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Xyven posted:We haven't gotten any quotes, but public pricing for adjustable walls is painful. I'm really thinking just suck it up (and bribe a friend with carpentry skills to help me out). These pads look semi-reasonable, instead of cutting and gluing together your own layers like the foam factory. https://www.ucsspirit.com/products/climbing-bouldering/climbing-bouldering-accessories/222-series-fat-pads-non-folding. I haven't asked what the shipping is going to be though! Kilter said they now only partner with lemur because in the past they had so many issues with missing pieces/incorrectly drilled holes. I dug into it online and it seems like the old, much cheaper but apparently meh option was onsite. Completely different design, just bolting into the wall and the top supported by a cable or 2. These diy plans seem popular, still looking around for something else though - https://www.etsy.com/ClimberDad/listing/1326857382/1-day-build-climbing-wall-self Not in love with just depending on the straps to hold the thing up, although completely freestanding and semi-mobile is pretty cool. Something like the onsite with the kicker bolted into the wall and two winches holding the top *seems* pretty simple. Maybe add some more backup lines, and gotta make sure the bottom of the wall is well secured to the kicker! But I'd like to see some plans from someone who did it.
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Baddog posted:I'm really thinking just suck it up (and bribe a friend with carpentry skills to help me out). oh wow. those plans look almost exactly like what i'm looking for. im also planning on building a basement wall. i don't see anything particularly wrong with using straps for tensioning. we used to use loaded nylon webbing for safety structures all the time where i used to work (designing lifting & fall protection equipment). i don't see much difference here alternatively, just from pics, it looks like it would be trivial to replace the straps with a solid member anyway hot cocoa on the couch fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Oct 3, 2023 |
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:oh wow. those plans look almost exactly like what i'm looking for. im also planning on building a basement wall. I guess if you still want it adjustable with some solid supports along the floor, could drill holes at the angles you want and put a locking pin through. Use the straps to ease it down. Sigmund Fraud posted:Why not just a Moon board? It's way cheaper but perhaps not as sexy. Add a chain winch to make it adjustable. You can use the OG 2016 holds if you feel strong otherwise another layout. You don't NEED the fancy lights or app integration. This one page thing is kinda sparse! https://www.moonboard.com/Content/Information/How-to-build-a-MoonBoard.pdf
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Has anyone climbed at Devil’s Head, CO? I got the guidebook for it and it sounds like an awesome area, but wanted to see if anyone has first hand experience.
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Slow News Day posted:Has anyone climbed at Devil’s Head, CO? I got the guidebook for it and it sounds like an awesome area, but wanted to see if anyone has first hand experience. I have mixed feelings on it. Are you looking sport or trad? The area is very pretty and there are fun climbs and tons of choss. I haven't been up there in probably 5 years though. It felt like there was a lot of bush whacking back then. It is totally worth going for some visits if you are in the area though. E: Looking at my ticks on mountain project I gave most everything 1-2 stars. Wishbone Dihedral was my only 4 star climb on the list. It was very good. I also liked mini-splitter and upperdeck-n-spackle. Looks like the last time I was there was 2017... drat. spwrozek fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Oct 4, 2023 |
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I’ve been there twice, I climbed Time Warp and The Buzz That Was and thought they were both great, was less impressed by some other routes there. Not very busy either time which was nice.
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Planning a trip to the Denver area in early November (weather permitting) and it’s one of the places I’m considering. The other is Eldorado Canyon. Sport only this time around. Lost my trad rack and can’t replace it for a while.
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Slow News Day posted:Planning a trip to the Denver area in early November (weather permitting) and it’s one of the places I’m considering. The other is Eldorado Canyon. sport only and eldo?
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I like devils head a lot, and rampart range road closes for the winter on or before Dec 1 depending on snowfall. You should call the ranger station before heading out. https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/psicc/recarea/?recid=12927
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Oct 4, 2023 15:52
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Sport only. Devil's Head if the road is open, clear Creek, Boulder canyon. They all have 5 star routes so you can be picky. If you want to feel good about your climbing grade for sure clear Creek.
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Does anyone (^^) know where around Boulder I can set up some top ropes? I don't have gear so it'd have to be slings or fixed anchors with a walk on/off
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Happiness Commando posted:Does anyone (^^) know where around Boulder I can set up some top ropes? I don't have gear so it'd have to be slings or fixed anchors with a walk on/off What grades are you looking for?
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It never ceases to amaze me how much more beat I feel after like 3 outdoor climbs vs like 30 in a gym
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Slimy Hog posted:What grades are you looking for? Eh. 5.easy through 10s I guess?
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Baddog posted:
Onsite quote was 2800 for the 10x10 frame with just chains (another 800 for an electric winch setup). And THEN 2200 for shipping. I know its coming from canada, but drat. So 5K for a pretty bare bones setup. Almost 6K with the nice electric. Lumber prices have come down, right?
