Rock climbing career
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Hi all, |
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email the guys at Entreprises, i dont remember the name of their architect guy but he was super nice last time i worked with him. |
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Why not start your own company? Be innovative and fresh, hey design radical climbimg holds or walls and go try to sell your product to gyms around the country. I would like to see more realistic crack moulds out there. |
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vertical solutions in SLC seems to be staying pretty busy and has a few big projects coming up. |
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John Wilder wrote:Vertical Solutions (SLC area), Walltopia (not sure where or if they have a stateside crew or if they hire outside contractors...i'm guessing they have a stateside setup by now, though) Also, alot of gyms build their own walls, hiring designers and consultants for design, then local help for welding and such. I know the Touchstone gyms build their own walls as well. @Liberty- the reason you dont see alot of cracks in gyms is because, for the most part, they are a waste of expensive wall space. (They cost 2-3x per foot what regular wall does and the number of climbers who use them is a tiny tiny fraction of your regular customer base).Moveable crack moulds that go on the inside of the crack to create flares, featured cracks and bottlenecks. |
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Liberty wrote: Moveable crack moulds that go on the inside of the crack to create flares, featured cracks and bottlenecks....and thats what is missing in gyms! |
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Sucks for you troll. PGSF has 2 sets of moveable cracks (4 total), 5.7 crack, 2 5.9 cracks, 3 5.10 cracks, 4 5.11 cracks, 5.13+/5.14 overhanging fingers, and 2 OW's 5.10 and 5.11 |
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NorCalNomad wrote:Sucks for you troll. PGSF has 2 sets of moveable cracks (4 total), 5.7 crack, 2 5.9 cracks, 3 5.10 cracks, 4 5.11 cracks, 5.13+/5.14 overhanging fingers, and 2 OW's 5.10 and 5.11So do they have them at the gyms? I never saw them anywhere. Maybe they are problematic in some way. Why dont people buy them? |
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Yea people have to have more access to good realistic cracks at the gyms, not the slimy uniformal wood stuff. Makes you a better trad leader to say the least.. |
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I hate gym cracks! |
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Ya, go to Vegas and get a job rigging. Housing is very cheap there and the climbing at Red Rocks is fantastic. |
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"Vertical Solutions (SLC area), Walltopia (not sure where or if they have a stateside crew or if they hire outside contractors...i'm guessing they have a stateside setup by now, though) Also, alot of gyms build their own walls, hiring designers and consultants for design, then local help for welding and such. " |
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Check in with the climbing wall assocciation. Thats what I have done in search for a Construction Management internship. |
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Liberty wrote:I would like to see more realistic crack moulds out there. Liberty wrote:Moveable crack moulds that go on the inside of the crack to create flares, featured cracks and bottlenecks. Liberty wrote:...and thats what is missing in gyms! Liberty wrote:I hate gym cracks!seriously. wtf. |
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Brian Hudson wrote: seriously. wtf.The reason why I hate gym cracks is them being featureless and fake. I don't like the pain and my biggest problem right now is consistent crack climbs. If the manufacturers came up with interesting crack features and gyms would implement them, it would diversify gym training nicely. We also need more flakes and laybacks. I don't understand why not find an ultraclassic and try to replicate it in a gym environment? ...I'm hoping to spend a lot of time outside practicing this summer though, gym time reserved for work days and bad weather days only. |
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Liberty wrote:I don't understand why not find an ultraclassic and try to replicate it in a gym environment?Knock yourself out. Can't wait to see what you come up with! |
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I set one route in my life and it had a bunch of gaston moves, reminiscent of a climb I did at Independence Pass. People at the gym said it was awful and too hard for the grade...10 b started with an undercling, involved a bunch of opposition and body tension. i was told it's lacking the "triangle" that needs to exist in all set gym routes. Are there triangles outside? I found out first hand that setting is not easy, but if I ever set, all my routes would be inspired by real rock existing routes. |
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NorCalNomad wrote:+1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 |
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yea yea yea, and on subject:.....good luck man, hope you get to design the awesomest new age climbing walls for all of us to enjoy! |
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NorCalNomad wrote:YES. haha |