Getting my thoughts together and remembering all the things that happened in during the past month or two feels a bit like that – herding cats. I should have kept notes, there were so many things I wanted to write about & share, but my internet at home is down and it’s been hectic...
Went to the bouldering cave yesterday after work and had a blast, looks like I’ll be able to hook up with some nice fellows for climbing if I hang around a bit. The only downside was I finally got around to testing my pull-up power on the bars they have there – shocking!!! We’ll need...
I guess it's the time of the year: lots of work still to be done but no more juice left in the tank. I've also neglected exercising a bit which doesn't help the cause.
The much talked about bouldering wall is finished. A simple design that was quick and easy (with some help) to set up once the work started. Last time I was still aiming for a roughly 75 degree overhang. In the end I threw out all the fancy angle calculations and fit in the wall as best...
Many moons ago I started making plans to build a freestanding bouldering wall. I came up with this. ( As you can see I spent many hours with state of the art CAD software to carefully plan every detail :-P )
What is bouldering? What is a bouldering wall? Shortly, bouldering is a condensed form of rock climbing. The routes are short, steep and hard. An artificial wall is used for training during the week as the rock climbing or bouldering locations are often too far to get to after work. I’m in exactly that position...
