Tom Randall (climber)
Tom Randall is a British professional rock climber. Randall and his climbing partner Pete Whittaker, known as the Wide Boyz, are some of the best crack climbers in the world, known for the first free ascent of Century Crack in 2011. They also produce crack climbing media content, and equipment such as crack gloves and crack volumes for indoor crack climbing training.
Climbing career
In 2011, alongside climbing partner Pete Whittaker, Randall made the first free ascent of Century Crack, one of the world's hardest offwidth crack climbs. They won the 2016 Climbing Golden Piton Vision Award for their achievement.In 2015, Randall made the first ascent of The Kraken in Hartland Quay, Devon, England, a 40 ft horizontal roof crack, giving it a grade of V13.
In 2025, he made the first ascent of the world's hardest offwidth "Autobahn" in Oranienburg, Germany, a 200 ft horizontal roof crack, on the underside of a road bridge giving it a proposed grade of 8c/+.
Ascents
Wide Boyz
Randall and his climbing partner Pete Whittaker are together known as the Wide Boyz. They have a business under this name, selling equipment related to crack climbing, such as crack volume holds and crack gloves, and producing media content on their YouTube channel about crack climbing.The documentary of the pair climbing Century Crack in 2011 also goes by the name Wide Boyz.