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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Happy New Year to you all 🎉 2023, what a cracktastic year. The crack climbing community is bigger and more psyched than ever. We are even more excited to help keep bringing the joy of crack climbing to as many people across the globe in 2024 2023 looked something like this 👇 📹 129 Reels 📸 59 Posts 🎥 31 Youtube Videos ♾️ 57 Youtube Shorts 🎵 87 TikToks 🕺 16 Video guest collaborations 📝 12 Newsletters 🧤 4 NEW products 🌎 4 more countries where WB products are available 🎉 1 Crack Fest 🤝 Raised $3664 for charity We can’t wait to bring you much more in 2024 💪 —- All footage is from videos released in 2023 💪 #crackisback
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 📸🙏
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 📸🙏
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 📸🙏
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 📸🙏
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 📸🙏
Offwidth video incoming! 🚀🚀 This little beauty from the recent Utah trip (The Cleaver) will be out on the @wide_boyz YouTube channel this week… me, Pete & Mary all claiming we’re in offwidth retirement despite these activities 😅. Soooo not true. Such a nice route in many ways as the spectrum of techniques used was far beyond most offwidths I’ve done. Often they can seem a bit too much as you’ve done the same shuffle move 50 times over but this one isn’t like that… it’s an interesting sequence of moves literally from start to finish! Pics by @andrew_burr Line established by @evanwisheropp @mytendon @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @unparallelup
Offwidth video incoming! 🚀🚀 This little beauty from the recent Utah trip (The Cleaver) will be out on the @wide_boyz YouTube channel this week… me, Pete & Mary all claiming we’re in offwidth retirement despite these activities 😅. Soooo not true. Such a nice route in many ways as the spectrum of techniques used was far beyond most offwidths I’ve done. Often they can seem a bit too much as you’ve done the same shuffle move 50 times over but this one isn’t like that… it’s an interesting sequence of moves literally from start to finish! Pics by @andrew_burr Line established by @evanwisheropp @mytendon @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @unparallelup
Offwidth video incoming! 🚀🚀 This little beauty from the recent Utah trip (The Cleaver) will be out on the @wide_boyz YouTube channel this week… me, Pete & Mary all claiming we’re in offwidth retirement despite these activities 😅. Soooo not true. Such a nice route in many ways as the spectrum of techniques used was far beyond most offwidths I’ve done. Often they can seem a bit too much as you’ve done the same shuffle move 50 times over but this one isn’t like that… it’s an interesting sequence of moves literally from start to finish! Pics by @andrew_burr Line established by @evanwisheropp @mytendon @wildcountry_official @rab.equipment @unparallelup
🔥 @wide_boyz Movember Fundraiser for Cancer Research, on YouTube👇 We’re in the Movember vibe to help raise money for Cancer Research, for the whole of November we have forsaken the traditional clean shaven look of The Wide Boyz and brought you the Tash Boyz. We’re aiming raise $1000 dollars as our goal and the best thing is if we hit this we’ll run a poll for you guys to vote on an amusing forfeit for us to do in a video. Cancer Research wins, YOU win, we lose! Head over to our latest release on YouTube to help, watch, donate, and of course check out some cool crack climbing 💪 #crackisback #tashboyz #crackclimbing
What a route!! One of the rather enjoyable ‘side projects’ of this last trip was to try the unclimbed offwidth project – “The Cleaver” which was opened by @evanwisheropp Me, @tradprincess @mariaugustahs & @petewhittaker01 all had an absolute blast (read, fight / nearly throw up / pass out / scream) on this one. A proper Utah roof crack classic!!! If you’re looking for good quality 5.13 OW experiences then this should be at the top of the list, mainly as the lip turn sequence is utterly brilliant. Pics by @sierrafarquhar (the good ones!) and a couple by me/Mary A full video of this one will be out on the @wide_boyz channel soon 🎥. Once again, thanks to Evan for letting us do this route!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 @mytendon @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
What a route!! One of the rather enjoyable ‘side projects’ of this last trip was to try the unclimbed offwidth project – “The Cleaver” which was opened by @evanwisheropp Me, @tradprincess @mariaugustahs & @petewhittaker01 all had an absolute blast (read, fight / nearly throw up / pass out / scream) on this one. A proper Utah roof crack classic!!! If you’re looking for good quality 5.13 OW experiences then this should be at the top of the list, mainly as the lip turn sequence is utterly brilliant. Pics by @sierrafarquhar (the good ones!) and a couple by me/Mary A full video of this one will be out on the @wide_boyz channel soon 🎥. Once again, thanks to Evan for letting us do this route!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 @mytendon @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
What a route!! One of the rather enjoyable ‘side projects’ of this last trip was to try the unclimbed offwidth project – “The Cleaver” which was opened by @evanwisheropp Me, @tradprincess @mariaugustahs & @petewhittaker01 all had an absolute blast (read, fight / nearly throw up / pass out / scream) on this one. A proper Utah roof crack classic!!! If you’re looking for good quality 5.13 OW experiences then this should be at the top of the list, mainly as the lip turn sequence is utterly brilliant. Pics by @sierrafarquhar (the good ones!) and a couple by me/Mary A full video of this one will be out on the @wide_boyz channel soon 🎥. Once again, thanks to Evan for letting us do this route!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 @mytendon @rab.equipment @wildcountry_official @unparallelup
