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chossmonkey
Oct 24, 2009, 9:26 PM
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camhead wrote: kachoong wrote: jakedatc wrote: 2-3' kickplate is plenty on the bottom.. 4' starts becoming a waste of space. mine is 8' wide and has enough room for sideways stuff. screw on holds are good for arete routes up the sides to be able to use the whole width. Good advice, thanks! I was just going to use a 4x8 panel so I didn't have to saw it in half, but 2' of footboard is probably a good idea. So I may end up deciding to do a 16'x8' frame afterall... go big or go home, eh? Yeah, I second the motion that 4 feet of kickboard is tuphar. Although with that size, you would be eliminating the need for scrunchy sitstarts on the steep wall. As for the 16' x 8' frame, is this going to be in or outdoors? Either way, i would make it steeper than 30 degrees. 45, minimum. Go steep or go home
Depends on what you are doing. 30 would probably be a good angle to compromise between power and endurance training. Too steep and its just too steep. we have a 25 and a 60, most time is spent on the 25.
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camhead
Oct 24, 2009, 9:40 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: camhead wrote: kachoong wrote: jakedatc wrote: 2-3' kickplate is plenty on the bottom.. 4' starts becoming a waste of space. mine is 8' wide and has enough room for sideways stuff. screw on holds are good for arete routes up the sides to be able to use the whole width. Good advice, thanks! I was just going to use a 4x8 panel so I didn't have to saw it in half, but 2' of footboard is probably a good idea. So I may end up deciding to do a 16'x8' frame afterall... go big or go home, eh? Yeah, I second the motion that 4 feet of kickboard is tuphar. Although with that size, you would be eliminating the need for scrunchy sitstarts on the steep wall. As for the 16' x 8' frame, is this going to be in or outdoors? Either way, i would make it steeper than 30 degrees. 45, minimum. Go steep or go home Depends on what you are doing. 30 would probably be a good angle to compromise between power and endurance training. Too steep and its just too steep. we have a 25 and a 60, most time is spent on the 25.
Yeah, I guess that's true. And anything more than 35 or so would render sloper training difficult, if not impossible.
Here are a few pics of the co-op gym that I go to in Columbus. It makes pretty good use of a space that's barely bigger than a two-car garage.
Damn, I wish my fucking back muscle would heal up so I could get back into it! gargh.
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snoopy138
Oct 25, 2009, 6:26 AM
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granite_grrl wrote: camhead wrote: snoopy138 wrote: chossmonkey wrote: curt wrote: camhead wrote: granite_grrl wrote: epoch wrote: carabiner96 wrote: Oh, and I bought a gun. Self defense on the raods, you know? This aught to be interesting... Well, I don't see how it could be any worse than putting a gun in my hands.  my gawd, that could be on the set of Road Warrior, it's so post apocalyptically desolate. Pretty sure that's New Jack City. Only sport climbers and other misfits go there. Curt Pretty sure you are RONG!!! Not even the correct state. NV? I was thinking somewhere hear Hueco. Only because I know the chossmarmots have never been to NJC. Nathan's father lives over the hump, in Pahrump.
my extensive GU bringz me this nolij.
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kachoong
Oct 25, 2009, 1:54 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: Got my free sample holds today... actually I have a few sets coming from various companies. It's great what a few emails can do... some of them look like big gummies! Yum!! Free holdz!!!!!! *shitz pantz in rage!!!!* Yay!! I still have about two shipments coming. A couple of samples I had to pay shipping on, but I don't mind that. Best deal so far was SoIll... got three packs for $15... so 15 holds. The three Rock Candy sent were totally free but, for my wall, are footholds. Me no complain... You should try and only use screw on jibs for feet. Unless your wall is tall enough to track. Well, my plan is a 12' high x 8' wide frame at 30 degrees off vertical, with a 4' kickboard. You're right though, the main goal will be to have just screw jibs as feet, but I will probably get a few bolt-on feet. I plan on having about 128 t-nuts per 4x8 panel... that's 6" apart. so you will have 16 feet of up? 8' seems narrow, figure there will be at least a foot on each side which really isn't climbable. My old wall was about 12'x12' it was good size. More up would have been good though. I wouldn't purposely buy bolt on feet. You will probably get enough when you buy sets. Yeah, I want to make a 12x8 frame with three panels set sideways so the 8' side is the width of the wall. I will mount this to four posts at 30 deg overhanging, with the bottom edge about 3' off the ground. I will then mount a footboard to this to the ground. It should be about 14' high in total and 8' wide. The main reason Im not going wider is the sheer bulk of the frame if it's much wider. I want height moreso than width and with 8' I should be at least be able to do a few sideways moves in a 14' climb. why not just go 8x16 and get rid of the bottom? 30degrees isn't really steep enough to warrant a kick panel. So 16' high you reckon? Hmmmmm Here's a sucky drawing of my plan. In reply to:  ; Looks steep for 30 degrees. Yeah, my drawings suck... it's supposed to be 30 degrees, so the base wont be that far from the top. That woody you show is cool lookin'. Self-supporting... I like the idea, but wasn't sure if it would hold up. I guess it does then. My plan is to cement steel poles as supports. That big wall wasn't really made to last. It was some guy's summer training wall while away at work. You could do similar but make it to last.
Yeah, our wall will be outside and I will be cementing the posts in, leaving the top of the cement below ground level so that when we eventually move I can cu the poles off below ground level and take the frame with us.
