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British USA Offwidth Tour

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Alex Ekins · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 0

You lovely Mountain Project people might be interested in Tom Randall's and Pete Whittaker's two month tour of Wyoming's and Utah's hardest offwidths.
More info here...alexekins.co.uk/category/blog/

Sam Feuerborn · · Carbondale · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 810
wideboyz.blogspot.com

They've got some kinda cool videos of some indoor OW problems and such. if you're looking to kill some time.
Olaf Mitchell · · Paia, Maui, Hi, · Joined Mar 2007 · Points: 4,190

Nice blog Alex.

ssimonson09 · · Portland, OR · Joined Jun 2010 · Points: 5

Nice! Good luck to you guys, if need be I can host people at my place. Also, where the hell did you get all of those #5 and #6 Wild Country cams? I thought they weren't making those anymore?

Finally, got any plans for that offwidth feature shown in the video? It looks pretty cool I'd be interested in incorporating it into a wall I'm planning on building after I graduate.

Alex Ekins · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 0

Hey ssimonson09
Wild Country made us a load esp for this trip.
Latest news here - alexekins.co.uk/wide-boyz-i…

Alex Ekins · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 0

Thanks Olaf
Alex

Alex Ekins · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 0

Latest news here - alexekins.co.uk/wide-boyz-i…

ssimonson09 · · Portland, OR · Joined Jun 2010 · Points: 5
Alex Ekins wrote:Hey ssimonson09 Wild Country made us a load esp for this trip. Latest news here - alexekins.co.uk/wide-boyz-i…
You lucky limey bastards.
Chris Plesko · · Westminster, CO · Joined Oct 2007 · Points: 485

Onsighting Squat, proud!!

Are you getting on Lucile?

Rich Farnham · · Nederland, CO · Joined Aug 2002 · Points: 297

Is that a piece of foam he has taped to his thumb (in the close-up gobie shot)? Never seen anyone do that before.

A truly impressive tick list. Nice job guys! Hope someone points you to an unclimbed line up there as well. It would be a cool addition to the trip to get an FA or two.

Alex Ekins · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 0

The Wide Boyz Vedauwoo hit list is almost complete - News here - alexekins.co.uk/wide-boyz-i…

TobinPetty · · Pinetop, AZ · Joined Oct 2004 · Points: 885

Enjoying the trip reports. Keep up the good work. Cheers~

Alex Ekins · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 0

Pete Whittaker on-sighted Lucille yesterday!

Alex Ekins · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 0

Pete Whittaker On-sights Lucille at Vedauwoo - alexekins.co.uk/pete-whitta…

Petsfed 00 · · Snohomish, WA · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 989

One might be tempted to say, given how often Lucille gets onsighted, that its actually easy. But I think what's actually happening is that its reputation precedes it. These boys spent a week pissing all over every thing Vedauwoo had to offer, so its really no surprise that, not only were they in spectacular shape, they knew the rock very well.

Proud sends guys!

Zac Warren · · Springdale, UT · Joined Mar 2010 · Points: 210

I've been reading the blog for a few weeks, great stuff guys and great motivation

slim · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2004 · Points: 1,103

i think i am actually more impressed by the big pink onsite. that thing is a MF. not sure i know anybody who has onsited that thing. know of 3 others who have OS lucille, although i don't think anybody would call it 'easy'

apross · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2009 · Points: 3,651

Those guys need to stop by Salt lake on the way to the Creek and get on Trench Warfare, put up by some Brit called Jonny Woodward.

goatboy · · Nederland, CO · Joined Jan 2008 · Points: 30

fwiw, Pete Whittaker is one strong young bro and the fact he onsighted Lucille should be more a statement of his skills then the rating of one climb and how many onsights it may have seen.[/soapbox]

Tom Randall · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 0

Hey guys, thanks for the support. All the routes and problems we've done so far have been amazing - soooo cool. Really lucky you have all these routes to do.

As for grades, we're not going to comment on anything at the moment as we don't want to detract from the climbing itself. We're just psyched to get on the wide and not stir up any crap as personally I'm more interested in rock and than grade rants.

At the end of our trip, we'll publish (unless we get too chicken) a list of all the stuff we've climbed and where they all lie relative to each other so you can compared if you want.

Hope that's of some use.

See some of you out there stuck in a wide crack hopefully!

Alex Ekins · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2011 · Points: 0

Coffee with Bob Scarpelli, the List and Goodbye to Vedauwoo
alexekins.co.uk/coffee-with…

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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