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Post by tedwelser on Feb 12, 2016 11:50:09 GMT -7
Hi Alexandra, A number of us on this forum have built campus boards at home -- it's not really that hard, and if designed well, can be relatively small and out of the way. The bigger issue I can foresee is that in order to be ready to campus, you need to be really well warmed up, and in my opinion that would be near impossible without doing some climbing. So it's not just a matter of building the campus board at home -- you'd also need a woody to warm up on, which is obviously a much bigger effort. Just my two cents. I agree with Lundy's suggestion that a home wall would be a great next step. In terms of (climbing training value / cost) I would say good hang board set up with pulleys, kick plate is first, home bouldering wall second, and campus board third. It is much easier to replace the role of the campus board with limit bouldering than the other way around. However, every training resource that you can build at home is a wonderful asset and I have never regretted building any of my home wall / campus boards etc. So, I would encourage anyone to visit their local hardware store and get building.
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Post by joev9 on Feb 12, 2016 12:35:48 GMT -7
Hi Alexandra, A number of us on this forum have built campus boards at home -- it's not really that hard, and if designed well, can be relatively small and out of the way. The bigger issue I can foresee is that in order to be ready to campus, you need to be really well warmed up, and in my opinion that would be near impossible without doing some climbing. So it's not just a matter of building the campus board at home -- you'd also need a woody to warm up on, which is obviously a much bigger effort. Just my two cents. I agree with Lundy's suggestion that a home wall would be a great next step. In terms of (climbing training value / cost) I would say good hang board set up with pulleys, kick plate is first, home bouldering wall second, and campus board third. It is much easier to replace the role of the campus board with limit bouldering than the other way around. However, every training resource that you can build at home is a wonderful asset and I have never regretted building any of my home wall / campus boards etc. So, I would encourage anyone to visit their local hardware store and get building. Definitely this!!! As I was climbing on my home wall recently, I realized that I have been climbing on some of the wood panels for almost 20 years (this wall is a rebuild from my first wall at my first house) and I am still climbing on the first holds I bought 23 years ago (Yaniro pockets and pinches that I bought at Rock & Snow in New Paltz). My only regret is that my wall isn't bigger and that I don't have more holds, ha ha!
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Post by MarkAnderson on Feb 12, 2016 15:02:58 GMT -7
There was a discussion recently on MP about the (absurd) expense of gym memberships at the new wave Globo-Gyms. It got me thinking about the value of my barn. I've only had it for a bit less than 8 years, but at the current cost of local gym memberships its already saved by over $7K in membership fees, and that's without considering gas or time. It's definitely been a great investment for me.
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Post by alexandra on Feb 13, 2016 7:48:47 GMT -7
Unfortunately, I live in an apartment so I don't think there is any space for building a wall . I did install the hang board at my place which is great and finished my first two hang boarding sessions that went very well! When it comes to gym memberships, I am fairly lucky, since my partner owns the climbing gym in town, which I helped out/supported him building (a little bit at least), so my membership is free
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Post by alexandra on Feb 18, 2016 19:30:15 GMT -7
After a little more research I found that the college wall (which is hosted inside the college gym in the town I live in, and for which I have automatic membership) has a campus board However, I am pretty sure it is not ideal. I understand that the book prescribes moon/half moon spacing, I guess I would have to go with a measure and see what the spacing is there. It looks like there is a medium rung followed by a small rung, followed by a medium rung on the left and some huge gaps between the large rungs on the right. Attached is the picture. I wanted to get your feedback on what you think regarding this campus board, and whether (since it is my only campus option) it would be ok/beneficial to train on it on the campus days. My power phase is still a few weeks away, but i am just trying to plan ahead and see if I perhaps find something else within an hour drive of me in case that particular campus board won't work. I have pretty much never really campused purposefully. I used the campus board for a few months a year or two ago, doing whatever i thought I should be doing or whatever people told me to do, but that was when I still lived in San Francisco... thanks!
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Post by MarkAnderson on Feb 18, 2016 21:29:14 GMT -7
That looks to be about 6" spacing on the left and maybe ~15" on the right? Definitely not ideal, but it certainly could be worse. Since it costs you nothing, I would try it a few times and see if you think it's worthwhile.
Another possibility is to talk to the gym staff and volunteer to "refurbish" their campus board for them. Chances are good that nobody uses it.
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Post by Chris W on Feb 19, 2016 18:08:29 GMT -7
Alexandra, I built my first climbing wall in my bachelor apartment. I didn't ask management for permission and took it down when I left. Mike also has a post somewhere about building a free standing (I think) campus board when he lived in Florida [?].
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