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snapier
Jan 12, 2003, 11:42 PM
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Hey all! I'm moving to a new place that has a basement that we will be using for nothing and was thinking about building a woodie. Unfortunately, the ceiling height down there is only 6'. Do you think that would be enough height to have a decent workout with a 30-40 degree wall?
I guess I could build it out in the backyard but that would have to wait until spring!
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(I originally worte 6" instead of 6' then began laughing at thinking of a 6 inch basement. Then thought of the scene in Spinal Tap with Stonehenge...)
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moeman
Jan 12, 2003, 11:49 PM
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It would be fine with lots of sit starts, but you might want to consider something a little steeper to more effectively use the space (45-55)
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cliffhanger9
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Jan 12, 2003, 11:57 PM
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yeah dude!! Spinal Tap rules!! hahaha
anyway...u sure its 6'?! yikes thats pretty low...but hell...its better than nothin!!
good lucky and ROCK ON!!
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collegekid
Jan 13, 2003, 12:08 AM
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there is no minimum height.
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collegekid
Jan 13, 2003, 12:10 AM
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make it like 50 degrees overhanging..or more! you could have so much fun on horizontal too. Build plenty of strength that way.
Also, if you make it like 50 degs, then you turn 6' into about 8.5 or 9 feet of climbing....which is enough for some good problems.
I once built a (approx.) 55 degree overhanging woody under a staircase before...it was like 15 feet of total climbing (while onle taking up 9 feet of vertical space)..it was more than enough for some hard problems. I got much better on overhangs after a summer on it.
spinaltap is cool.
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repete
Jan 13, 2003, 12:42 AM
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Make the first foot or foot and a half vertical then make it 45 or 50 degrees until it gets to the ceiling then put hold on the entire ceiling. Depending on the size of the room this could give you a good bit of steep climbing.
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rprp
Jan 13, 2003, 3:04 PM
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Repete has the right idea. If you make it vertical at the bottom and steeper higher up, then you effectively get several angles you can work at. A wall too steep is limiting on what you can do because the holds have to be rather juggy to even stay on it.
BTW, if you can use a 6" wall, then maybe you should take up caving....
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snapier
Jan 14, 2003, 7:41 PM
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Good responses all! You have inspired me to go ahead and see what I can come up with. I move in in February so prolly around March-ish I'll post the results of my efforts! And you can all come over and climb!
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gypsy
Jan 14, 2003, 7:53 PM
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I had a friend who had a wall that was even smaller than that, and we had a great time on it. He covered the two vertical sides with challenging finger holds, made one wall lean out for more of a challenge, stuck some matresses down with some jugs on the roof, and we did some great training and traversing there on all sorts of things. I think it's a great idea and wish I could do it myself.
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