Tom Randall climbs the insane-looking The Kraken V13

Tom Randall takes on The Kraken V13, a wildly overhanging 40-foot roof crack at Hartland Quay that looks more like a sci‑fi set piece than a boulder problem. In this short film from teamBMC, Tom talks through the sequence on his Devon Roof Project and what it feels like to commit to moves so violent he genuinely thought something in his arm might “explode with a loud bang.” What makes this worth your five minutes is the mix of pure spectacle and precise craft: the long horizontal reach to a backhander mono, a 270-degree spin, and the fight to latch thin hands and a brutal ring-lock while hanging upside down. If you love crack climbing, power-endurance bouldering, or just watching a master problem-solver stay calm in the steepest terrain imaginable, The Kraken delivers intensity, insight, and inspiration in equal measure.

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"When I first tried this move I was convinced that my forearm or finger would explode with a loud bang". This is Tom Randall talking about the moves on The Kraken V13, his Devon Roof Project - a 40 ft long horizontal roof crack at Hartland Quay. "It’s a long horizontal span to a back-hander mono, followed by a 270 degree spin through and hard move to a thin hands jam, which is immediately followed by a really gnarly ring-lock move" Quite hard then.... Read Tom's blog on the project: https://tomrandallclimbing.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/the-hartland-roof-crack-project-the-kraken-v13/ Film/photo by Hot Aches/Chris Prescott: http://www.hotaches.com/ Tom climbed this in 2015 . This is one of the films that we've moved over from our original BMC TV platform. Watch more rock inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNbHJjqOQjY&list=PLTodUXkQjZwyZkXFINW02OCHEBLrASVPm #bouldering #climbing We're the BMC. Climb walls, rock, hills, ice or mountains? Join us. https://www.thebmc.co.uk/join