And Pamela Shanti-Pack! @@rogerelzenga4465

  • @eduf2000
    @eduf2000 Жыл бұрын

    0:17 “Tom had been hooked on crack since before meeting me”…. All the best to Tom, I hope he can find his way back to sobriety soon

  • @lonesome3958

    @lonesome3958

    8 ай бұрын

    Maybr he can replace it with weed climbing or smth

  • @TrisWood
    @TrisWood Жыл бұрын

    I haven't been able to walk more than 20 yards since an op on my legs went wrong. For some reason I've been addicted to your content ever since and I've never had any interest in climbing. I guess it's my subconscious. Anyway, you've been a tremendous inspiration to me to push myself harder through the pain barrier of walking further.

  • @Schlongusdongus

    @Schlongusdongus

    Жыл бұрын

    you dont necessarily need your legs to climb..

  • @perrydoig2872

    @perrydoig2872

    Жыл бұрын

    There's a huge community of adaptive climbers out there crushing it and having a blast. You should look into climbing. It's not just for the able bodied. Good luck and have fun!

  • @TrisWood

    @TrisWood

    Жыл бұрын

    @@perrydoig2872 Thanks for the support and advice

  • @juliafujimaru4516

    @juliafujimaru4516

    Жыл бұрын

    I started watching climbing videos after a bad injury that kept me in rehab for over a year. The dream of someday being able to climb kept me motivated as I learned how to walk again. Like you, no interest in the sport before that injury but now I’m mostly healed and climbing. I wish you all the best on your road to recovery! There are also some awesome adaptive climbing groups out there too.

  • @ThunderChunky101

    @ThunderChunky101

    Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! You'll get there mate, keep pushing yourself!

  • @JDawg12329
    @JDawg12329 Жыл бұрын

    I love this! Crack climb boulders seem so fun!

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    These two are very good 👌

  • @valleruh

    @valleruh

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah, seems like Lotta pain :)

  • @brekkoh
    @brekkoh Жыл бұрын

    With pete smashing this out in what amounts to one session, I have to imagine the title "hardest crack boulder" wont stand for long once pete does a first ascent of a project

  • @AllegraClimbingPsychologist
    @AllegraClimbingPsychologist Жыл бұрын

    Great achievement! Love your contents. We need more Mari too! By the way, I love how you never say "it feels impossible" but say "it feels desperate" instead! Great self-talk strategy!

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. We have a video with Mari coming soon

  • @AllegraClimbingPsychologist

    @AllegraClimbingPsychologist

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WideBoyz Yeeeessss

  • @TheJackawock
    @TheJackawock Жыл бұрын

    People are starting to open some hard crack boulders in font. There is a beautiful 7c finger crack roof line at Rocher Des Demoiselles called Lueur d'Espoir, a massive 7c+/8a off width at Mont Ussy and some new 8a lines which share a start with an off-width at Apremont Haut des Gorges. Maybe you’ve already done them but if not it’d be cool to see you get on them. There is probably ample space for some harder lines to be opened as well.

  • @TheJackawock

    @TheJackawock

    Жыл бұрын

    * please don’t downgrade Lueur d’Espoir. It’s my hardest crack line to date. :p

  • @Jokl92

    @Jokl92

    Жыл бұрын

    the wide boyz in font would make a great video 🤩

  • @timvanderlee4915

    @timvanderlee4915

    Жыл бұрын

    The mont ussy one doesnt count , its basically only kneebars

  • @sehornesminn501
    @sehornesminn501 Жыл бұрын

    This madlad: crushes V13, ends the video with absolutely no addition on words "that felt good". When the post-vid ad kicked in I was completely sure its one of those mid-video ones.

