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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 25, 2011 - 03:30pm PT
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Years past I put up a climbing wall in the living room, ~8' wide 10' high, then moved it to the stairwell, ~12' wide with a dihedral and ~14' high.
Both locations were too small to keep any interest, and hence removed. While I could build something neat outside, our weather and seasons are such that it wouldn't see much use. So that leaves the garage, or rather a corner of the garage. My new thought is make it a cave, it would have a 14' long traverse on one wall with an overhanging upper section, turn the corner for 8' more with a crack in the dihedral and an overhang and roof over the 8' section, then make another turn and come back out for a 10' traverse.
I'm thinking with a 28' traverse, overhang and other features added it should provide enough climbing and keep things interesting. But, for those that have built their own wall/caves, what do you think the minimum size is to keep things interesting and enough moves to get a burn going.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Aug 25, 2011 - 04:47pm PT
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Here's mine. And yeah it's pretty boring. It's like 8'x10' with some stuff on the celing. It's good for about 30 mins and then I'm usually over it.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Aug 25, 2011 - 04:55pm PT
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don't be a size queen. nttawwt.
two 4 by 8s and a kickboard is plenty for a functional home gym. lots of really good climbers get by with a lot less.
the main limiting factor should be hold density and quality rather than sq. footage. you want as many holds (and good ones) as possible--
building something really big and low-angle, and then leaving big chunks of it empty or scrimping on holds and getting sharp, awkward ones, is a good way to get the boredom going.
edit--tfish, most folks recommend going steeper (like 120-145) partly because it makes for more effective training, but also at least in part because most plastic just isnt much fun to climb on at the lower angles. some of the sculpted plastic ive seen is pretty cool, even at moderate angles, but that stuff is typically too expensive for home gyms.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Aug 25, 2011 - 06:20pm PT
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Yeah I know, I just kinda threw it up and slowly added to it, I wish I would have planned it better and made it steeper but it's better than nothing.
And Paul if you are gonna buy holds, I recomend http://rockymountainclimbinggear.com/index.html They aren't the best holds but they are real cheap and are real durable. They are good filler holds.
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Vulcan
Sport climber
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Aug 25, 2011 - 07:41pm PT
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a system wall.
six feet by 11 feet. adjusts to any angle.
you can get pumped in 30 min.
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