what works real nice is to 'borrow' some olg gymnastic mats to layer with teh mattress. then you have dual density foam just like bouldering pads. i got some worn out ones for free from my school. haven't grounded out yet with that combination.
nah... i killed a sport climber and stole his stick clip. i just use it to fight off all the american plastic girls while i am climbing 8a gear routes.
i have it mounted into the wall and the bottom is 1.5 feet of vertical and then a 45 degree to the ceiling. i am using my old matress as a crash pad and i built most of the holds myself and they are holding up quite well. my favorites are actually just blocks of wood at angles. keeps me from getting sloppy. i didn't texturize and i built it into the wall, so that saved money. admittedly mine is a cheapo, but i dont need more. just a fix wheni cant get outside.
yeah. holland gave me a quick and proppa intro to spakecake and damn if the guy next to me didn't scarf a shit load. i, after warnings, paced myself and had a great time. he decided he needed to use the restroom in teh coffeeshop and reached for the doorhandle and fell straight backwards hitting his head on the ground. shitty deal.
screw that! you can do it for much cheaper if you are willing to work more. i did it for 1/6th the price. make your own holds out of homeade molds with bondo/sand mix, wood and stuff... use scraps form construction lots and shit. get creative and you will do it for cheap. mabe buy a few nicer holds later once you have the shit up. buy the holds used from a person that spent $1500 and has to pawn off his wall.
This is the best thing anyone has said in this thread!
I moved it to spray because it clearly doesn't belong in the ice conditions forum. It did, for the 1st half of the 1st page...too bad the rest had nothing to do with ice climbing.
If anyone has a problem with that...one word
thats two words lamby
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distel! i bouldered once! here is the proof!
vodka, women, the baltic, -25*, the sunset and climbing. does it get any better? ne eh.
FWA - Doob Cube Baltijos V-something.
1) use first name if you know it.
2) make lots of shit up.
3) sayit was a long time ago (in case anyone asks for details)...
that's all for now... see ya tommorrow!