  • @dillonliew5370
    @dillonliew5370 Жыл бұрын

    ' Tom had been hooked on crack ' 0:15 hahahaha

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    😉

  • @anibalchaves7577
    @anibalchaves7577 Жыл бұрын

    Love it, more outdoors climbs pleaseee

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    Got plenty coming up, with Pete and Mari doing some challenges, and also the Toby series is bigger walls...stay tuned 👌

  • @anibalchaves7577

    @anibalchaves7577

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WideBoyz Yessss, continue climbing with Toby, he has so much potential, and you both practicing parkour is really fun

  • @nathanschimke7309

    @nathanschimke7309

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WideBoyz so stoked for Toby videos, been watching him crush some climbing in storror vlogs... let’s go!

  • @SpartaSpartan117
    @SpartaSpartan117 Жыл бұрын

    So cool to see you get Krakin'

  • @peanutsraisins
    @peanutsraisins Жыл бұрын

    Great effort Pete! Those looks boulders look super challenging! Keep on championing the cracks!

  • @kunapeter8218
    @kunapeter8218 Жыл бұрын

    That was amazing, keep on pushing the limits! The things you do are amazing inspiration, and I am very happy for your third ascent, and filling the “hole” on the crack resume!

  • @basurabasura
    @basurabasura Жыл бұрын

    Let's goo!! Congratulations! (Also I enjoyed the little production with the context and everything).

  • @precursor4263
    @precursor4263 Жыл бұрын

    Seeing you cruise through this makes me think you can do better than this. Will you consider starting a new project somewhere that's a potential 8b+/8c crack boulder?

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    It's hard to find these sorts of projects. If i found one which was fun to climb then yes

  • @terraflow__bryanburdo4547

    @terraflow__bryanburdo4547

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WideBoyz Maybe a road underpass that has suffered from an earthquake?

  • @Schlongusdongus

    @Schlongusdongus

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WideBoyz thats a big if though :D do it pls. youre more than capable

  • @Jonne337
    @Jonne3379 ай бұрын

    quiet climbing with the sounds of nature. nearly unedited. I love it! You're such a beast congrats

  • @WiseFrank
    @WiseFrank Жыл бұрын

    That’s it Pete ! You’re an inspiration my man, thanks for sharing ! Have a great one ✌🏻

  • @tobysegar
    @tobysegar Жыл бұрын

    Bish bash bosh. Excellent watch

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    Been back dabbling in our edit last few days. Keep finding gems in there 😉

  • @pdebra6542
    @pdebra6542 Жыл бұрын

    Always love to see Pete enjoying himself. And smashing it!

  • @gravyblue
    @gravyblue Жыл бұрын

    Edge of my seat! Well done Pete! You're a beast!

  • @markofthemitch
    @markofthemitch Жыл бұрын

    Awesome send! The edits and whole build of the vids add to the climbs too. It feels like too long since we've seen both of you climbing together though...

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Yeh Tom and I live in separate countries now rather than the 5 minutes it used to be. Should be some stuff in late summer 🤙

  • @greennin
    @greennin9 ай бұрын

    “In fact, Tom had been hooked on crack since before meeting me.” lol

  • @DonQuiKong
    @DonQuiKong Жыл бұрын

    very nice storytelling in this one! congratz on the ascent.

  • @TheMattwasherein1992
    @TheMattwasherein1992 Жыл бұрын

    Sick video dude, love the unedited sequence of the boulder, so nice to watch

  • @julianheninger1174
    @julianheninger1174 Жыл бұрын

    Waterhouse!! Absolute mad lad. Also 10/10 production and journey on this. Great work, greater send!

  • @bazcardinal1176
    @bazcardinal1176 Жыл бұрын

    You continue to inspire, thank you.

  • @harrypickin1845
    @harrypickin1845 Жыл бұрын

    Btw there’s a big cave with a bunch of roof cracks in hedbury, swanage as well as some sport routes. Rock is potentially loose but could be worth a look

  • @Therealadriaanvisser
    @Therealadriaanvisser Жыл бұрын

    Sick! What an effort Pete! Congrats

  • @stevenkirton6373
    @stevenkirton6373 Жыл бұрын

    That was crazy, I love how clean Pete climbs

  • @ThunderChunky101
    @ThunderChunky101 Жыл бұрын

    Extremely impressive stuff here! Absolutely brilliant.

