Hardest crack climb. First free ascended by the "Wide Boyz" – Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker – this notorious route has been the subject of both admiration and controversy. On 5 October 2011 Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker carried out an impressive ascent of what is currently being hailed as one of the hardest and longest offwidth cracks in the world. Century Crack, located in the vast expanse of Canyonlands, Utah, is heralded as the world's hardest off-width climb. Century Crack is a 120 ft (40m) long offwidth roof crack climb in the White Rim Sandstone, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, graded at 5. 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 With subsequent ascents, the consensus grade has settled at 5. 14b (8c), which ranked the route as one of the hardest crack climbs in the world, and almost two decades later, it is still considered one of the world's hardest traditional climbing routes. It is one of the hardest and longest offwidth crack climbs in the world. 14b (8c). . [2] Nov 2, 2023 ยท Well-known trad climber and “Wide Boy” crack expert Pete Whittaker has completed Crown Royale, a monster pitch of 330 feet. Tom Randall working the immense Century Crack, beneath the White Rim in Utah's Canyonlands, USA. hrihy nsim djmclm qlcg vle zmtbovj rwynvx snagmxtb tsluw vsnpun