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kachoong
Oct 25, 2009, 2:00 PM
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camhead wrote: chossmonkey wrote: camhead wrote: kachoong wrote: jakedatc wrote: 2-3' kickplate is plenty on the bottom.. 4' starts becoming a waste of space. mine is 8' wide and has enough room for sideways stuff. screw on holds are good for arete routes up the sides to be able to use the whole width. Good advice, thanks! I was just going to use a 4x8 panel so I didn't have to saw it in half, but 2' of footboard is probably a good idea. So I may end up deciding to do a 16'x8' frame afterall... go big or go home, eh? Yeah, I second the motion that 4 feet of kickboard is tuphar. Although with that size, you would be eliminating the need for scrunchy sitstarts on the steep wall. As for the 16' x 8' frame, is this going to be in or outdoors? Either way, i would make it steeper than 30 degrees. 45, minimum. Go steep or go home Depends on what you are doing. 30 would probably be a good angle to compromise between power and endurance training. Too steep and its just too steep. we have a 25 and a 60, most time is spent on the 25. Yeah, I guess that's true. And anything more than 35 or so would render sloper training difficult, if not impossible. Here are a few pics of the co-op gym that I go to in Columbus. It makes pretty good use of a space that's barely bigger than a two-car garage. Damn, I wish my fucking back muscle would heal up so I could get back into it! gargh.
That's a sweet wall... lots of options for sure!
I like the 30 degree plan, just because we're out of shape and don't plan on crushing real steep routes anytime soon. And yeah, with 30 we can still set slope/pinch moves.
Perhaps y'all's idea about leaving out the kickboard is fair. However to get the most height I'd like to set the bottom of the 16'x8' frame up off the ground a foot or two. So with that, I could put in a short kickboard afterwards if needed.
Also, with the pole supports I could drill multiple holes in both the poles and the frame. This will give me some flexability to adjust the angle if needed... not much but possibly between 25-40 degrees.
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dr_feelgood
Oct 25, 2009, 2:01 PM
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Sunday morning...
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dr_feelgood
Oct 25, 2009, 2:01 PM
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Not much to do....
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dr_feelgood
Oct 25, 2009, 2:02 PM
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Except eat a nice bowl of PTFTW!
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dr_feelgood
Oct 25, 2009, 2:02 PM
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and some pwnbread toast.
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dr_feelgood
Oct 25, 2009, 2:02 PM
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maybe some kawfee from over --->
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caughtinside
Oct 25, 2009, 2:29 PM
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Cold and wet in boulder today. I'll probably migrate to Moab tomorrow.
Climbed in Eldo yesterday, that is a cool little crag! Very unusual sandstone. Good times. I was hoping to get dragged up the naked edge by my friend tomorrow, but kyboshed by the weather. Oh well.
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sungam
Oct 25, 2009, 2:58 PM
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caughtinside wrote: Cold and wet in boulder today. I'll probably migrate to Moab tomorrow. Climbed in Eldo yesterday, that is a cool little crag! Very unusual sandstone. Good times. I was hoping to get dragged up the naked edge by my friend tomorrow, but kyboshed by the weather. Oh well.
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wanderlustmd
Oct 25, 2009, 4:10 PM
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Clamhead, Morse was unreal!
Psyched that I finally got the chance to see him in concert. It was a small room, maybe 120 people there. Good times
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wanderlustmd
Oct 25, 2009, 4:11 PM
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A friend's bachelor party was yesterday. We played paintball. In the rain. It was actually quite fun.
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wanderlustmd
Oct 25, 2009, 4:11 PM
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Work all day today...
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wanderlustmd
Oct 25, 2009, 4:11 PM
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Joined the gym to train after school a few days a week.
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wanderlustmd
Oct 25, 2009, 4:12 PM
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That is awl.
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wanderlustmd
Oct 25, 2009, 4:12 PM
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Jay, did you ever get the new guide for Camden?
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wanderlustmd
Oct 25, 2009, 4:21 PM
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Such a perfect day outside....no climbing.....goddammit....
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dr_feelgood
Oct 25, 2009, 4:24 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: Such a perfect day outside....no climbing.....goddammit....
With all the rain we got yesterday, everything would be a muddy, seeping sloppy mess.
I've done a few days like that this year, and they were less than productive.
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climbs4fun
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Oct 25, 2009, 4:35 PM
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Another great day here. And another day to be spent inside at work
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dr_feelgood
Oct 25, 2009, 4:39 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: A friend's bachelor party was yesterday. We played paintball. In the rain. It was actually quite fun.
That is always fun.
I used to own at paintball, as I would pick the weirdest places to defend...
I had a habit of wading through a river/swamp area up to my waist to flank the other teams. They would rarely catch on, even when I kept doing it.
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dr_feelgood
Oct 25, 2009, 4:40 PM
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I'm procrastinating studying spanish....
by cleaning my apartment. FML.
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wanderlustmd
Oct 25, 2009, 4:51 PM
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dr_feelgood wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: Such a perfect day outside....no climbing.....goddammit.... With all the rain we got yesterday, everything would be a muddy, seeping sloppy mess. I've done a few days like that this year, and they were less than productive.
Yes, the cracks probably would be. Good point.
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my place could use a little cleaning as well. Going to have to wait until I get home from work though
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