  • @someoneelse1904
    @someoneelse1904 Жыл бұрын

    Looking strong as hell, Pete! Epic job!

  • @danwallis1984
    @danwallis1984 Жыл бұрын

    That was awesome, nice work Pete.

  • @sessionmediaa
    @sessionmediaa Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic!

  • @TheZappic
    @TheZappic Жыл бұрын

    Congratulations - that was incredible!

  • @dcopestake
    @dcopestake Жыл бұрын

    Woah, super impressive. Good effort Pete!

  • @Wish4Fish
    @Wish4Fish Жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah! 🔥 Congrats!

  • @hvanderwolk
    @hvanderwolk Жыл бұрын

    Legend you made it look easy💪🏻 Keep up the good work🔥

  • @beaukoleno6093
    @beaukoleno6093 Жыл бұрын

    So happy to see others enjoy Crack as much as I do.

  • @limbolegs
    @limbolegs Жыл бұрын

    incredibly impressive show! well done

  • @ryancampbell9803
    @ryancampbell9803 Жыл бұрын

    What a beast!! Well done chap!

  • @dougthebuilder1
    @dougthebuilder1 Жыл бұрын

    Bloody hell Pete do you ever drop anything!? Good work, control is immense.

  • @GlowingShutter
    @GlowingShutter Жыл бұрын

    Holy shit Pete. Great work. Since you did the world's hardest crack boulder after only some hours of training on it ... You should try to find a V14 next. So impressive!

  • @Animatedron
    @Animatedron Жыл бұрын

    What an amazing send. 💪

  • @Jesserivitingsquad
    @Jesserivitingsquad Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Pete for unedited and quiet footy

  • @rrrooorrr
    @rrrooorrr Жыл бұрын

    Congrats Pete!!!!

  • @poeplijer
    @poeplijer Жыл бұрын

    I am hooked on crack too! Never tried any climbing in my life though, but it looks fun.

  • @linuxlife
    @linuxlife Жыл бұрын

    So now Pete is arguably the best, most well-rounded crack climber around, yet still so modest!

  • @jimmylsperry9952
    @jimmylsperry9952 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for video

  • @xPhillMcDx
    @xPhillMcDx Жыл бұрын

    Awesome job!

  • @notachef3488
    @notachef3488 Жыл бұрын

    Good effort pete. Wicked send

  • @nathanogara9660
    @nathanogara9660 Жыл бұрын

    Pete's power endurance is ridiculous. I feel like he climbs how every boulderer wishes they could. The second all of the moves are done, the problem just goes from the start. Sick climbing Pete

  • @henrikniklander1779
    @henrikniklander1779 Жыл бұрын

    Way to go pete. Nice run

  • @mikekinard8998
    @mikekinard8998 Жыл бұрын

    That is so crazy I could never

  • @tom_hutchinson
    @tom_hutchinson Жыл бұрын

    Good effort

  • @kaijanzen2185
    @kaijanzen2185 Жыл бұрын

    I make more noise climbing a V5. I couldn’t even imagine how hard this was. Keep it up man 👍

  • @H0p31eS5
    @H0p31eS5 Жыл бұрын

    Legend.

  • @Zripp.
    @Zripp. Жыл бұрын

    Crushed it within an hour! Well done Pete!

  • @insidejazzguitar8112
    @insidejazzguitar8112 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing!

  • @josefanon8504
    @josefanon8504 Жыл бұрын

    amazing video and climbing

  • @bazwax77
    @bazwax77 Жыл бұрын

    That last move before the ‘saddle’ type move was awesome and ballsy but I expect nothing else 💪🏻🔥👏🏻👏🏻🧗🏻‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @lewisdoogan6243
    @lewisdoogan6243 Жыл бұрын

    10:00 ring finger mono, wtf 🥴

  • @zimcam1
    @zimcam1 Жыл бұрын

    amazing. skill, power, brains. *Tips hat*

  • @marcelomenegasso1996
    @marcelomenegasso1996 Жыл бұрын

    Pete you’re a beast!!!

