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Tom Randall Instagram - Some lines are just meant to be climbed. Thanks Berlin 🖤 Grazie double church buddy 🙏 @cantnollie
Tom Randall Instagram - Some lines are just meant to be climbed. Thanks Berlin 🖤 Grazie double church buddy 🙏 @cantnollie
Tom Randall Instagram - Trip update 1: me and @petewhittaker01 have been out in Utah a week or so now, trying to do one of Mason Earle’s masterpiece cracks - Stranger Than Fiction, out at the Bartlett Wash 🌵🌵 It’s a line that we’ve both been aware of for a number of years but never got round to putting our focus into the same time and place! And this thing definitively deserves focus as it’s got to be one of the very hardest splitter finger cracks in the world. Maybe a bit strange it’s not had more recognition considering its lack of ascents and Mason’s abilities?! Effectively it’s like having Cobra Crack (steep and powerful) on top of one of the White Rim 5.13 /14- roof cracks (technical and powerful) with not that much rest… 😅 At present, we’ve both done all the moves, worked good sequences and realised it’s no pushover… you can’t cheater-beta this one too much 😅. I’ve opted for the “White Slipper” on the right foot (@gorisb I’ll forgive you yet again…) and Pete’s sticking with a @desertdannyp special of a modified @unparallelup UP Lace Pink. Our fingers are deffo feeling the brunt of the strain now, so prob need to take some time off to let the inflammation die down 🙈 Of important historical note, is that @lor_sabourin made a repeat of this route earlier this week just before me and Pete got to the crag one of the days (gutted to miss the action but then got to witness them almost double send whilst taking pics a bit later in the day 🤯🙌) Sooooo good! As not only is it the hardest route they’ve ever done, it’s also the completion of a multi-season project which mentally, is super hard to manage. Quick ticks are something, but getting really deep on the true limit projects is a special (and challenging) place to be. Massive respect!! 💪💪💪 @wide_boyz @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Tom Randall Instagram - Trip update 1: me and @petewhittaker01 have been out in Utah a week or so now, trying to do one of Mason Earle’s masterpiece cracks - Stranger Than Fiction, out at the Bartlett Wash 🌵🌵 It’s a line that we’ve both been aware of for a number of years but never got round to putting our focus into the same time and place! And this thing definitively deserves focus as it’s got to be one of the very hardest splitter finger cracks in the world. Maybe a bit strange it’s not had more recognition considering its lack of ascents and Mason’s abilities?! Effectively it’s like having Cobra Crack (steep and powerful) on top of one of the White Rim 5.13 /14- roof cracks (technical and powerful) with not that much rest… 😅 At present, we’ve both done all the moves, worked good sequences and realised it’s no pushover… you can’t cheater-beta this one too much 😅. I’ve opted for the “White Slipper” on the right foot (@gorisb I’ll forgive you yet again…) and Pete’s sticking with a @desertdannyp special of a modified @unparallelup UP Lace Pink. Our fingers are deffo feeling the brunt of the strain now, so prob need to take some time off to let the inflammation die down 🙈 Of important historical note, is that @lor_sabourin made a repeat of this route earlier this week just before me and Pete got to the crag one of the days (gutted to miss the action but then got to witness them almost double send whilst taking pics a bit later in the day 🤯🙌) Sooooo good! As not only is it the hardest route they’ve ever done, it’s also the completion of a multi-season project which mentally, is super hard to manage. Quick ticks are something, but getting really deep on the true limit projects is a special (and challenging) place to be. Massive respect!! 💪💪💪 @wide_boyz @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Tom Randall Instagram - Trip update 1: me and @petewhittaker01 have been out in Utah a week or so now, trying to do one of Mason Earle’s masterpiece cracks - Stranger Than Fiction, out at the Bartlett Wash 🌵🌵 It’s a line that we’ve both been aware of for a number of years but never got round to putting our focus into the same time and place! And this thing definitively deserves focus as it’s got to be one of the very hardest splitter finger cracks in the world. Maybe a bit strange it’s not had more recognition considering its lack of ascents and Mason’s abilities?! Effectively it’s like having Cobra Crack (steep and powerful) on top of one of the White Rim 5.13 /14- roof cracks (technical and powerful) with not that much rest… 😅 At present, we’ve both done all the moves, worked good sequences and realised it’s no pushover… you can’t cheater-beta this one too much 😅. I’ve opted for the “White Slipper” on the right foot (@gorisb I’ll forgive you yet again…) and Pete’s sticking with a @desertdannyp special of a modified @unparallelup UP Lace Pink. Our fingers are deffo feeling the brunt of the strain now, so prob need to take some time off to let the inflammation die down 🙈 Of important historical note, is that @lor_sabourin made a repeat of this route earlier this week just before me and Pete got to the crag one of the days (gutted to miss the action but then got to witness them almost double send whilst taking pics a bit later in the day 🤯🙌) Sooooo good! As not only is it the hardest route they’ve ever done, it’s also the completion of a multi-season project which mentally, is super hard to manage. Quick ticks are something, but getting really deep on the true limit projects is a special (and challenging) place to be. Massive respect!! 💪💪💪 @wide_boyz @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Tom Randall Instagram - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Tom Randall Instagram - Another successful Wide Boyz, Masters Edge birthday outing 👌🎂 Tom - When Pete and I started doing the Masters Edge fancy dress days for our joint birthday “climbe-bration” over a decade ago we always had the back of our minds that a true partnership ascent could be possible. One where no longer is the bond just the material link between rope, belay plate and harness. It had to be a true connection of human partnership in a joined body. Yesterday, that dream was achieved. No horses were (that) hurt. Pete - The idea of a joint costume for our Masters Edge birthday celebration had been floating around for a few years, but I got inspired again after seeing some of our old skits by @gui_takesphotos @cameraman_pete and @darkskymedia Well into its second decade of doing this climb each year...yesterday The Pantomime Horse arrived. Absolute comedy day trotting around in this thing yesterday trying to get up stuff. Thanks @cameraman_pete for capturing the madness. This footage/video is bound to become a modern classic... #horse #horselife
Tom Randall Instagram - Always good to have a GoPro in cases like these 😅😅. This piece snapped, the next one ripped out (whoops 🙈) and finally a nice micro Friend provided the end to the flying journey. Not had many near full crag length falls in my career, but this one was one of the better ones thanks to the buttery catch by @annahazelnutt - haha, sorry for the scare 😄. It went on a while so she thought the rope had snapped (which to be fair, did cross my mind for a micro second mid fall). All in a good day’s trad climbing… @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions @wide_boyz
Tom Randall Instagram - Stranger update: over half way through the trip now and this one is reaaally stretching me!! 😳 I kinda knew it was going to be a step up (we all know Mason’s desert routes are sandbags 😅) so I’ve had to really get back into the projecting mindset again, which for me, is quite different from the “quick RP” one. There’s quite a bit more micro-failure and uncertainty to sit with each session and that’s a fun (sometimes frustrating!!!) thing to navigate around. 10 days or so left now. It’s redpoints, final tweaks on sequences and hopefully mint conditions!! Fortunately it’s not the UK, so the weather is deffo more in favour 😄 Thanks to @mariaugustahs for the pics - as usual she’s absolutely smashing it on the cracks out here… Crackhouse flash (what?!!! 🙌🙌🙌) and Angry Pirate repeat down on the White Rim. Really impressive. More vids out on @wide_boyz YouTube channel soooon!!!! 🎥🎥🎥 @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Stranger update: over half way through the trip now and this one is reaaally stretching me!! 😳 I kinda knew it was going to be a step up (we all know Mason’s desert routes are sandbags 😅) so I’ve had to really get back into the projecting mindset again, which for me, is quite different from the “quick RP” one. There’s quite a bit more micro-failure and uncertainty to sit with each session and that’s a fun (sometimes frustrating!!!) thing to navigate around. 10 days or so left now. It’s redpoints, final tweaks on sequences and hopefully mint conditions!! Fortunately it’s not the UK, so the weather is deffo more in favour 😄 Thanks to @mariaugustahs for the pics - as usual she’s absolutely smashing it on the cracks out here… Crackhouse flash (what?!!! 🙌🙌🙌) and Angry Pirate repeat down on the White Rim. Really impressive. More vids out on @wide_boyz YouTube channel soooon!!!! 🎥🎥🎥 @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸
Tom Randall Instagram - Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸
Tom Randall Instagram - Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸
Tom Randall Instagram - Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸
Tom Randall Instagram - So the grade of Walk of Life…. 🧐 Going to have to put this out there as grades are a consensus and I don’t keep an online logbook or post on forums etc. My view, having climbed both WOL and Once Upon is that James’s effort was most definitely E10 and the E9 downgrade was one of those things that was not quite right… maybe James had got too big for his boots, maybe Scottish Dave’s grades are (way) too harsh… maybe it’s just men being men and throwing egos around!? Not that’s some kind of evil that we should be terrified of… it’s somewhat the nature of the game at the top. What I do think (and obvs it’s just my opinion) is that Once Upon has to be E8 if WOL E9 or we accept that maybe things got too compressed. I’d gladly lead one of the lines any day of the week, the other, deffo not 😅😅. My view after quite a bit of time on that wall is top end E8 for OUATITSW and bottom end E10 for WOL. But…… it gets more complicated 😅. The WOL has gained & lost holds since James did it (easy to spot from the old video footage) and I’d say in current state it IS a solid E9. So I guess that’s the ever changing state of chossy sea cliffs? No ascent is quite the same? Anyway, just wanted to put that out there as I think the FA and debacle with downgrade deserves a rethink. Also….. let’s see if we can have a grade debate/discussion without people totally insane. It’s really not that big of an issue! < Runs to log out of Instagram for 5 days > 😄 Photos by: @mike_hutton_images
Tom Randall Instagram - So the grade of Walk of Life…. 🧐 Going to have to put this out there as grades are a consensus and I don’t keep an online logbook or post on forums etc. My view, having climbed both WOL and Once Upon is that James’s effort was most definitely E10 and the E9 downgrade was one of those things that was not quite right… maybe James had got too big for his boots, maybe Scottish Dave’s grades are (way) too harsh… maybe it’s just men being men and throwing egos around!? Not that’s some kind of evil that we should be terrified of… it’s somewhat the nature of the game at the top. What I do think (and obvs it’s just my opinion) is that Once Upon has to be E8 if WOL E9 or we accept that maybe things got too compressed. I’d gladly lead one of the lines any day of the week, the other, deffo not 😅😅. My view after quite a bit of time on that wall is top end E8 for OUATITSW and bottom end E10 for WOL. But…… it gets more complicated 😅. The WOL has gained & lost holds since James did it (easy to spot from the old video footage) and I’d say in current state it IS a solid E9. So I guess that’s the ever changing state of chossy sea cliffs? No ascent is quite the same? Anyway, just wanted to put that out there as I think the FA and debacle with downgrade deserves a rethink. Also….. let’s see if we can have a grade debate/discussion without people totally insane. It’s really not that big of an issue! < Runs to log out of Instagram for 5 days > 😄 Photos by: @mike_hutton_images
