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bkboyd
Mar 20, 2007, 3:19 PM
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First off, here are some shots of the old wall:
Now, here is the new section (grey areas are the new construction):
I built the addition mainly to expand the roof crack, which now runs at 24 feet:
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chalker7
Mar 20, 2007, 3:31 PM
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Most excellent!
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8flood8
Mar 20, 2007, 3:39 PM
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so.. where do you live?
don't worry i'll bring you a beer
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mushroomsamba
Mar 20, 2007, 5:50 PM
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pretyfull
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slopjop
Mar 20, 2007, 5:58 PM
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the insanity of it all!
BADASS
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seditionarypunk
Mar 20, 2007, 7:07 PM
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What is the material composition of the crack structure. It looks like you have sort of texture material over top of wood but more comfortable than any other boulder wall crack I have seen (the rounded areas look especially fun).
cheers,
j.
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anykineclimb
Mar 20, 2007, 7:17 PM
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nicely done!
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bkboyd
Mar 20, 2007, 9:37 PM
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The older section -- walls and the cracks -- is covered with a concrete product. It looks cool, but you have to put it on really thick to work well. First time I used fiberglass reinforced concrete with acrylic fortifier, and sprayed it on in multiple layers. I got maybe four years out of that. I chipped off the old sections last year, and troweled on thicker layers that were a mix of fiberglass concrete, mortar, and fortifier. Some of that has stayed on really well, and I've got other bits that are coming off already.
I have sections with and without hardware cloth attached to the wood panels. For me, the wire mesh hasn't made much of a difference, even though it is well-secured to the wood.
The newer sections are covered with three layers of deck paint, mixed with both non-skid additives and sand, all on top of a base sealer. Deep texture roller for application.
Most of the rounded edges and flares were cut with a sawzall, then gone over with a belt sander to smooth them out. With a powerful sander and ultra-coarse belts, you can shape the wood pretty easily.
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SamScott
Apr 28, 2007, 3:57 PM
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That is so sweet.
How long did it take you.
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bkboyd
Apr 29, 2007, 1:59 PM
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I built the addition over a two month period. It's hard to say how many hours it took -- some weeks I got to work on it a lot, other weeks I didn't touch it at all.
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SamScott
Apr 29, 2007, 8:55 PM
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I wish I had the space for a wall like that.
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alex234
Apr 29, 2007, 9:50 PM
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wow...impressive. what i would do for a home bouldering cave like that...musta cost a fair amount
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tigerlilly
Apr 30, 2007, 3:01 PM
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Fabulous home cave!
I can't help but wonder what might go through the minds of archaeologists in the distant future when they uncover this in a dig.
Kathy
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slopjop
Apr 30, 2007, 3:31 PM
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i saw this months ago, but it still fucking fascinates me
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bkboyd
Apr 30, 2007, 9:45 PM
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It's taken awhile, but there are now 42 problems in the cave -- the shortest is 4 or 5 moves, and the longest is 17 or 18 moves. Just over 300 holds on the wall at present.
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