  • @Karodrinker
    @Karodrinker Жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @chaosengine4597
    @chaosengine4597 Жыл бұрын

    GOOD EFFORT Pete!

  • @tanmad21
    @tanmad21 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @lucp8576
    @lucp8576 Жыл бұрын

    well done!

  • @lemur0364
    @lemur0364 Жыл бұрын

    I'm not the only one that laughs at the crack jokes right?

  • @WideBoyz

    @WideBoyz

    Жыл бұрын

    We all love crack jokes 😎

  • @siffoine
    @siffoine Жыл бұрын

    Good effort!

  • @4801534501
    @4801534501 Жыл бұрын

    You made that mono look casual man! Good god!

  • @Hermann2713
    @Hermann2713 Жыл бұрын

    Nice Video. Your crack ticklist would be interesting to see. Have you also done cracks like Pumprisse in the alps, not hard (for guys like you at least) but super classic.

  • @DEAD-DROP
    @DEAD-DROP Жыл бұрын

    Pete smashed it! 😃

  • @nathanrice7352
    @nathanrice7352 Жыл бұрын

    I have no clue how your knees can survive this kind of stuff. Brutal. Nice send!

  • @dreadiedude
    @dreadiedude Жыл бұрын

    Pete gone full beast mode!

  • @jrisner6535
    @jrisner6535 Жыл бұрын

    Gotta find a V14 now Pete!

  • @alvaroc6326
    @alvaroc6326 Жыл бұрын

    What can I say, good effort

  • @donkyuhbuhts540
    @donkyuhbuhts540 Жыл бұрын

    Congrats

  • @Ada-tv7zl
    @Ada-tv7zl Жыл бұрын

    congrats!

  • @dave_h_8742
    @dave_h_8742 Жыл бұрын

    Ditto what everyone else wrote (awsome cruise to victory) and happy there's a Mari & Toby vids in the pipeline as well as you looking for something harder to do 😁 No pressure 😀 Got to see this today & the Magnus Marte video too, happy day.

  • @ianwoodvine5558
    @ianwoodvine5558 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing climbing, brilliant story telling, beautiful scenery and NO crappy overlaid music = fanbloodytastic vid, many many thanx. Question: if your chalk bag touches the ground whilst doing a boulder problem is that a dab 🤷😁😁

  • @TheTerrier
    @TheTerrier Жыл бұрын

    Looks crackin'

  • @randomizednamme
    @randomizednamme Жыл бұрын

    Nice send! Hard to judge the quality of the crack from this POV, but given that it's V13 I'm sure it's absolutely grueling.

  • @satanaz
    @satanaz Жыл бұрын

    if a hold breaks and lands on the ground, and you step on the broken hold, is it a dab? I mean, it is part of the boulder, it has just moved to the ground

  • @TheRedWon
    @TheRedWon Жыл бұрын

    Absolute monster

  • @Alrold
    @Alrold Жыл бұрын

    between crak , putting and stoking in there is so much meme potential here

  • @Infiniband11
    @Infiniband11 Жыл бұрын

    So gnarly!!! 🤙🤙🤙🤙

  • @tylerhampton8307
    @tylerhampton8307 Жыл бұрын

    Pete, does it count since you didn't do a sit start? Amazing ascent man.

  • @billr5842
    @billr5842 Жыл бұрын

    The sit start to sasquatch in Yosemite is a contender for one of the hardest in the world too I believe!

  • @iggimoore
    @iggimoore Жыл бұрын

    Awesome :)

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 Жыл бұрын

    8:27 Like "the Bolt moves" of Crucifix :P Have you trained that? XD

  • @paulbrown2971
    @paulbrown2971 Жыл бұрын

    Strong!

  • @jacklambert-taylor6712
    @jacklambert-taylor6712 Жыл бұрын

    Cool to see you down at Sally's, Pete. My local crag. Tick central down there, though. Any biteage?

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