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! 🙏🙏
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