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

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

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

[@themindgame14]

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

[@alexcouret]

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

[@Bmac2112]

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

[@Moarb1d]

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

[@brittanthomas4180]

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

[@GunBase]

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

[@markusseppala6547]

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

[@MisterBoy316]

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

[@fvux5393]

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

[@WideBoyz]

Yes awesome location and place!!

[@MisterBoy316]

The big graffiti c*** in the background 😁

[@ThunderChunky101]

@@MisterBoy316 I thought that! 😂

[@stefanbaytochev]

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

[@alexc650]

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

[@eduf2000]

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

[@lonesome3958]

Maybr he can replace it with weed climbing or smth

[@KombiLife]

A+ on the story telling here Pete

[@WideBoyz]

Thanks 😀

[@NicRobertsNerd]

@@WideBoyz the voiceover at the start was perfect!

[@PatchBOTS]

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

[@er4din903]

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

[@TheJackawock]

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

[@TheJackawock]

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

[@Jokl92]

the wide boyz in font would make a great video 🤩

[@timvanderlee4915]

The mont ussy one doesnt count , its basically only kneebars

[@martinandreasvik6505]

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

[@dave_h_8742]

Yup ditto.

[@rogerelzenga4465]

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

[@martinandreasvik6505]

And Pamela Shanti-Pack! @@rogerelzenga4465

[@dillonliew5370]

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

[@WideBoyz]

😉

[@precursor4263]

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

[@WideBoyz]

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

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

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

[@Schlongusdongus]

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

[@TrisWood]

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

[@Schlongusdongus]

you dont necessarily need your legs to climb..

[@perrydoig2872]

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

[@TrisWood]

@@perrydoig2872 Thanks for the support and advice

[@juliafujimaru4516]

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

[@ThunderChunky101]

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

[@anibalchaves7577]

Love it, more outdoors climbs pleaseee

[@WideBoyz]

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

[@anibalchaves7577]

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

[@nathanschimke7309]

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

[@harrypickin1845]

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

[@DonQuiKong]

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

[@poeplijer]

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

[@JDawg12329]

I love this! Crack climb boulders seem so fun!

[@WideBoyz]

These two are very good 👌

[@valleruh]

Nah, seems like Lotta pain :)

[@ThunderChunky101]

Extremely impressive stuff here! Absolutely brilliant.

[@AllegraClimbingPsychologist]

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

[@WideBoyz]

Thanks. We have a video with Mari coming soon

[@AllegraClimbingPsychologist]

@@WideBoyz Yeeeessss

[@brekkoh]

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

[@gigglysamentz2021]

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

[@dougthebuilder1]

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

[@jrisner6535]

Gotta find a V14 now Pete!

[@greennin]

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

[@lewisdoogan6243]

10:00 ring finger mono, wtf 🥴

[@sehornesminn501]

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

[@4801534501]

You made that mono look casual man! Good god!

[@olliert4840]

Always humbling to hear crack addicts tell their story 😔🙏

[@satanaz]

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

[@Wish4Fish]

Hell yeah! 🔥 Congrats!

[@markofthemitch]

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

[@WideBoyz]

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

[@Lexcommentyoutube]

damn, young tom looks ripped as hell

[@tobysegar]

Bish bash bosh. Excellent watch

[@WideBoyz]

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

[@mrboberson7424]

I love that the hardest crack boulder is a pun

[@SpartaSpartan117]

So cool to see you get Krakin'

[@rrrooorrr]

Congrats Pete!!!!

[@landerhendrickx3522]

Don’t you think the seagull noise makes this a better video?

[@ikarosdream5971]

Absolutely excellent job Pete! Have a comment for your troubles.

[@ikarosdream5971]

And a reply! Hahaha

[@WideBoyz]

😂👌

[@basurabasura]

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

[@lemur0364]

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

[@WideBoyz]

We all love crack jokes 😎

[@Colton_Chehowy]

Hard crack. Yes. The good stuff

[@DrakeThomas44]

It’s really easy to get addicted to crack…… CLIMBING

[@mvdbergrede]

Now that 8B went relatively easy, it's time to find an 8B+ crack boulder somewhere Pete!

[@julianheninger1174]

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

[@gravyblue]

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

[@tanmad21]

Awesome!

[@woodneni]

What a accomplish.. The mono and ringlock looks awful... congrats for the Kraken... smashed it...

[@insidejazzguitar8112]

Amazing!

[@LoveAndClimbing]

I'm not sure if my impression from the video is correct, but it seems like you could connect the end of One Infinity back to the beginning of the crack instead of exiting the roof, for a truly infinite boulder.

[@WideBoyz]

Haha,unfortunately you can't get back to the start ,but that would be cool

[@TheQuicksilver115]

@@WideBoyz Not with that kind of attitude! :P

[@Ada-tv7zl]

congrats!

[@kaijanzen2185]

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

[@jacklambert-taylor6712]

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

[@ianwoodvine5558]

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

[@MeeloOrg]

Essentially doing the world's hardest crack problem in a single session? 🤣

[@jackcrump557]

Twice, for more camera angles

[@Jonne337]

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

[@danhawson3242]

Do you ever have fear with a mono? E.g. do you ever get afraid of your feet and other hand might unexpectedly cut free of their holds, leaving you dropping all your weight on a mono that might also get stuck and do the unthinkable to your mono finger?