Tom Randall Instagram - Hello 👋. How it finished. How it started 🤨 Sometimes it’s worth thinking out of the box a little 😄. The Flying Eagle didn’t quite work in this situation (The Cleaver) but you juuuust never know! It did make for a very amusing fall/toboggan down the wall … way better than falling the other way round 😂 Thanks to @andrew_burr for some mega pics! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @mytendon @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Hello 👋. How it finished. How it started 🤨 Sometimes it’s worth thinking out of the box a little 😄. The Flying Eagle didn’t quite work in this situation (The Cleaver) but you juuuust never know! It did make for a very amusing fall/toboggan down the wall … way better than falling the other way round 😂 Thanks to @andrew_burr for some mega pics! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @mytendon @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Hello 👋. How it finished. How it started 🤨 Sometimes it’s worth thinking out of the box a little 😄. The Flying Eagle didn’t quite work in this situation (The Cleaver) but you juuuust never know! It did make for a very amusing fall/toboggan down the wall … way better than falling the other way round 😂 Thanks to @andrew_burr for some mega pics! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @mytendon @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Another desert trip 🌵, another project commences with this little pumper @petewhittaker01 Whatever happens I know he can cradle like the best of the best and no fingers will be left unhurt 😅 Thanks to @wildcountry_official for supporting this trip and @tradprincess for providing a roof for 2 Wideboyz. As usual, there will be some video/film releases over on @wide_boyz for zee true Crackheads out there. @mason_earle - LEGEND. Your desert FAs still delivering delights and body destroying pumps to this day 🙌🙌🙌 @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Tom Randall Instagram - Another desert trip 🌵, another project commences with this little pumper @petewhittaker01 Whatever happens I know he can cradle like the best of the best and no fingers will be left unhurt 😅 Thanks to @wildcountry_official for supporting this trip and @tradprincess for providing a roof for 2 Wideboyz. As usual, there will be some video/film releases over on @wide_boyz for zee true Crackheads out there. @mason_earle - LEGEND. Your desert FAs still delivering delights and body destroying pumps to this day 🙌🙌🙌 @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Tom Randall Instagram - Another desert trip 🌵, another project commences with this little pumper @petewhittaker01 Whatever happens I know he can cradle like the best of the best and no fingers will be left unhurt 😅 Thanks to @wildcountry_official for supporting this trip and @tradprincess for providing a roof for 2 Wideboyz. As usual, there will be some video/film releases over on @wide_boyz for zee true Crackheads out there. @mason_earle - LEGEND. Your desert FAs still delivering delights and body destroying pumps to this day 🙌🙌🙌 @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Tom Randall Instagram - Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I'd never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is... he's not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK's most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you're into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can't recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you're climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts
Tom Randall Instagram - Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I'd never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is... he's not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK's most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you're into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can't recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you're climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts
Tom Randall Instagram - Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I'd never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is... he's not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK's most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you're into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can't recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you're climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts
Tom Randall Instagram - Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I'd never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is... he's not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK's most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you're into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can't recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you're climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts
Tom Randall Instagram - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Tom Randall Instagram - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Tom Randall Instagram - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Tom Randall Instagram - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Tom Randall Instagram - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Tom Randall Instagram - The one that got away…. for the moment! Just finished up a trip in Austria trying Prinzip Hoffnung with @annahazelnutt and it was one of those “nearly, but not quite situations” that do happen! 😅 I used to get a bit frustrated about these as it always felt like the success of the trip was determined by the outcome of ‘productivity’ but that doesn’t really work for me any more. It just leads to too much focus on a goal and not the fun of the experience. Definitely not easy to get it right as being a ‘pro’ is somewhat correlated with success (however you define that) and I’m still prone to getting it wrong. However, this time it felt right as at the end of the trip in the last couple of days I realised I was getting increasingly detached from the send and that the more I tried to force myself to be psyched it wasn’t quite right. So… what to do? I set zero expectations on each remaining days, I went with whatever felt fun (lead, TR, random jumping off) and it went back to being just perfect again! If anything I left more psyched that it’s still there for a return trip and I’ve got a bit of improving to do. Big shout to Anna for getting this route done. It’s not really her forté being quite cracky and it’s deffo not an easy route despite the number of repetitions… don’t let that fool you! She also climbed the crux with a duff method (well done) and did the bold climbing with zero fuss really (again, good effort). Looking forward to some Welsh trad this coming month now! 💪💪 Photos by: @philippklein 📸 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - The one that got away…. for the moment! Just finished up a trip in Austria trying Prinzip Hoffnung with @annahazelnutt and it was one of those “nearly, but not quite situations” that do happen! 😅 I used to get a bit frustrated about these as it always felt like the success of the trip was determined by the outcome of ‘productivity’ but that doesn’t really work for me any more. It just leads to too much focus on a goal and not the fun of the experience. Definitely not easy to get it right as being a ‘pro’ is somewhat correlated with success (however you define that) and I’m still prone to getting it wrong. However, this time it felt right as at the end of the trip in the last couple of days I realised I was getting increasingly detached from the send and that the more I tried to force myself to be psyched it wasn’t quite right. So… what to do? I set zero expectations on each remaining days, I went with whatever felt fun (lead, TR, random jumping off) and it went back to being just perfect again! If anything I left more psyched that it’s still there for a return trip and I’ve got a bit of improving to do. Big shout to Anna for getting this route done. It’s not really her forté being quite cracky and it’s deffo not an easy route despite the number of repetitions… don’t let that fool you! She also climbed the crux with a duff method (well done) and did the bold climbing with zero fuss really (again, good effort). Looking forward to some Welsh trad this coming month now! 💪💪 Photos by: @philippklein 📸 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - When a shoe sponsor doesn’t make the shoe you need 😂. Back in the day, me and @petewhittaker01 wanted a prototype we called “The Spatula Foot” for ultra thin roof crack climbing… not surprisingly, our sponsor wasn’t convinced by the commercial viability so I went rogue and started making them at home. Did it work? No 😂 But these things are always worth a go and sometimes a little ‘crazy’ gets you further than you think. I’m sure I heard of someone having carbon inserts in their edging shoe at some point too?? Shout out to @unparallelup for making actual proper good crack shoes these days (UP Rise Pro) which does everything you want to when it comes to roof cracks (see last post on the indoor crack)
Tom Randall Instagram - One of the hardest - actually very good - cracks in Europe hides under a line of bolts up in N Italy. I tried “Lapoterapia” a few sessions back when I was going to Cadarese a few years back… not an easy one for sure! 8c on crack is rare, but even rarer is one that isn’t that steep and also requires all the tricks. Brilliant ringlock move right at the top right when you’re full gassing 🥵🥵 It was one of the ‘got away’ routes for me, so at least there’s a reason to go back! Even better that Jacopo showed the way with a trad style repeat as well 😎 Photo by the talented @paolosartophoto @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg - flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸
Tom Randall Instagram - Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg - flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸
Tom Randall Instagram - Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg - flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸
Tom Randall Instagram - Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg - flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸
Tom Randall Instagram - Photo 1: Crack climbing at its simplest. Just a Wideboy, a roll of tape and a filthy roof crack above 😈 Photo 2: Crack climbing at its most complicated. A mountain of ropes, a beefy rack and no idea how to get to the base of the route 😅 I still wonder if anyone will go and repeat Millenium Arch… is a 100m roof crack pitch that bit too much? Prob should have pitched it out? Photos: both down in the lovely White Rim, where crack dreams are made. Second one by @mike_hutton_images
Tom Randall Instagram - Photo 1: Crack climbing at its simplest. Just a Wideboy, a roll of tape and a filthy roof crack above 😈 Photo 2: Crack climbing at its most complicated. A mountain of ropes, a beefy rack and no idea how to get to the base of the route 😅 I still wonder if anyone will go and repeat Millenium Arch… is a 100m roof crack pitch that bit too much? Prob should have pitched it out? Photos: both down in the lovely White Rim, where crack dreams are made. Second one by @mike_hutton_images
Tom Randall Instagram - “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor - areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.
Tom Randall Instagram - “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor - areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.
Tom Randall Instagram - “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor - areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.
Tom Randall Instagram - “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor - areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.
Tom Randall Instagram - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Tom Randall Instagram - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Tom Randall Instagram - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Tom Randall Instagram - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Tom Randall Instagram - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Tom Randall Instagram - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Tom Randall Instagram - USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess
Tom Randall Instagram - USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess
Tom Randall Instagram - USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess
Tom Randall Instagram - USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess
Tom Randall Instagram - Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Tom Randall Instagram - Hello. We’ve released a little video update on the “Stranger” project me and @petewhittaker01 are working on via the @wide_boyz YouTube channel! I’ll put a link in my stories for ease… or you can find it on the Wideboyz account too 😊 Photos by @andrew_burr who came out for a little projecting session the other day. We’ve had a few days off it now as the fingers have been getting pretty cronky on the joints… hoping that’s knocked a few notches of pain off 😅 Enjoy! 🌵🎥 💪 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions
Tom Randall Instagram - Hello. We’ve released a little video update on the “Stranger” project me and @petewhittaker01 are working on via the @wide_boyz YouTube channel! I’ll put a link in my stories for ease… or you can find it on the Wideboyz account too 😊 Photos by @andrew_burr who came out for a little projecting session the other day. We’ve had a few days off it now as the fingers have been getting pretty cronky on the joints… hoping that’s knocked a few notches of pain off 😅 Enjoy! 🌵🎥 💪 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions
Tom Randall - 7.2K Likes - Some lines are just meant to be climbed. Thanks Berlin 🖤 Grazie double church buddy 🙏 @cantnollie

