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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 24, 2010 - 11:06pm PT
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Liked this little video I made of a near miss on my latest backyard project so thought I'd share. After much experimenting I finally have the link to photobucket working right.
Still need to get motivated to build a pillar of cracks...one of these years. Or better yet get to Yosemite more often.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Transporter Room 2
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Aug 25, 2010 - 12:16am PT
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That looks kinda cool. How tall is it?
Features?
Just wonderin'.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 25, 2010 - 12:56am PT
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It's 10 ft high and 35 ft long. There are three finger cracks and one shallow hand crack. The climbing surface is mostly made of Rapid Set Mortar Mix (some plain stucco when I was feeling frugal)...so variety comes from limiting holds, minimzing holds...plus I have a bad memory so there's enough terrain for a new adventure. Holds give a choice from tiny to OK...need to make sure I can be amused for years to come. It's nice to have the stereo right there, too...
Right now I am contemplating creating a 16 ft pillar with an OW narrower than my knee and something off hands and off fingers...but bwill probably take another year to motivate.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
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Aug 25, 2010 - 01:51am PT
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Rad - I looked at the whole album .
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 25, 2010 - 08:56pm PT
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Thanks ßÎØTÇH
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2011 - 03:23pm PT
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Working on another backyard wall...this one with a few wide cracks, etc.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Nov 27, 2011 - 04:44pm PT
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Where is this new wall in relation to the old one behind the swimming pool? The thin crack looks fine, but is that other one a OW? Oh no, not again Elliott!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 27, 2011 - 06:43pm PT
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oh yeah! make it just too small for your knee, Calf lock city!
or,
Make it knee jam size and do laps!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Nov 27, 2011 - 07:19pm PT
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I made this with 'jacked pieces of faux stone, broken brick and trash etc etc. It climbs well, just that I'm sideline with a strained glute from sitstarting it only the second time I got on it.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2011 - 09:53pm PT
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It's down the hill from the pool and the old wall. Just did the wide crack, too small for the knee and just right for the calf. ßÎØTÇH, that's a pretty awesome landing...looks like a good alternative to reading oneself to sleep there.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2012 - 12:30am PT
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A little more progress...added a thin hands crack...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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cool E
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Looking GOOD!!
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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So that's why you can cruise Lord Caffeine on a winter weekend at altitude. Way to go, Elliott. Got to come down and visit again when that high wall is complete. That thing's pretty tall! Have to bring my big crash pad!
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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that is so rad! throw a party and invite me!
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G Murphy
Trad climber
Oakland CA
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Put a shirt on for crying out loud.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2012 - 05:45pm PT
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Had a few miserable weeks being mad at a local TV station's editorial board for making up quotes from me and somewhat undermining my day job...the upside is I could channel my "pissed-offed-ness" into something...
Yesterday I gave the boulder a test drive, and it made me smile.
Karodrinker - would love to have a party and invite folks, but party throwing and thinking ahead about anything that's not work-related is just way too complex...however, if you're ever itching to check my creation out just send me an e-mail...I'm usually just tooling around home catching up on life over the weekend.
Bruce - come on down any time!
Scuffy - need to figure out how to connect, I still want to check out your creation in the redwoods.
Riley Wyna - Hmmm - those are tough questions...I just kind of started building...the frame is just a normal frame (though I mostly used treated lumber and 4x4's for the base), the walls are 3/4" plywood, building paper, wire lath, and Rapid Set Mortar Mix. The rough specs are below. As for time and cost...it's a hard to know...I suppose I've been working at this most weekends for 10-12 hrs (pretty much alone) since October...I spend about $100-$200 per week...and probably have 4 to 8 more weekends to go...so I'd guess its cost is something like $5,000 or $6,000 in materials...but I try to avoid thinking too much about that.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jan 29, 2012 - 06:18pm PT
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so sick! I'll take you up on that E, field trip!
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 21, 2012 - 01:05am PT
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An update on progress...about halfway through the knobby wall section -
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Feb 22, 2012 - 12:01pm PT
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The two wide cracks on this structure are both really good.
Straight in, two sizes, very well suited for experimentation (this side,
that side, this stack, that armbar, etc.) and learning.
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