[@WideBoyz]

Mono jams do take a bit of getting used to. But in this cases they weren't really good enough to get fully stuck i dont think

[@sarahnicole6147]

The healthiest crack to get hooked on... 😂😂😂

[@angst_]

Did you use multiple runs to compose this video? Not that I think you can't climb it, but I noticed the camera transitions starting around 11:29 the mats are different each time it cuts, and the spotters camera disappeared instantly. I if is separate tries, I presume this was a editing choice to splice the different angles together, or there's just a few seconds missing of rearranging mats?

[@WideBoyz]

Only the long distance footage is the actual send. I had 1 camera so put it on a tripod and got Mari to move mats rather than film. The closer footage was filmed after I did it

[@angst_]

That makes sense! I figured it was something like that. 💛

[@Palek83]

3:57 where did the black crashpad dissapear? 4:06 oh, there it is … phew ;) Good effort.

[@linuxlife]

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

[@paulhoulden]

damn I only live 3 miles from here, moved here a few months ago, would've defo popped down

[@alexpreston9331]

Incredible send Pete, might be worth checking the all elements footage for some questionable background scenery 😅

[@WideBoyz]

The writing on the wall of the cave?

[@alexpreston9331]

@@WideBoyz Aye that be the one. Starting with C.

[@GlowingShutter]

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

[@stevenkirton6373]

That was crazy, I love how clean Pete climbs

[@randomizednamme]

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

[@CLANK...]

South west in all its finest! Any other cracks youd reccomend down this way?

[@MGPL_]

and so the search for harder cracks begins

[@peanutsraisins]

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

[@chandlermclaren60]

Nice work! Did Mari try it as well? Would love to see her work it if she thinks it is doable!

[@atomicwaste5144]

"my world into hard crack had already begun" me too buddy, me too

[@amsbeats841]

You guys should look into the Grand illusion v15. It's a roof boulder that has some features that look like they could possibly be jammed, but it's hard to tell from the videos for sure. If You guys could jam that it could be fucking epic!

[@WideBoyz]

Oh Yeh I've watched that video, I reckon those would be pretty hard to jam 😅 very cool looking problem!

[@halenray]

EPIC

[@insertname717]

0:17 lmao 🤣

[@benregan-bryant1416]

In One Infinity you've one hand taped the other in a crack glove, what's the benifit of this technique?? Also been waiting years for you to take on The Kraken, awesome video knew you could smash it!

[@WideBoyz]

There is a pod before the lip to put your hand right into the back. It's easier for my hand to fit in their with tape, as it's thinner

[@kevindflowers234]

My D.A.R.E officer tried to warn me about guys like this.... But I just didn't listen.... Been addicted to crack ever since I saw him doing it in his house....

[@HerrDrJaes]

Strong! 💪🖕

[@TheMattwasherein1992]

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

[@danoc0408]

"Became addicted to hard crack" "Hooked on crack" :) You man know what you're doing with these double entendres right!? lololol great video

[@MaximusFood]

Pete, what's your hardest crackless boulder send?

[@samweiss3248]

Nice send! Do you think it lives up to its grade? Or are V13 crack boulders just that cruisable for you now?

[@WideBoyz]

In terms of logical progression of the crack grades it makes sense, I.e. All Elements 8A, One Infinity 8A+, Kraken 8B. They are all a notch above each other

[@WiseFrank]

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

[@kunapeter8218]

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

[@GunBase]

I just wanna know how many of these people get bit by bugs in those holes?

[@dandantrash]

I can't believe I have only just realised the terrible pun in the name of the problem...

[@tylerhampton8307]

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

[@owynthebig5223]

I’ve been on a journey to climb a V5 crack 😂

[@owynthebig5223]

Ive climbed 3 V8s and not one V5 crack

[@pelfinho]

Nothing to see here, lads. Just the casual V13 roof crack flash. As you were.

[@neinnein1112]

Missed Oportunity for an awesome name. The Cra(c)ken

[@theblindspot985]

Climbs the world's hardest crack. "Yeah, seems alright"

[@hotbeefo]

Maybe you are capable of putting up something even harder considering how fast you sent this one.

[@WideBoyz]

Be nice to try/find something harder. Tom checked something out a while back...

[@Parkour96MK]

Not saying that you didn't do it, but around 4:00 min in you can clearly see that the 2 camera angles are 2 different attempts - the first boulder mat is clearly there in one shot and in the other it just magically disappears? :D HMMMMM.....

[@WideBoyz]

Yes only the long shot is the actual send.we had 1 camera so filmed some extra stuff after I'd done it

[@EmoNemoNinja]

Spoiler alert: The boyz go wide in this video.

[@WideBoyz]

Was there any wide 🤔

[@jchendrix]

Mainly know Pete from Magnus' channel but he is an excellent climber, that route did not look easy.

[@alvaroc6326]

What can I say, good effort

[@mariobettencourt4101]

Yes, i feel some growth on my fist also from doing too much "fist jamming"! xD Sorry for sullying the comment section Pete but i was just too amused about that part that I had to comment!😆 Keep up the great work as a climber!

[@bazwax77]

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

[@parptarf]

Did any of you guys do that hard roof crack with the sketchy bolts in Hemsedal?

[@Cruuzie]

Sneaky little wide pony there towards the end there. Good job