7.2K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Some lines are just meant to be climbed. Thanks Berlin 🖤 Grazie double church buddy 🙏 @cantnollie
Likes : 7181Tom Randall - 7.2K Likes - Some lines are just meant to be climbed. Thanks Berlin 🖤 Grazie double church buddy 🙏 @cantnollie

7.2K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Some lines are just meant to be climbed. Thanks Berlin 🖤 Grazie double church buddy 🙏 @cantnollie
Likes : 7181Tom Randall - 7K Likes - Trip update 1: me and @petewhittaker01 have been out in Utah a week or so now, trying to do one of Mason Earle’s masterpiece cracks - Stranger Than Fiction, out at the Bartlett Wash 🌵🌵 It’s a line that we’ve both been aware of for a number of years but never got round to putting our focus into the same time and place! And this thing definitively deserves focus as it’s got to be one of the very hardest splitter finger cracks in the world. Maybe a bit strange it’s not had more recognition considering its lack of ascents and Mason’s abilities?! Effectively it’s like having Cobra Crack (steep and powerful) on top of one of the White Rim 5.13 /14- roof cracks (technical and powerful) with not that much rest… 😅 At present, we’ve both done all the moves, worked good sequences and realised it’s no pushover… you can’t cheater-beta this one too much 😅. I’ve opted for the “White Slipper” on the right foot (@gorisb I’ll forgive you yet again…) and Pete’s sticking with a @desertdannyp special of a modified @unparallelup UP Lace Pink. Our fingers are deffo feeling the brunt of the strain now, so prob need to take some time off to let the inflammation die down 🙈 Of important historical note, is that @lor_sabourin made a repeat of this route earlier this week just before me and Pete got to the crag one of the days (gutted to miss the action but then got to witness them almost double send whilst taking pics a bit later in the day 🤯🙌) Sooooo good! As not only is it the hardest route they’ve ever done, it’s also the completion of a multi-season project which mentally, is super hard to manage. Quick ticks are something, but getting really deep on the true limit projects is a special (and challenging) place to be. Massive respect!! 💪💪💪 @wide_boyz @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions

7K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Trip update 1: me and @petewhittaker01 have been out in Utah a week or so now, trying to do one of Mason Earle’s masterpiece cracks – Stranger Than Fiction, out at the Bartlett Wash 🌵🌵 It’s a line that we’ve both been aware of for a number of years but never got round to putting our focus into the same time and place! And this thing definitively deserves focus as it’s got to be one of the very hardest splitter finger cracks in the world. Maybe a bit strange it’s not had more recognition considering its lack of ascents and Mason’s abilities?! Effectively it’s like having Cobra Crack (steep and powerful) on top of one of the White Rim 5.13 /14- roof cracks (technical and powerful) with not that much rest… 😅 At present, we’ve both done all the moves, worked good sequences and realised it’s no pushover… you can’t cheater-beta this one too much 😅. I’ve opted for the “White Slipper” on the right foot (@gorisb I’ll forgive you yet again…) and Pete’s sticking with a @desertdannyp special of a modified @unparallelup UP Lace Pink. Our fingers are deffo feeling the brunt of the strain now, so prob need to take some time off to let the inflammation die down 🙈 Of important historical note, is that @lor_sabourin made a repeat of this route earlier this week just before me and Pete got to the crag one of the days (gutted to miss the action but then got to witness them almost double send whilst taking pics a bit later in the day 🤯🙌) Sooooo good! As not only is it the hardest route they’ve ever done, it’s also the completion of a multi-season project which mentally, is super hard to manage. Quick ticks are something, but getting really deep on the true limit projects is a special (and challenging) place to be. Massive respect!! 💪💪💪 @wide_boyz @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Likes : 7024Tom Randall - 7K Likes - Trip update 1: me and @petewhittaker01 have been out in Utah a week or so now, trying to do one of Mason Earle’s masterpiece cracks - Stranger Than Fiction, out at the Bartlett Wash 🌵🌵 It’s a line that we’ve both been aware of for a number of years but never got round to putting our focus into the same time and place! And this thing definitively deserves focus as it’s got to be one of the very hardest splitter finger cracks in the world. Maybe a bit strange it’s not had more recognition considering its lack of ascents and Mason’s abilities?! Effectively it’s like having Cobra Crack (steep and powerful) on top of one of the White Rim 5.13 /14- roof cracks (technical and powerful) with not that much rest… 😅 At present, we’ve both done all the moves, worked good sequences and realised it’s no pushover… you can’t cheater-beta this one too much 😅. I’ve opted for the “White Slipper” on the right foot (@gorisb I’ll forgive you yet again…) and Pete’s sticking with a @desertdannyp special of a modified @unparallelup UP Lace Pink. Our fingers are deffo feeling the brunt of the strain now, so prob need to take some time off to let the inflammation die down 🙈 Of important historical note, is that @lor_sabourin made a repeat of this route earlier this week just before me and Pete got to the crag one of the days (gutted to miss the action but then got to witness them almost double send whilst taking pics a bit later in the day 🤯🙌) Sooooo good! As not only is it the hardest route they’ve ever done, it’s also the completion of a multi-season project which mentally, is super hard to manage. Quick ticks are something, but getting really deep on the true limit projects is a special (and challenging) place to be. Massive respect!! 💪💪💪 @wide_boyz @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions

7K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Trip update 1: me and @petewhittaker01 have been out in Utah a week or so now, trying to do one of Mason Earle’s masterpiece cracks – Stranger Than Fiction, out at the Bartlett Wash 🌵🌵 It’s a line that we’ve both been aware of for a number of years but never got round to putting our focus into the same time and place! And this thing definitively deserves focus as it’s got to be one of the very hardest splitter finger cracks in the world. Maybe a bit strange it’s not had more recognition considering its lack of ascents and Mason’s abilities?! Effectively it’s like having Cobra Crack (steep and powerful) on top of one of the White Rim 5.13 /14- roof cracks (technical and powerful) with not that much rest… 😅 At present, we’ve both done all the moves, worked good sequences and realised it’s no pushover… you can’t cheater-beta this one too much 😅. I’ve opted for the “White Slipper” on the right foot (@gorisb I’ll forgive you yet again…) and Pete’s sticking with a @desertdannyp special of a modified @unparallelup UP Lace Pink. Our fingers are deffo feeling the brunt of the strain now, so prob need to take some time off to let the inflammation die down 🙈 Of important historical note, is that @lor_sabourin made a repeat of this route earlier this week just before me and Pete got to the crag one of the days (gutted to miss the action but then got to witness them almost double send whilst taking pics a bit later in the day 🤯🙌) Sooooo good! As not only is it the hardest route they’ve ever done, it’s also the completion of a multi-season project which mentally, is super hard to manage. Quick ticks are something, but getting really deep on the true limit projects is a special (and challenging) place to be. Massive respect!! 💪💪💪 @wide_boyz @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Likes : 7024Tom Randall - 7K Likes - Trip update 1: me and @petewhittaker01 have been out in Utah a week or so now, trying to do one of Mason Earle’s masterpiece cracks - Stranger Than Fiction, out at the Bartlett Wash 🌵🌵 It’s a line that we’ve both been aware of for a number of years but never got round to putting our focus into the same time and place! And this thing definitively deserves focus as it’s got to be one of the very hardest splitter finger cracks in the world. Maybe a bit strange it’s not had more recognition considering its lack of ascents and Mason’s abilities?! Effectively it’s like having Cobra Crack (steep and powerful) on top of one of the White Rim 5.13 /14- roof cracks (technical and powerful) with not that much rest… 😅 At present, we’ve both done all the moves, worked good sequences and realised it’s no pushover… you can’t cheater-beta this one too much 😅. I’ve opted for the “White Slipper” on the right foot (@gorisb I’ll forgive you yet again…) and Pete’s sticking with a @desertdannyp special of a modified @unparallelup UP Lace Pink. Our fingers are deffo feeling the brunt of the strain now, so prob need to take some time off to let the inflammation die down 🙈 Of important historical note, is that @lor_sabourin made a repeat of this route earlier this week just before me and Pete got to the crag one of the days (gutted to miss the action but then got to witness them almost double send whilst taking pics a bit later in the day 🤯🙌) Sooooo good! As not only is it the hardest route they’ve ever done, it’s also the completion of a multi-season project which mentally, is super hard to manage. Quick ticks are something, but getting really deep on the true limit projects is a special (and challenging) place to be. Massive respect!! 💪💪💪 @wide_boyz @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions

