Speed ​​record? Highball up and down in 25.97 seconds | Plumber's Crack

British professional climber Alex Waterhouse caused a stir online with his ascent of Plumber's Crack. In just under 26 seconds, he raced up and down a highball boulder and recorded the spectacle in the form of a video.

The location of the spectacle is west of Las Vegas in the state of Nevada. A round, large boulder that has broken into two pieces, forming a perfect, wide crack: Plumber's Crack.

This almost eight-meter-high boulder was conquered by the British climber Alex Waterhouse recently climbed up and down in speed climbing style. He published the video of his ascent on Instagram with the question "Plumbers Crack Up-and-Down Speed ​​Record?" and reached 6.4 million views within just two days.

Challenge accepted

Apparently a few motivated young climbers took the question in his Instagram post seriously and accepted Waterhouse's challenge. A friend of Waterhouse wrote via text message that the climbers had tried to reach or beat the Brit's speed record. One of the aspirants apparently managed it in 40 seconds. The race is on.

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And now attempts are being made to break Alex Waterhouse's record. (Photo Alex Waterhouse)
Alex Waterhouse (Image Scarpa UK)

About Alex Waterhouse

Waterhouse is a British climber who specialises in competitive climbing, bouldering and crack climbing. He started climbing in 2008 at the age of 11 and joined the British national team at just 14. During his career he has competed in several IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships, achieving 2015th place overall in 6. In the same year he became British Junior Bouldering Champion.

After studying computer science at Dartmouth College in the US, Waterhouse returned to the UK in 2019 to climb on the senior national team and compete in the IFSC Climbing World Cups. In 2023 he announced his retirement from competitive climbing.1

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