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Wide Boyz Feature Film (Full Length)

Chris Alstrin Films

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Wide Boyz is a film myself and Paul Diffley filmed back in 2009. Pete Whittaker and Tom Randell came to the United States from England to climb the hardest Off-Width climbs in the States. I filmed everything in the US and Paul filmed everything in the UK.
Fun Fact a year after the film was released I had a local Sheriff come to my house and served me with papers. The US Park service came after me for filming in a National Park without a permit. I had to hire a lawyer and pay fines for it to go away.
I hope you enjoy this film, there's a short version which Reel Rock made back in the day but I've always enjoyed this version.

Drop a comment if you want!! I will try my best to answer to everyone ;) and more!
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20 Comments

@earlgrey2130 3 years ago (edited)

3:9 Ballet isn't "daintily". It just looks like that because ballet dancers are fucking machines who make incredibly painful and hard moves look like it's light as a feather.

@namuhtsuj4025 3 years ago

Pete and Tom have cemented themselves in climbing history and lore. If you follow climbing even somewhat adjacently, you’re bound to run into the Wide Boyz and there’s so few that venture into the waters they do. Congratulations, you guys crush.

@kieran1289 3 years ago

“I’m not saying I’m good at what I do” lmfao Pete.

@PAYNEKILLER.. 3 years ago

Pete is one of the funniest people on earth, he doesn't even try to be.

@Nick-B78 3 years ago

Genuinely an insane achievement, massive respect to Tom and Pete. As soon as I saw them leave the cams in place I just knew those bitter old guys were going to have a problem with it. And then, after they did it the second time, he STILL had an issue because they did it using less protection than he’d have felt comfortable with but guess what bud, you didn’t do it did you!

@badbunnyTUBE 3 years ago

Still one of the best climbing stories of the modern time. Thank you for this

@MrGmaloq 3 years ago

Great movie!
I'm personally not a big fan of the "it does not count" comment. I think it's important to be transparent about which style you did a climb, but down playing a climb that you were not able to do because the style of the ascensionist isn't yours is a bit narrow minded. It's like Honnold telling Ondra that silence does not count because he used a rope.

@WideBoyz 3 years ago

Hope you're doing great Chris, thanks for sharing 🤙
I sounded much more 'Derbyshire' back then 😂

@dr-rer-nat-jonathan 3 years ago

the old guys are some jealous haters, such bad sports

@dnch 3 years ago

damn, old farts are bitter :D

@menziesii1 3 years ago

Just turn on the camera, open a bottle of Ardbeg next to him, and let him start talking offwidths

@dealwithit7515 3 years ago

"focus on performance and not the goal" is my new motto to keep a clear mind during hard ascents :O

@tenfiveinthegrass 3 years ago

Thank you for putting this full version online. An amazing achievement. I laughed out loud at the, uh, grudging applause at 48:06

@hidden_sense9839 3 years ago

Wow! I saw the short version some time ago, but this was so much better! What an achievement and so we'll earned!
What I have to admit is, that this "not a true ascend" leaves a bad taste in my mouth. If it'd been what Tom and Pete had wanted and planned, ok, I'd respect that. But other people complaining and putting on pressure seems quite honestly toxic. I'm sorry to say that, but because of obscure "ethics" making other people basically risk their health - heck, even life! - that' (to me) just does not seem right. I am so glad, that it worked out fine in the end, but the enormous achievement should not be shadowed by staying on the safe(r) side.

@didyouknowmore 3 years ago

This is the stuff of legends, someday there will be tourist tours around the cellar to tell the story of Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker becoming crack climbing legends in a cellar in England, as The Wide Boyz.

@hikingleigh 3 years ago

Thank you so much for putting the full length out! So much great stuff with Kim that wasn't in the reel rock version, and loved the history of their friendship.

@pdebra6542 3 years ago

Loving this, thanks Chris. It's funny how Pete's northern accent was stronger at the time than it is now. Apart from that, Tom and Pete were the same lovable madmen then that they still are today. On a different note, It's been great too to get acquainted with Tom's wife, she's brilliant!

@eclipsearchery9387 3 years ago

Incredible climbing Pete and Tom - great to see the dedication behind the scenes. Talk about sour grapes from Haston...the differences in reaction between the 1st and 2nd ascents says a whole lot....

@mugel212 3 years ago

How cool and supportive is Tom's wife!

@nelsonianb1289 2 years ago (edited)

This is beautifull, the adventure, the try hard, the bromance. I miss climbing, the grit, bein filthy, being exhausted beyond belief, topping out after hours on end of bein fully focused, been 2 months since ive had the desire, kinda sad that i dont have the drive right now, just dont wanna die.