7K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Trip update 1: me and @petewhittaker01 have been out in Utah a week or so now, trying to do one of Mason Earle’s masterpiece cracks – Stranger Than Fiction, out at the Bartlett Wash 🌵🌵 It’s a line that we’ve both been aware of for a number of years but never got round to putting our focus into the same time and place! And this thing definitively deserves focus as it’s got to be one of the very hardest splitter finger cracks in the world. Maybe a bit strange it’s not had more recognition considering its lack of ascents and Mason’s abilities?! Effectively it’s like having Cobra Crack (steep and powerful) on top of one of the White Rim 5.13 /14- roof cracks (technical and powerful) with not that much rest… 😅 At present, we’ve both done all the moves, worked good sequences and realised it’s no pushover… you can’t cheater-beta this one too much 😅. I’ve opted for the “White Slipper” on the right foot (@gorisb I’ll forgive you yet again…) and Pete’s sticking with a @desertdannyp special of a modified @unparallelup UP Lace Pink. Our fingers are deffo feeling the brunt of the strain now, so prob need to take some time off to let the inflammation die down 🙈 Of important historical note, is that @lor_sabourin made a repeat of this route earlier this week just before me and Pete got to the crag one of the days (gutted to miss the action but then got to witness them almost double send whilst taking pics a bit later in the day 🤯🙌) Sooooo good! As not only is it the hardest route they’ve ever done, it’s also the completion of a multi-season project which mentally, is super hard to manage. Quick ticks are something, but getting really deep on the true limit projects is a special (and challenging) place to be. Massive respect!! 💪💪💪 @wide_boyz @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Likes : 7024Tom Randall - 6.5K Likes - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥

6.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Likes : 6507Tom Randall - 6.5K Likes - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥

6.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Likes : 6507Tom Randall - 6.5K Likes - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥

6.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Likes : 6507Tom Randall - 6.5K Likes - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥

6.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Likes : 6507Tom Randall - 6.5K Likes - It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥

6.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s story time!! Two punters in Thailand, two lines of bolts put into the same piece of lovely pink rock… who will “win” 🤔 (Yes, you know it already 😂) Well, the definitive answer is in the latest episode on the @annahazelnutt YouTube channel and needless to say this is every bit of our normal, slightly chaotic fun!! If you enjoy this story-time style of video editing let us know as we enjoyed the banter 😅 Importantly, this video is part of a larger project where we’re working on a sustainable eco-tourism project with the help of our trip sponsors (@rab.equipment) and @kkclimbingclub & @o_way_of_life which will be out as a feature film in due course! Film link is in our stories! 🎥🎥🎥
Likes : 6507Tom Randall - 6.4K Likes - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅

6.4K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 – don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Likes : 6428Tom Randall - 6.4K Likes - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅

6.4K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 – don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Likes : 6428Tom Randall - 6.4K Likes - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅

6.4K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 – don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Likes : 6428Tom Randall - 6.4K Likes - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅

6.4K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 – don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Likes : 6428Tom Randall - 6.4K Likes - It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 - don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅

6.4K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : It’s a wrap! Or a jam-wrap? @wide_boyz Crack Fest 2023 is over… and we have our Crack King and Crack Queen crowned (Ryan & Lucy) for another year 🙌🙌🙌 Big thanks to all the mad cracksters who came to the event to make it a day of fun and try hard… I still think the squeeze box was the hardest challenge! Couldn’t have done the event without the support of sponsors and also @depotsheffield in who went above and beyond to make it far slicker than me and Pete could have ever managed. @petewhittaker01 – don’t worry, we’ll find a overhanging Perspex pleasure box on one of the projects one day…. 😅😅
Likes : 6428Tom Randall - 6.3K Likes - Another successful Wide Boyz, Masters Edge birthday outing 👌🎂 Tom - When Pete and I started doing the Masters Edge fancy dress days for our joint birthday “climbe-bration” over a decade ago we always had the back of our minds that a true partnership ascent could be possible. One where no longer is the bond just the material link between rope, belay plate and harness. It had to be a true connection of human partnership in a joined body. Yesterday, that dream was achieved. No horses were (that) hurt. Pete - The idea of a joint costume for our Masters Edge birthday celebration had been floating around for a few years, but I got inspired again after seeing some of our old skits by @gui_takesphotos @cameraman_pete and @darkskymedia Well into its second decade of doing this climb each year...yesterday The Pantomime Horse arrived. Absolute comedy day trotting around in this thing yesterday trying to get up stuff. Thanks @cameraman_pete for capturing the madness. This footage/video is bound to become a modern classic... #horse #horselife

6.3K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Another successful Wide Boyz, Masters Edge birthday outing 👌🎂 Tom – When Pete and I started doing the Masters Edge fancy dress days for our joint birthday “climbe-bration” over a decade ago we always had the back of our minds that a true partnership ascent could be possible. One where no longer is the bond just the material link between rope, belay plate and harness. It had to be a true connection of human partnership in a joined body. Yesterday, that dream was achieved. No horses were (that) hurt. Pete – The idea of a joint costume for our Masters Edge birthday celebration had been floating around for a few years, but I got inspired again after seeing some of our old skits by @gui_takesphotos @cameraman_pete and @darkskymedia Well into its second decade of doing this climb each year…yesterday The Pantomime Horse arrived. Absolute comedy day trotting around in this thing yesterday trying to get up stuff. Thanks @cameraman_pete for capturing the madness. This footage/video is bound to become a modern classic… #horse #horselife
Likes : 6284Tom Randall - 5.9K Likes - Always good to have a GoPro in cases like these 😅😅. This piece snapped, the next one ripped out (whoops 🙈) and finally a nice micro Friend provided the end to the flying journey. Not had many near full crag length falls in my career, but this one was one of the better ones thanks to the buttery catch by @annahazelnutt - haha, sorry for the scare 😄. It went on a while so she thought the rope had snapped (which to be fair, did cross my mind for a micro second mid fall). All in a good day’s trad climbing… @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions @wide_boyz

5.9K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Always good to have a GoPro in cases like these 😅😅. This piece snapped, the next one ripped out (whoops 🙈) and finally a nice micro Friend provided the end to the flying journey. Not had many near full crag length falls in my career, but this one was one of the better ones thanks to the buttery catch by @annahazelnutt – haha, sorry for the scare 😄. It went on a while so she thought the rope had snapped (which to be fair, did cross my mind for a micro second mid fall). All in a good day’s trad climbing… @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions @wide_boyz
Likes : 5862Tom Randall - 5.6K Likes - Stranger update: over half way through the trip now and this one is reaaally stretching me!! 😳 I kinda knew it was going to be a step up (we all know Mason’s desert routes are sandbags 😅) so I’ve had to really get back into the projecting mindset again, which for me, is quite different from the “quick RP” one. There’s quite a bit more micro-failure and uncertainty to sit with each session and that’s a fun (sometimes frustrating!!!) thing to navigate around. 10 days or so left now. It’s redpoints, final tweaks on sequences and hopefully mint conditions!! Fortunately it’s not the UK, so the weather is deffo more in favour 😄 Thanks to @mariaugustahs for the pics - as usual she’s absolutely smashing it on the cracks out here… Crackhouse flash (what?!!! 🙌🙌🙌) and Angry Pirate repeat down on the White Rim. Really impressive. More vids out on @wide_boyz YouTube channel soooon!!!! 🎥🎥🎥 @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup

5.6K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Stranger update: over half way through the trip now and this one is reaaally stretching me!! 😳 I kinda knew it was going to be a step up (we all know Mason’s desert routes are sandbags 😅) so I’ve had to really get back into the projecting mindset again, which for me, is quite different from the “quick RP” one. There’s quite a bit more micro-failure and uncertainty to sit with each session and that’s a fun (sometimes frustrating!!!) thing to navigate around. 10 days or so left now. It’s redpoints, final tweaks on sequences and hopefully mint conditions!! Fortunately it’s not the UK, so the weather is deffo more in favour 😄 Thanks to @mariaugustahs for the pics – as usual she’s absolutely smashing it on the cracks out here… Crackhouse flash (what?!!! 🙌🙌🙌) and Angry Pirate repeat down on the White Rim. Really impressive. More vids out on @wide_boyz YouTube channel soooon!!!! 🎥🎥🎥 @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Likes : 5642Tom Randall - 5.6K Likes - Stranger update: over half way through the trip now and this one is reaaally stretching me!! 😳 I kinda knew it was going to be a step up (we all know Mason’s desert routes are sandbags 😅) so I’ve had to really get back into the projecting mindset again, which for me, is quite different from the “quick RP” one. There’s quite a bit more micro-failure and uncertainty to sit with each session and that’s a fun (sometimes frustrating!!!) thing to navigate around. 10 days or so left now. It’s redpoints, final tweaks on sequences and hopefully mint conditions!! Fortunately it’s not the UK, so the weather is deffo more in favour 😄 Thanks to @mariaugustahs for the pics - as usual she’s absolutely smashing it on the cracks out here… Crackhouse flash (what?!!! 🙌🙌🙌) and Angry Pirate repeat down on the White Rim. Really impressive. More vids out on @wide_boyz YouTube channel soooon!!!! 🎥🎥🎥 @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup

5.6K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Stranger update: over half way through the trip now and this one is reaaally stretching me!! 😳 I kinda knew it was going to be a step up (we all know Mason’s desert routes are sandbags 😅) so I’ve had to really get back into the projecting mindset again, which for me, is quite different from the “quick RP” one. There’s quite a bit more micro-failure and uncertainty to sit with each session and that’s a fun (sometimes frustrating!!!) thing to navigate around. 10 days or so left now. It’s redpoints, final tweaks on sequences and hopefully mint conditions!! Fortunately it’s not the UK, so the weather is deffo more in favour 😄 Thanks to @mariaugustahs for the pics – as usual she’s absolutely smashing it on the cracks out here… Crackhouse flash (what?!!! 🙌🙌🙌) and Angry Pirate repeat down on the White Rim. Really impressive. More vids out on @wide_boyz YouTube channel soooon!!!! 🎥🎥🎥 @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Likes : 5642Tom Randall - 5.1K Likes - Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸

5.1K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸
Likes : 5064Tom Randall - 5.1K Likes - Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸

5.1K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸
Likes : 5064Tom Randall - 5.1K Likes - Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸

5.1K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸
Likes : 5064Tom Randall - 5.1K Likes - Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸

5.1K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Vonder Crack, just a walk down from a couple of iconic night spots in Berlin, is the best thin hands corner splitter I’ve found so far. Reds most of the way, with a few sections of perfect hands thrown in to calm the mind 😊. This one still remains unclimbed as near the top it had a short section of baggy greens which I was not at all convinced I could reverse if needed… better to play it safe and return with a rope at some point. Absolutely superb bit of technical climbing overall… just as good as most of the desert 5.11s. The offwidth “Kraft Width” overlooking The Spree was again a perfect 5.11 wide challenge. Either arm bars or hand-fist stacks, but coupled with a very shallow feature means the heel-toe action has to be overly used… no knee/thigh locks here 😄 Thanks to @cantnollie for joining me on yet another early morning sesh, for taking the pics and generally watching out for trouble 😄📸
Likes : 5064Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - So the grade of Walk of Life…. 🧐 Going to have to put this out there as grades are a consensus and I don’t keep an online logbook or post on forums etc. My view, having climbed both WOL and Once Upon is that James’s effort was most definitely E10 and the E9 downgrade was one of those things that was not quite right… maybe James had got too big for his boots, maybe Scottish Dave’s grades are (way) too harsh… maybe it’s just men being men and throwing egos around!? Not that’s some kind of evil that we should be terrified of… it’s somewhat the nature of the game at the top. What I do think (and obvs it’s just my opinion) is that Once Upon has to be E8 if WOL E9 or we accept that maybe things got too compressed. I’d gladly lead one of the lines any day of the week, the other, deffo not 😅😅. My view after quite a bit of time on that wall is top end E8 for OUATITSW and bottom end E10 for WOL. But…… it gets more complicated 😅. The WOL has gained & lost holds since James did it (easy to spot from the old video footage) and I’d say in current state it IS a solid E9. So I guess that’s the ever changing state of chossy sea cliffs? No ascent is quite the same? Anyway, just wanted to put that out there as I think the FA and debacle with downgrade deserves a rethink. Also….. let’s see if we can have a grade debate/discussion without people totally insane. It’s really not that big of an issue! < Runs to log out of Instagram for 5 days > 😄 Photos by: @mike_hutton_images

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Caption : So the grade of Walk of Life…. 🧐 Going to have to put this out there as grades are a consensus and I don’t keep an online logbook or post on forums etc. My view, having climbed both WOL and Once Upon is that James’s effort was most definitely E10 and the E9 downgrade was one of those things that was not quite right… maybe James had got too big for his boots, maybe Scottish Dave’s grades are (way) too harsh… maybe it’s just men being men and throwing egos around!? Not that’s some kind of evil that we should be terrified of… it’s somewhat the nature of the game at the top. What I do think (and obvs it’s just my opinion) is that Once Upon has to be E8 if WOL E9 or we accept that maybe things got too compressed. I’d gladly lead one of the lines any day of the week, the other, deffo not 😅😅. My view after quite a bit of time on that wall is top end E8 for OUATITSW and bottom end E10 for WOL. But…… it gets more complicated 😅. The WOL has gained & lost holds since James did it (easy to spot from the old video footage) and I’d say in current state it IS a solid E9. So I guess that’s the ever changing state of chossy sea cliffs? No ascent is quite the same? Anyway, just wanted to put that out there as I think the FA and debacle with downgrade deserves a rethink. Also….. let’s see if we can have a grade debate/discussion without people totally insane. It’s really not that big of an issue! < Runs to log out of Instagram for 5 days > 😄 Photos by: @mike_hutton_images
Likes : 4910Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - So the grade of Walk of Life…. 🧐 Going to have to put this out there as grades are a consensus and I don’t keep an online logbook or post on forums etc. My view, having climbed both WOL and Once Upon is that James’s effort was most definitely E10 and the E9 downgrade was one of those things that was not quite right… maybe James had got too big for his boots, maybe Scottish Dave’s grades are (way) too harsh… maybe it’s just men being men and throwing egos around!? Not that’s some kind of evil that we should be terrified of… it’s somewhat the nature of the game at the top. What I do think (and obvs it’s just my opinion) is that Once Upon has to be E8 if WOL E9 or we accept that maybe things got too compressed. I’d gladly lead one of the lines any day of the week, the other, deffo not 😅😅. My view after quite a bit of time on that wall is top end E8 for OUATITSW and bottom end E10 for WOL. But…… it gets more complicated 😅. The WOL has gained & lost holds since James did it (easy to spot from the old video footage) and I’d say in current state it IS a solid E9. So I guess that’s the ever changing state of chossy sea cliffs? No ascent is quite the same? Anyway, just wanted to put that out there as I think the FA and debacle with downgrade deserves a rethink. Also….. let’s see if we can have a grade debate/discussion without people totally insane. It’s really not that big of an issue! < Runs to log out of Instagram for 5 days > 😄 Photos by: @mike_hutton_images

4.9K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : So the grade of Walk of Life…. 🧐 Going to have to put this out there as grades are a consensus and I don’t keep an online logbook or post on forums etc. My view, having climbed both WOL and Once Upon is that James’s effort was most definitely E10 and the E9 downgrade was one of those things that was not quite right… maybe James had got too big for his boots, maybe Scottish Dave’s grades are (way) too harsh… maybe it’s just men being men and throwing egos around!? Not that’s some kind of evil that we should be terrified of… it’s somewhat the nature of the game at the top. What I do think (and obvs it’s just my opinion) is that Once Upon has to be E8 if WOL E9 or we accept that maybe things got too compressed. I’d gladly lead one of the lines any day of the week, the other, deffo not 😅😅. My view after quite a bit of time on that wall is top end E8 for OUATITSW and bottom end E10 for WOL. But…… it gets more complicated 😅. The WOL has gained & lost holds since James did it (easy to spot from the old video footage) and I’d say in current state it IS a solid E9. So I guess that’s the ever changing state of chossy sea cliffs? No ascent is quite the same? Anyway, just wanted to put that out there as I think the FA and debacle with downgrade deserves a rethink. Also….. let’s see if we can have a grade debate/discussion without people totally insane. It’s really not that big of an issue! < Runs to log out of Instagram for 5 days > 😄 Photos by: @mike_hutton_images
Likes : 4910Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Hello 👋. How it finished. How it started 🤨 Sometimes it’s worth thinking out of the box a little 😄. The Flying Eagle didn’t quite work in this situation (The Cleaver) but you juuuust never know! It did make for a very amusing fall/toboggan down the wall … way better than falling the other way round 😂 Thanks to @andrew_burr for some mega pics! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @mytendon @wildcountry_official @unparallelup