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Happiness Commando posted:Eh. 5.easy through 10s I guess? Off the top of my head you can hike up the back of Nip and Tuck and Elephant buttresses (if you make anchors off a tree) in bocan Anything on table mountain can be hiked up to but it's not great climbing, has short walls, can get busy + hot. I know there's a couple 5.9s in lumpy you can set up trs on but I've never climbed them Try searching the MP forums for front range top rope?
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I'm continuing to go to that difficult wall you can solo and it is excellent training. Sessions are quick because it's hard, but my finger strength is increasing fast without me doing anything to my pulleys because there's far less crimping (though not none). My footwork and body positioning needs to be absolutely ace and I've made significant progress actually implementing three points of contact and straight arms and deadpointing, since I can't rely on my strength the way I can when I pull plastic in the gym. I've strung together about 15 meters combined on some points of the traverse. It will likely take me very much longer to get the route, and it is 3 grades beyond my ability, but it's way more fun than any artificial gym I've been in.
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Slimy Hog posted:Try searching the MP forums for front range top rope? I've never tried searching the forums. Thats a decent idea. Searching the region isn't great cause even if you untick trad and sport and only tick TR, the results are full of trad/TR routes
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Squamish is very nice and for some reason nobody was there this weekend
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weather's poo poo so i went to the climbing gym instead of the superhard traverse on real rock. flashed two routes above my previous PR grade L M A O.
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I've been climbing like absolute rear end at the gym lately and it's making me real sad  I think I should see a doctor, I've developed this weird bump on the knuckle of my index finger and have slightly limited ROM in it. Zero pain, don't think that's a contributing factor for my poor climbing but it just generally makes me go "Hmmm" every time I think about it. But I don't want to take time off climbing for whatever it is
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Sab669 posted:I've been climbing like absolute rear end at the gym lately and it's making me real sad Bone spur? No pain at all though huh.
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If there's pain, it's definitely a 1. Doesn't feel any different than if I squeeze any of my other fingers. But looking at Google Images for bonen spurs, doesn't look dissimilar from my own finger 
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We ended up going with Revival Climbing for an 8'x12' 45⁰ fixed angle wall, ended up costing around 8k for the frame and shipping. Now I just need to wait two months for it to get here.
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Xyven posted:We ended up going with Revival Climbing for an 8'x12' 45⁰ fixed angle wall, ended up costing around 8k for the frame and shipping. Now I just need to wait two months for it to get here. Nice, that's a good looking wall!
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spwrozek posted:Sport only. Devil's Head if the road is open, clear Creek, Boulder canyon. They all have 5 star routes so you can be picky. If you want to feel good about your climbing grade for sure clear Creek. Sorry, what do you mean by this? Softer grades? Baddog posted:sport only and eldo? Well, I'm trying to decide based on which areas I have guidebooks for: Eldo, Devil's Head, and a bunch of stuff in the Golden area (North Table, Morrison, Lookout, Golden Gate).
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Slow News Day posted:
My understanding is that eldo is almost all trad, and even the bolted routes really need some protection placed. If I'm wrong someone let me know, cus we'll go check 'em out too! Clear creek and boulder canyon have an insane amount of really good sport routes though.
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Baddog posted:My understanding is that eldo is almost all trad, and even the bolted routes really need some protection placed. If I'm wrong someone let me know, cus we'll go check 'em out too! Yeah, if you're not climbing trad or climbing something super duper hard I don't think there's much reason to go to Eldo over somewhere else in the front range
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Baddog is correct. Clear Creek is indeed soft imo. 10a/b in clear Creek is a 9 in Bocan I find.
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how do you avoid loving your climbing partners? seems almost inevitable when you go on a trip to some place romantic and do cool poo poo together.
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Why would one want to avoid that? All I want is a belay partner who will also let me touch her boobs 
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I married my climbing partner 
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Xyven posted:I married my climbing partner A sound strategy to avoid loving
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Papercut posted:A sound strategy to avoid loving That'll do it
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Everyone is just trying to get belaid
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Slow News Day posted:Sorry, what do you mean by this? Softer grades? Yeah I don't have the eldo guidebook, but most all the sport routes I've seen there on the proj are more like sport pitches after a pitch or three of trad climbing to approach them. I think you will be disappointed going there with just a stack of quickdraws. North Table is a skip imo if you're visiting. Very few redeeming qualities there. Tiers of Zion on lookout is pretty nice if you're looking to climb in the sub .10 range. What grade are you looking to climb when you're here?
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Sigmund Fraud posted:how do you avoid loving your climbing partners? seems almost inevitable when you go on a trip to some place romantic and do cool poo poo together. People overweight negative experiences and loss in their mental arithmetic, so maintain a frigid neutrality by having at least one epic for every six enjoyable climbs.
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Anachronist posted:Yeah I don't have the eldo guidebook, but most all the sport routes I've seen there on the proj are more like sport pitches after a pitch or three of trad climbing to approach them. I think you will be disappointed going there with just a stack of quickdraws. I think 10s and maybe some lower 11s. I have a shoulder injury that's preventing me from harder stuff at the moment.
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I heard the pencil snap this afternoon. would not recommend.
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ploots posted:I heard the pencil snap this afternoon. would not recommend. Pulley rupture, I take it?
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