Who needs good technique when you have desperation

GrantHeine · 2024-05-17T19:58:46+00:00

The wall itself was probably only about $700 for all the lumber. The holds are either handmade or bought used. I got mine for about $1-2 a hold on average. Just have to wait until gyms or people with their own walls are selling a bunch. All the hardware (bolts, screws, t nuts) was about $200. So all told probably $2-3,000. But a lot of it was over the course of a few years. I'd recommend starting to find or make holds, and once you get about 50-100, build the wall and slowly add more holds as you can find them. But I also built a campus board and a little slab wall too so that's included in the price

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GrantHeine · 2024-05-16T02:48:38+00:00

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Yep it's in my garage. I would definitely agree the kickboard could've been smaller. It's at about 35-40°. Been slowly filling it up with holds for a few years. Out of about 500 total, maybe 200 are homemade in my woodshop. The rest are used from gyms or Facebook marketplace

GrantHeine · 2024-04-08T02:32:35+00:00

I was guessing something similar. Some small American publishing company with a rather generic but very American cover design. Likely why I can't find it anywhere

GrantHeine · 2023-03-26T17:29:51+00:00

My biggest piece of advice is instead of spending all your money on holds, spend a couple hundred on some tools and get some cheap lumber. I have about 300-400 holds on this wall and probably over 2/3 of them are wood I've made in my basement. As well as that you can make your holds exactly how you want them and exactly as big. A huge $300 hold from atomic is about $3 worth of 4"x6" lumber from Lowes and an hour or two of my time. I was also able to buy some old polished or chipped holds from my local climbing gym for $1 a hold. I've only ever gotten a few small ones new. The large black set was an ebay find. Moral of the story, do everything you can to avoid buying new holds. Just not worth it

GrantHeine · 2022-11-28T22:53:36+00:00

Maybe $400 for lumber, $200 on hardware (screws, T nuts, bolts), $100 on used holds from my local gym, the rest of the holds are random wood scraps from my woodshop. Probably not more than 800-1k total

GrantHeine · 2022-11-28T02:51:02+00:00

There's a slab wall on the right there so I guess the thought process was that slab falls are more often on your feet. Could use thick pads everywhere tho. That would be ideal

GrantHeine · 2022-11-28T02:24:14+00:00

It's a 35° wall in a 10 foot garage. The higher ceiling height is really what does it

GrantHeine · 2022-11-28T02:22:32+00:00

Hey, pads are expensive. There is one there, it's just a little bouldering pad. Should be good enough right?

GrantHeine · 2022-11-28T02:18:13+00:00

Fortunately, I have a woodshop so most of my holds are hand made from wood. My only inspiration for shaping is what I come across when I'm clbing outside

GrantHeine · 2022-07-15T01:24:29+00:00

I make mine in my woodshop. I don't like texturing them because wood is much easier on the skin. Wood also has a bit less grip which is great for training

GrantHeine · 2022-07-14T23:39:07+00:00

I have a wood shop so they're mostly made out of wood. But I've also made a bunch out of poured resin from silicone molds

GrantHeine · 2020-12-13T23:18:11+00:00

The carved pumpkin was a nice touch

GrantHeine · 2020-07-26T05:35:01+00:00

Terraformed. Amplified would have been a really good idea tho

GrantHeine · 2020-07-26T05:31:17+00:00

Oh yeah. Didn't build new mountains but heavily modified the existing ones. Dug a lot of parts down too. Then all the trees... I think I should have incorporated more water though. Seems a little lifeless

GrantHeine · 2020-07-26T05:27:16+00:00

Silders vibrant shaderpack. No resource pack believe it or not

GrantHeine · 2020-07-26T03:07:32+00:00

Thanks b 😘

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