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Caption : Hello 👋. How it finished. How it started 🤨 Sometimes it’s worth thinking out of the box a little 😄. The Flying Eagle didn’t quite work in this situation (The Cleaver) but you juuuust never know! It did make for a very amusing fall/toboggan down the wall … way better than falling the other way round 😂 Thanks to @andrew_burr for some mega pics! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @mytendon @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Likes : 4907Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Hello 👋. How it finished. How it started 🤨 Sometimes it’s worth thinking out of the box a little 😄. The Flying Eagle didn’t quite work in this situation (The Cleaver) but you juuuust never know! It did make for a very amusing fall/toboggan down the wall … way better than falling the other way round 😂 Thanks to @andrew_burr for some mega pics! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @mytendon @wildcountry_official @unparallelup

4.9K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Hello 👋. How it finished. How it started 🤨 Sometimes it’s worth thinking out of the box a little 😄. The Flying Eagle didn’t quite work in this situation (The Cleaver) but you juuuust never know! It did make for a very amusing fall/toboggan down the wall … way better than falling the other way round 😂 Thanks to @andrew_burr for some mega pics! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @mytendon @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Likes : 4907Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Hello 👋. How it finished. How it started 🤨 Sometimes it’s worth thinking out of the box a little 😄. The Flying Eagle didn’t quite work in this situation (The Cleaver) but you juuuust never know! It did make for a very amusing fall/toboggan down the wall … way better than falling the other way round 😂 Thanks to @andrew_burr for some mega pics! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @mytendon @wildcountry_official @unparallelup

4.9K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Hello 👋. How it finished. How it started 🤨 Sometimes it’s worth thinking out of the box a little 😄. The Flying Eagle didn’t quite work in this situation (The Cleaver) but you juuuust never know! It did make for a very amusing fall/toboggan down the wall … way better than falling the other way round 😂 Thanks to @andrew_burr for some mega pics! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @mytendon @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Likes : 4907Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Another desert trip 🌵, another project commences with this little pumper @petewhittaker01 Whatever happens I know he can cradle like the best of the best and no fingers will be left unhurt 😅 Thanks to @wildcountry_official for supporting this trip and @tradprincess for providing a roof for 2 Wideboyz. As usual, there will be some video/film releases over on @wide_boyz for zee true Crackheads out there. @mason_earle - LEGEND. Your desert FAs still delivering delights and body destroying pumps to this day 🙌🙌🙌 @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions

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Caption : Another desert trip 🌵, another project commences with this little pumper @petewhittaker01 Whatever happens I know he can cradle like the best of the best and no fingers will be left unhurt 😅 Thanks to @wildcountry_official for supporting this trip and @tradprincess for providing a roof for 2 Wideboyz. As usual, there will be some video/film releases over on @wide_boyz for zee true Crackheads out there. @mason_earle – LEGEND. Your desert FAs still delivering delights and body destroying pumps to this day 🙌🙌🙌 @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Likes : 4874Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Another desert trip 🌵, another project commences with this little pumper @petewhittaker01 Whatever happens I know he can cradle like the best of the best and no fingers will be left unhurt 😅 Thanks to @wildcountry_official for supporting this trip and @tradprincess for providing a roof for 2 Wideboyz. As usual, there will be some video/film releases over on @wide_boyz for zee true Crackheads out there. @mason_earle - LEGEND. Your desert FAs still delivering delights and body destroying pumps to this day 🙌🙌🙌 @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions

4.9K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Another desert trip 🌵, another project commences with this little pumper @petewhittaker01 Whatever happens I know he can cradle like the best of the best and no fingers will be left unhurt 😅 Thanks to @wildcountry_official for supporting this trip and @tradprincess for providing a roof for 2 Wideboyz. As usual, there will be some video/film releases over on @wide_boyz for zee true Crackheads out there. @mason_earle – LEGEND. Your desert FAs still delivering delights and body destroying pumps to this day 🙌🙌🙌 @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Likes : 4874Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Another desert trip 🌵, another project commences with this little pumper @petewhittaker01 Whatever happens I know he can cradle like the best of the best and no fingers will be left unhurt 😅 Thanks to @wildcountry_official for supporting this trip and @tradprincess for providing a roof for 2 Wideboyz. As usual, there will be some video/film releases over on @wide_boyz for zee true Crackheads out there. @mason_earle - LEGEND. Your desert FAs still delivering delights and body destroying pumps to this day 🙌🙌🙌 @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions

4.9K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Another desert trip 🌵, another project commences with this little pumper @petewhittaker01 Whatever happens I know he can cradle like the best of the best and no fingers will be left unhurt 😅 Thanks to @wildcountry_official for supporting this trip and @tradprincess for providing a roof for 2 Wideboyz. As usual, there will be some video/film releases over on @wide_boyz for zee true Crackheads out there. @mason_earle – LEGEND. Your desert FAs still delivering delights and body destroying pumps to this day 🙌🙌🙌 @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup @rhinoskinsolutions
Likes : 4874Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I'd never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is... he's not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK's most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you're into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can't recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you're climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts

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Caption : Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I’d never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is… he’s not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK’s most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you’re into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can’t recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you’re climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts
Likes : 4854Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I'd never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is... he's not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK's most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you're into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can't recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you're climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts

4.9K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I’d never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is… he’s not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK’s most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you’re into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can’t recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you’re climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts
Likes : 4854Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I'd never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is... he's not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK's most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you're into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can't recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you're climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts

4.9K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I’d never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is… he’s not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK’s most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you’re into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can’t recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you’re climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts
Likes : 4854Tom Randall - 4.9K Likes - Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I'd never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is... he's not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK's most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you're into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can't recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you're climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts

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Caption : Sweden is home to the granite trad climbing paradise of Bohuslän, which until this past summer I’d never been to unbelievably🙈. @petewhittaker01 has been climbing over here for fairly regularly for the last 10yrs and has always been telling me about how incredible it is… he’s not wrong! As the Peak District is home to some of the UK’s most obsessed and dedicated trad and crack climbers, I thought the best possible way to experience my first trip to Bohuslän would be to combine a group of Brits with an equally psyched group of keen Swedes! The trip worked out absolutely amazing, with a grand tour of some of the best crags in the area and despite the toasty temps, loads of classics were done and jamming fully invested in. If you’re into either trad in general or crack climbing specifically, I can’t recommend the area enough. You can have a brilliant trip whether you’re climbing VS, E3 or E7! The amazing thing is that the climbing is actually very varied as well. There’s face, crack and arête and due to the number of crags you just can’t run out of options. Many thanks to @philippklein in joining us on the week of granite shenanigans and capturing the vibe of the area with his mega photos as usual. Also to all the keen Swedish and British crack samplers… you’ve only got yourself to blame 😅 @cha0s.incarnate @silveira.bells @gsandstroem @joelurner @philippklein @knutasnina @deansontoasts
Likes : 4854Tom Randall - 4.8K Likes - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup

4.8K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr – forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Likes : 4797Tom Randall - 4.8K Likes - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup

4.8K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr – forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Likes : 4797Tom Randall - 4.8K Likes - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup

4.8K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr – forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Likes : 4797Tom Randall - 4.8K Likes - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup

4.8K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr – forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Likes : 4797Tom Randall - 4.8K Likes - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup

4.8K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr – forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Likes : 4797Tom Randall - 4.8K Likes - Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr - forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup

4.8K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Morning! 🏜️ “Stranger Than Fiction” final update… After a month of working on this amazing line out in the desert with Pete, I’ve had to walk away empty handed without the ‘tick’ but with sooo many other things that I’m really psyched, proud and grateful for. Whilst I couldn’t put together the redpoint at the end, I was super happy with how my prep for the trip went, how the projecting progressed and how close I was getting. I knew the goal was one of those ‘stretch’ ones, so expectations were in line with that and like some other trip projects I’ve had to defer to later dates, it’s been a really positive and fulfilling outcome still. I’d wondered if I could get back to the fitness/strength of 2019/20 (I could) … I’d wondered if I’d still enjoy the deep end of projecting with Pete (I did) … and whether I’d still have the same love for focus and no distraction (this I struggle with more, perhaps). Fave bits of the trip: 🦇 @petewhittaker01 flash of The Cleaver and subsequent out of body experiences 😅 🐝 @mariaugustahs nonchalantly flashing The Crackhouse with no pads and making no big deal of it. 🐞 @onechicktravels finally revealing how much I improved her birthday the previous year in the aforementioned Crackhouse 🦋 @lor_sabourin sending Stranger and mega interview about their process (more on that soon) 🐹 @tradprincess smashing out Black Mamba, barely resting on her laurels and immediately looking at Crown of Thorns. Committed 😅🙌 🕺 @jeffingabout for max 🪩and wobbly knees 😍 I really can’t wait to dig back into the training for Stranger again next year and go back a bit more informed on what’s needed. Overall, I’d rank this one as one of the very hardest cracks in the world and is one that requires ALL the skill sets. If you can’t get to Recovery Drink and Jossingfjord, this is your next best option 😈 Photos by @andrew_burr – forever grateful! 🙏🙏 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @wide_boyz @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions @unparallelup
Likes : 4797Tom Randall - 4.6K Likes - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!

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Caption : Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we’ve had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it’s easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it’s harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Likes : 4647Tom Randall - 4.6K Likes - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!

4.6K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we’ve had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it’s easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it’s harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Likes : 4647Tom Randall - 4.6K Likes - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!

4.6K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we’ve had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it’s easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it’s harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Likes : 4647Tom Randall - 4.6K Likes - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!

