marcus Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 So stoked...check it out: SWEET!!! ...sickness...omigawd...can't wait... ....omigawd...sweet. Sick...and sweet. Dang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 that is indeed sick. sickening sticky sweetness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 What is that...asbestos coated walls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 If you like the flashy ad above you're sure to like that site! Looks SICK. I wonder how much they are spending on that badboy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 The difference between "Hard" and "Difficult" is...? Sounds like the English rock rating system.. "Hard Very Severe Difficult E6 B9" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevino Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Way to get my hopes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 The difference between "Hard" and "Difficult" is...? one's a man and one's a woman? oh, wait; that was a serious question. wtf is that sh** anyway? and where is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClimbingPanther Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 whoa, real spray? nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbb Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 It's really strait forward: "Virgin Mary" is a difficult one to tick, but getting "Skid Mark" is super easy (you might not even know!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfinley Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 More pix are here: http://www.hukawai.co.nz/Hukawai_Glacier_Centre/INDOOR_ICE_WALL_IDL=1_IDT=1473_ID=8522_.html That place would never fly in sue-me-USA. It's only a matter of time before some newbie drops a leashless tool through their belayers arm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Serl Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 holy moses, is that flick showing a hawser-laid rope? leashless tools, stylin' 'poons, and ropes from the 50s? what a giggle... cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydroman Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Yeah, not likely to fly here but they haven’t yet lost a sense of personal responsibility in NZ. They also realize that accidents are part of life and not always someone’s fault. I spent five months there about 10 years ago (unfortunately before I climbed). I stopped right where this thing is and took a guided ‘glacier walk’. They handed out super old hobnail boots and some big dude with an long old school wood axe chopped small but adequate steps up and down the glacier for us. It was all beautiful, sculpted blue ice with lots of running water and tons of small slots and huge gapers everywhere we were walking. There wasn’t much( or anything that I remember) in the way of a safety lecture. They just assumed people were smart enough not to fall in the crevasses. Being relatively new to international travel at the time I remember being amazed that they were allowed to do a ‘tour’ like that. I was comfortable but was thinking the entire time how easy it would be for a bad, bad accident to happen given all the gumbies and pretty sketchy terrain. It was refreshing to see something run so differently. I asked some locals about that and they gave me the impression that in NZ you can’t sue for monetary damages when accidents happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin O'Donnell Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Hey there people Glad you like the site! We have just been open a few months but the centre is rocking! We have made climbs that are suited to everybody. 7yrs - 70yrs old have been on the wall. We have super easy walls like "Skid Mark" and spit you off climbs like "Jim Beam" check out the route map below. The climbing is awesome and the whole area is definatly worth a visit if you in NZ route map http://www.hukawai.co.nz/PicsHotel/hukawaiglacier/Brochure/climb%20guide%20small%20file.pdf photos http://www.hukawai.co.nz/Hukawai_Glacier_Centre/PHOTOS_IDL=250_IDT=1994_ID=8534_.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelawgoddess Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 whoa; that looks trippy. it would freak me out if an icicle i was climbing starting swinging like that, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studklimer Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Actually, a place like that did fly for a while, right here in the U.S. Cascade Crags, now the Everett Vertical world, had an indoor ice wall. They had a few routes, from a simple 90-degree solid wall to a bunch of overhanging, difficult mixed routes. unfortunatly, when Vertical World bought Cascade Crags, they tore down the ice wall and put up more rock routes. Its a shame, but, as wfinley implied, they were probably worried about liability, even though Cascade Crags had it up for years. oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 So stoked...check it out: SWEET!!! ...sickness...omigawd...can't wait... ....omigawd...sweet. Sick...and sweet. Dang. NOTE: THE ORIGINATING POST TO THIS THREAD WAS WAS STEEPED IN A THIN VEIL OF SARCASM(HENCE THE 'SPRAY' FORUM HEADING) AND THUS ANY POSTS EXPRESSING GENUINE INTEREST OR GENERATING CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE MUST BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY! I feel sick now...(and sweet)...I think all those caps got me kinda pumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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