4.6K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we’ve had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it’s easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it’s harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Likes : 4647Tom Randall - 4.6K Likes - Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we've had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it's easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it's harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!

4.6K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Is the British E-Grade system broken? Or does it just have some issues in certain areas?🧐 . Over the last 10 years we’ve had the distinct feeling that the E-Grade scale has become incredibly compressed at the top end. The hardest trad routes of the 90s were given E9, yet 30 years later the same grades are still almost the default for the hardest routes of today. . Grading can be a highly emotive subject, and with the many different levels of complexity at play, it’s easy to get lost. With development in protection, padding, and belay tactics, it’s harder than ever to objectively asses danger, and with the general reaction to over/under-grading, erring on the side of caution has become common practice. . Whilst sternly graded routes are not necessarily a problem, an unbalanced grade spectrum is. Without linear, logical progression, grades are meaningless. . The product of months of discussion between ourselves, @neil.gresham @ste_mcclure and the technical support of Danny Tomalin at @reyt_uk is what we’ve termed “eGrader” which is linked in our stories or you can find details in the pinned comment. . How does it work though? 👉Go to the website (it’s free to access) 👉Put in the French sport grade of your route 👉Add in the danger factor (D Point) 👉Make an assessment of whether it is padable 👉Get an E-Grade! . Now surely it can’t be that simple, you’re thinking? Well, yes and no! The task of spitting out a grade literally takes a few seconds, however, there are always caveats to these things as no system is perfect. . 1. This is just a tool to add to your current methods, but it hopefully allows you a more objective viewpoint 2. You’ll notice that many top-end routes result in upgrades. This is not unreasonable in many cases. 3. Danger factor and padability is still subjective. Every scenario (and grade) can be manipulated. . Let us know what you think!
Likes : 4647Tom Randall - 4.1K Likes - The one that got away…. for the moment! Just finished up a trip in Austria trying Prinzip Hoffnung with @annahazelnutt and it was one of those “nearly, but not quite situations” that do happen! 😅 I used to get a bit frustrated about these as it always felt like the success of the trip was determined by the outcome of ‘productivity’ but that doesn’t really work for me any more. It just leads to too much focus on a goal and not the fun of the experience. Definitely not easy to get it right as being a ‘pro’ is somewhat correlated with success (however you define that) and I’m still prone to getting it wrong. However, this time it felt right as at the end of the trip in the last couple of days I realised I was getting increasingly detached from the send and that the more I tried to force myself to be psyched it wasn’t quite right. So… what to do? I set zero expectations on each remaining days, I went with whatever felt fun (lead, TR, random jumping off) and it went back to being just perfect again! If anything I left more psyched that it’s still there for a return trip and I’ve got a bit of improving to do. Big shout to Anna for getting this route done. It’s not really her forté being quite cracky and it’s deffo not an easy route despite the number of repetitions… don’t let that fool you! She also climbed the crux with a duff method (well done) and did the bold climbing with zero fuss really (again, good effort). Looking forward to some Welsh trad this coming month now! 💪💪 Photos by: @philippklein 📸 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup

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Caption : The one that got away…. for the moment! Just finished up a trip in Austria trying Prinzip Hoffnung with @annahazelnutt and it was one of those “nearly, but not quite situations” that do happen! 😅 I used to get a bit frustrated about these as it always felt like the success of the trip was determined by the outcome of ‘productivity’ but that doesn’t really work for me any more. It just leads to too much focus on a goal and not the fun of the experience. Definitely not easy to get it right as being a ‘pro’ is somewhat correlated with success (however you define that) and I’m still prone to getting it wrong. However, this time it felt right as at the end of the trip in the last couple of days I realised I was getting increasingly detached from the send and that the more I tried to force myself to be psyched it wasn’t quite right. So… what to do? I set zero expectations on each remaining days, I went with whatever felt fun (lead, TR, random jumping off) and it went back to being just perfect again! If anything I left more psyched that it’s still there for a return trip and I’ve got a bit of improving to do. Big shout to Anna for getting this route done. It’s not really her forté being quite cracky and it’s deffo not an easy route despite the number of repetitions… don’t let that fool you! She also climbed the crux with a duff method (well done) and did the bold climbing with zero fuss really (again, good effort). Looking forward to some Welsh trad this coming month now! 💪💪 Photos by: @philippklein 📸 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Likes : 4120Tom Randall - 4.1K Likes - The one that got away…. for the moment! Just finished up a trip in Austria trying Prinzip Hoffnung with @annahazelnutt and it was one of those “nearly, but not quite situations” that do happen! 😅 I used to get a bit frustrated about these as it always felt like the success of the trip was determined by the outcome of ‘productivity’ but that doesn’t really work for me any more. It just leads to too much focus on a goal and not the fun of the experience. Definitely not easy to get it right as being a ‘pro’ is somewhat correlated with success (however you define that) and I’m still prone to getting it wrong. However, this time it felt right as at the end of the trip in the last couple of days I realised I was getting increasingly detached from the send and that the more I tried to force myself to be psyched it wasn’t quite right. So… what to do? I set zero expectations on each remaining days, I went with whatever felt fun (lead, TR, random jumping off) and it went back to being just perfect again! If anything I left more psyched that it’s still there for a return trip and I’ve got a bit of improving to do. Big shout to Anna for getting this route done. It’s not really her forté being quite cracky and it’s deffo not an easy route despite the number of repetitions… don’t let that fool you! She also climbed the crux with a duff method (well done) and did the bold climbing with zero fuss really (again, good effort). Looking forward to some Welsh trad this coming month now! 💪💪 Photos by: @philippklein 📸 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup

4.1K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : The one that got away…. for the moment! Just finished up a trip in Austria trying Prinzip Hoffnung with @annahazelnutt and it was one of those “nearly, but not quite situations” that do happen! 😅 I used to get a bit frustrated about these as it always felt like the success of the trip was determined by the outcome of ‘productivity’ but that doesn’t really work for me any more. It just leads to too much focus on a goal and not the fun of the experience. Definitely not easy to get it right as being a ‘pro’ is somewhat correlated with success (however you define that) and I’m still prone to getting it wrong. However, this time it felt right as at the end of the trip in the last couple of days I realised I was getting increasingly detached from the send and that the more I tried to force myself to be psyched it wasn’t quite right. So… what to do? I set zero expectations on each remaining days, I went with whatever felt fun (lead, TR, random jumping off) and it went back to being just perfect again! If anything I left more psyched that it’s still there for a return trip and I’ve got a bit of improving to do. Big shout to Anna for getting this route done. It’s not really her forté being quite cracky and it’s deffo not an easy route despite the number of repetitions… don’t let that fool you! She also climbed the crux with a duff method (well done) and did the bold climbing with zero fuss really (again, good effort). Looking forward to some Welsh trad this coming month now! 💪💪 Photos by: @philippklein 📸 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
Likes : 4120Tom Randall - 3.9K Likes - When a shoe sponsor doesn’t make the shoe you need 😂. Back in the day, me and @petewhittaker01 wanted a prototype we called “The Spatula Foot” for ultra thin roof crack climbing… not surprisingly, our sponsor wasn’t convinced by the commercial viability so I went rogue and started making them at home. Did it work? No 😂 But these things are always worth a go and sometimes a little ‘crazy’ gets you further than you think. I’m sure I heard of someone having carbon inserts in their edging shoe at some point too?? Shout out to @unparallelup for making actual proper good crack shoes these days (UP Rise Pro) which does everything you want to when it comes to roof cracks (see last post on the indoor crack)

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Caption : When a shoe sponsor doesn’t make the shoe you need 😂. Back in the day, me and @petewhittaker01 wanted a prototype we called “The Spatula Foot” for ultra thin roof crack climbing… not surprisingly, our sponsor wasn’t convinced by the commercial viability so I went rogue and started making them at home. Did it work? No 😂 But these things are always worth a go and sometimes a little ‘crazy’ gets you further than you think. I’m sure I heard of someone having carbon inserts in their edging shoe at some point too?? Shout out to @unparallelup for making actual proper good crack shoes these days (UP Rise Pro) which does everything you want to when it comes to roof cracks (see last post on the indoor crack)
Likes : 3934Tom Randall - 3.7K Likes - One of the hardest - actually very good - cracks in Europe hides under a line of bolts up in N Italy. I tried “Lapoterapia” a few sessions back when I was going to Cadarese a few years back… not an easy one for sure! 8c on crack is rare, but even rarer is one that isn’t that steep and also requires all the tricks. Brilliant ringlock move right at the top right when you’re full gassing 🥵🥵 It was one of the ‘got away’ routes for me, so at least there’s a reason to go back! Even better that Jacopo showed the way with a trad style repeat as well 😎 Photo by the talented @paolosartophoto @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup

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Caption : One of the hardest – actually very good – cracks in Europe hides under a line of bolts up in N Italy. I tried “Lapoterapia” a few sessions back when I was going to Cadarese a few years back… not an easy one for sure! 8c on crack is rare, but even rarer is one that isn’t that steep and also requires all the tricks. Brilliant ringlock move right at the top right when you’re full gassing 🥵🥵 It was one of the ‘got away’ routes for me, so at least there’s a reason to go back! Even better that Jacopo showed the way with a trad style repeat as well 😎 Photo by the talented @paolosartophoto @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @mytendon @unparallelup
Likes : 3708Tom Randall - 3.7K Likes - Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg - flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸

3.7K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg – flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸
Likes : 3693Tom Randall - 3.7K Likes - Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg - flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸

3.7K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg – flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸
Likes : 3693Tom Randall - 3.7K Likes - Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg - flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸

3.7K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg – flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸
Likes : 3693Tom Randall - 3.7K Likes - Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg - flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸

3.7K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Never thought I’d find quite so many good things on a very random Germany trip 😅. Feels like I’ve been here a month! Project Enorm (thanks @gantzerseb for piquing my interest… I owe you one) was an absolute beast. We managed to free all of it in a single day (rough guess of maybe 15 pitches of up to 7c /5.13a?) but the true perfect style challenge remains of 5 x 30m monster pitches pillar-to-pillar with what I reckon is 8b as the middle pitch. Hardest urban crack in the world for sure, right now. Some of the most consistent, bad size climbing I’ve ever had the misery of experiencing 🤣 Berlin was just mental. @silveira.bells & @viktorsloth you know the deal. I’m in. Also cheers to @tintaalpina for the cool artwork tee & @skalo.climbing for the cool charitable work. Appreciated 🙏🙏😊 Best walls in Berlin… can deffo recommend… @bouldergarten & @boulderklub_kreuzberg – flipping amazing setting. Photo credit: @pino.1789 📸
Likes : 3693Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - Photo 1: Crack climbing at its simplest. Just a Wideboy, a roll of tape and a filthy roof crack above 😈 Photo 2: Crack climbing at its most complicated. A mountain of ropes, a beefy rack and no idea how to get to the base of the route 😅 I still wonder if anyone will go and repeat Millenium Arch… is a 100m roof crack pitch that bit too much? Prob should have pitched it out? Photos: both down in the lovely White Rim, where crack dreams are made. Second one by @mike_hutton_images

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Caption : Photo 1: Crack climbing at its simplest. Just a Wideboy, a roll of tape and a filthy roof crack above 😈 Photo 2: Crack climbing at its most complicated. A mountain of ropes, a beefy rack and no idea how to get to the base of the route 😅 I still wonder if anyone will go and repeat Millenium Arch… is a 100m roof crack pitch that bit too much? Prob should have pitched it out? Photos: both down in the lovely White Rim, where crack dreams are made. Second one by @mike_hutton_images
Likes : 3536Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - Photo 1: Crack climbing at its simplest. Just a Wideboy, a roll of tape and a filthy roof crack above 😈 Photo 2: Crack climbing at its most complicated. A mountain of ropes, a beefy rack and no idea how to get to the base of the route 😅 I still wonder if anyone will go and repeat Millenium Arch… is a 100m roof crack pitch that bit too much? Prob should have pitched it out? Photos: both down in the lovely White Rim, where crack dreams are made. Second one by @mike_hutton_images

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Photo 1: Crack climbing at its simplest. Just a Wideboy, a roll of tape and a filthy roof crack above 😈 Photo 2: Crack climbing at its most complicated. A mountain of ropes, a beefy rack and no idea how to get to the base of the route 😅 I still wonder if anyone will go and repeat Millenium Arch… is a 100m roof crack pitch that bit too much? Prob should have pitched it out? Photos: both down in the lovely White Rim, where crack dreams are made. Second one by @mike_hutton_images
Likes : 3536Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor - areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor – areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.
Likes : 3515Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor - areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor – areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.
Likes : 3515Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor - areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor – areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.
Likes : 3515Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor - areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : “There’s always one more waiting round the corner…” This was something I was telling a fairly new climber the other week, chatting about first ascents and how it’s one of those tip-of-the-iceberg situations. You can’t always see the hard work and micro-fails that go into them. For every one new route you see in the guide, that first ascentionist has prob checked out 100, abbed 10, naively cleaned 3 and finally settled on one to do 😅. You have to go at it with a firm belief that there’s “always one more around the corner….” Like indoor route setters, I sometimes think the modern day equippers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. We turn up to these crags with hundreds of shiny bolts, lower offs and cleaned loose rock. When I started climbing it was always a whole section in the back of the mags for first ascents but nowadays, where does that go? Do FAs of non-big-grade routes get the credit? Isn’t it just as cool that a mega 5 star 7a got done on that new crag? Just a few morning ponderings from me! 😄 Agree/disagree? Pics by: @tradprincess Routes: some new stuff on the White Rim by me and @petewhittaker01 shuffling our way through sand, spiders and paddles. We’ve deffo had an easy run over the years with the iceberg factor – areas like this you have a waaaay better ratio of effort put in.
Likes : 3515Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Likes : 3491Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Likes : 3491Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Likes : 3491Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Likes : 3491Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Likes : 3491Tom Randall - 3.5K Likes - What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏

3.5K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : What a Bangkok experience! 🐐Many thanks to @stonegoatclimb for hosting us this week. Dreamy comp problems and delicious technical slabs covering the walls across the whole gym 🤩 The local climbing scene is full of so much passion for the sport and it’s awesome to see hundreds of new people getting into it and hearing about the developing community. We (@annahazelnutt & @tompaulrandall) are off northwards now for some new boulder and route development/FAs. Psyched! Photos by: @kcphotographyhk 📸🙏
Likes : 3491Tom Randall - 3.4K Likes - USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess

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Caption : USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess
Likes : 3404Tom Randall - 3.4K Likes - USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess

3.4K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess
Likes : 3404Tom Randall - 3.4K Likes - USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess

3.4K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess
Likes : 3404Tom Randall - 3.4K Likes - USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess

3.4K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : USA Crack Camps! 🇺🇸 I’ve had the pleasure (and sometimes pain 😅) of climbing pretty much every size and type of crack with @tradprincess in the last few years and also watched her share a lot of knowledge with people at the crags (including me! 🙏) so that they get to tap into her experience… It’s now that time of year when you can go and do this a bit more officially via her Crack Camps this May and June. I fully recommend that she knows her shizzle!! Also she’s got @onechicktravels @lor_sabourin and @gorisb (and others) on hand to pump up the learning an extra notch and they’re also frickin’ good fun to hang out with in general. If you want to really get stuck into this style it’s a good place to start as TRs are set up, there’s demos on all the sizes, coaches on hand all day and you can do some leading if you feel up to it! 💪💪 There’s plenty of info on Mary’s Insta, but also I’ve put a link in my stories should anyone need it 😊 Photo credits: @spencermckaay & @tradprincess
Likes : 3404Tom Randall - 3.2K Likes - Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup

3.2K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Likes : 3225Tom Randall - 3.2K Likes - Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup

3.2K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Likes : 3225Tom Randall - 3.2K Likes - Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup

3.2K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Likes : 3225Tom Randall - 3.2K Likes - Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup

3.2K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Ooof! That was a lucky one 😄 On, off, back on… on Heckler’s Harem at the newly established Resort Wall. I’d seen @matt.2foldstudio grab the mega jug just before my go, so I thought a safe enough idea was to skip the big reach move and just double dyno. Incorrect assumption 😅🙈. Turns out that when you miss time a jump to a hold shaped like a bread knife, you don’t do your skin the biggest favour. Lesson definitely learnt… 😬 Thanks for the photos @kcphotographyhk 🙌 📸 ! @rab.equipment @mytendon @unparallelup
Likes : 3225Tom Randall - 3K Likes - Hello. We’ve released a little video update on the “Stranger” project me and @petewhittaker01 are working on via the @wide_boyz YouTube channel! I’ll put a link in my stories for ease… or you can find it on the Wideboyz account too 😊 Photos by @andrew_burr who came out for a little projecting session the other day. We’ve had a few days off it now as the fingers have been getting pretty cronky on the joints… hoping that’s knocked a few notches of pain off 😅 Enjoy! 🌵🎥 💪 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions

3K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Hello. We’ve released a little video update on the “Stranger” project me and @petewhittaker01 are working on via the @wide_boyz YouTube channel! I’ll put a link in my stories for ease… or you can find it on the Wideboyz account too 😊 Photos by @andrew_burr who came out for a little projecting session the other day. We’ve had a few days off it now as the fingers have been getting pretty cronky on the joints… hoping that’s knocked a few notches of pain off 😅 Enjoy! 🌵🎥 💪 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions
Likes : 2961Tom Randall - 3K Likes - Hello. We’ve released a little video update on the “Stranger” project me and @petewhittaker01 are working on via the @wide_boyz YouTube channel! I’ll put a link in my stories for ease… or you can find it on the Wideboyz account too 😊 Photos by @andrew_burr who came out for a little projecting session the other day. We’ve had a few days off it now as the fingers have been getting pretty cronky on the joints… hoping that’s knocked a few notches of pain off 😅 Enjoy! 🌵🎥 💪 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions

3K Likes – Tom Randall Instagram

Caption : Hello. We’ve released a little video update on the “Stranger” project me and @petewhittaker01 are working on via the @wide_boyz YouTube channel! I’ll put a link in my stories for ease… or you can find it on the Wideboyz account too 😊 Photos by @andrew_burr who came out for a little projecting session the other day. We’ve had a few days off it now as the fingers have been getting pretty cronky on the joints… hoping that’s knocked a few notches of pain off 😅 Enjoy! 🌵🎥 💪 @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup @mytendon @rhinoskinsolutions
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