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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 24, 2010 - 11:06pm PT
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Liked this little video I made of a near miss on my latest backyard project so thought I'd share. After much experimenting I finally have the link to photobucket working right.
Still need to get motivated to build a pillar of cracks...one of these years. Or better yet get to Yosemite more often.
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Transporter Room 2
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Aug 25, 2010 - 12:16am PT
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That looks kinda cool. How tall is it?
Features?
Just wonderin'.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 25, 2010 - 12:56am PT
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It's 10 ft high and 35 ft long. There are three finger cracks and one shallow hand crack. The climbing surface is mostly made of Rapid Set Mortar Mix (some plain stucco when I was feeling frugal)...so variety comes from limiting holds, minimzing holds...plus I have a bad memory so there's enough terrain for a new adventure. Holds give a choice from tiny to OK...need to make sure I can be amused for years to come. It's nice to have the stereo right there, too...
Right now I am contemplating creating a 16 ft pillar with an OW narrower than my knee and something off hands and off fingers...but bwill probably take another year to motivate.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
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Aug 25, 2010 - 01:51am PT
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Rad - I looked at the whole album .
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 25, 2010 - 08:56pm PT
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Thanks ßÎØTÇH
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2011 - 03:23pm PT
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Working on another backyard wall...this one with a few wide cracks, etc.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Nov 27, 2011 - 04:44pm PT
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Where is this new wall in relation to the old one behind the swimming pool? The thin crack looks fine, but is that other one a OW? Oh no, not again Elliott!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 27, 2011 - 06:43pm PT
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oh yeah! make it just too small for your knee, Calf lock city!
or,
Make it knee jam size and do laps!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Nov 27, 2011 - 07:19pm PT
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I made this with 'jacked pieces of faux stone, broken brick and trash etc etc. It climbs well, just that I'm sideline with a strained glute from sitstarting it only the second time I got on it.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 27, 2011 - 09:53pm PT
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It's down the hill from the pool and the old wall. Just did the wide crack, too small for the knee and just right for the calf. ßÎØTÇH, that's a pretty awesome landing...looks like a good alternative to reading oneself to sleep there.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2012 - 12:30am PT
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A little more progress...added a thin hands crack...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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cool E
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Looking GOOD!!
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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So that's why you can cruise Lord Caffeine on a winter weekend at altitude. Way to go, Elliott. Got to come down and visit again when that high wall is complete. That thing's pretty tall! Have to bring my big crash pad!
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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that is so rad! throw a party and invite me!
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G Murphy
Trad climber
Oakland CA
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Put a shirt on for crying out loud.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2012 - 05:45pm PT
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Had a few miserable weeks being mad at a local TV station's editorial board for making up quotes from me and somewhat undermining my day job...the upside is I could channel my "pissed-offed-ness" into something...
Yesterday I gave the boulder a test drive, and it made me smile.
Karodrinker - would love to have a party and invite folks, but party throwing and thinking ahead about anything that's not work-related is just way too complex...however, if you're ever itching to check my creation out just send me an e-mail...I'm usually just tooling around home catching up on life over the weekend.
Bruce - come on down any time!
Scuffy - need to figure out how to connect, I still want to check out your creation in the redwoods.
Riley Wyna - Hmmm - those are tough questions...I just kind of started building...the frame is just a normal frame (though I mostly used treated lumber and 4x4's for the base), the walls are 3/4" plywood, building paper, wire lath, and Rapid Set Mortar Mix. The rough specs are below. As for time and cost...it's a hard to know...I suppose I've been working at this most weekends for 10-12 hrs (pretty much alone) since October...I spend about $100-$200 per week...and probably have 4 to 8 more weekends to go...so I'd guess its cost is something like $5,000 or $6,000 in materials...but I try to avoid thinking too much about that.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jan 29, 2012 - 06:18pm PT
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so sick! I'll take you up on that E, field trip!
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 21, 2012 - 01:05am PT
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An update on progress...about halfway through the knobby wall section -
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Feb 22, 2012 - 12:01pm PT
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The two wide cracks on this structure are both really good.
Straight in, two sizes, very well suited for experimentation (this side,
that side, this stack, that armbar, etc.) and learning.
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G Murphy
Trad climber
Oakland CA
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Feb 22, 2012 - 12:10pm PT
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When the header said "near miss" I was expecting the wall to fall over as you were bouldering.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 22, 2012 - 01:33pm PT
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Had a few near misses like that building my new boulder. Was trying to solo screwing on a 4x8 sheet of plywood 4' up and had a couple of spontaneous big board flying overhead moments...had another moment trying to tilt up and screw in one those 4x12 frames with plywood on one side when it decided it just didn't want to stay up...I had a blast testing my skills at dodging big falling things. Adventureness is everywhere.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 15, 2012 - 01:36am PT
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Mar 15, 2012 - 03:04am PT
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Looks really cool! Nice job.
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tarek
climber
berkeley
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Mar 15, 2012 - 10:51am PT
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Elliott! Looks like the knobby wall is complete. Anyone do the diagonal line we were trying yet? Haven't crimped that hard in years. For anyone else interested, the ow were great, took me a few tries to get the calf lock going, but I hear Scuffy strolled it os and called it 10b. Nice "gripped" factor--blue ensolite pad on packed clay, as you thrutch the stack upwards (if you are me). GM--you should check it out.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2012 - 12:37am PT
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Yep, knobby wall is done. I'm about a third of the way through the corner on the other side...it seems like it'll be much harder stemming then the one on the sunny side...can't wait to start working on the face going up to the roof crack..
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2012 - 12:25am PT
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Finished another section last weekend. Just stiff enough stemming corner and arete problems. Now, I just have to get to the section in the alcove under the roof crack...getting there.
It's nice having the green come back in full force
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Apr 16, 2012 - 03:02pm PT
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How soon to completion? Looks pretty darn close to me! See you there!
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2012 - 05:35pm PT
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The next section will take me some time. I want to add an off fingers crack with some funky angles (Tarek fed me the idea). Its also going to be unpleasant to surface the roof. Maybe a couple of months 'til I get through it all.
But come on down Bruce (or any others interested in a trip to Salinas.) I'll aim for a Sunday. 4/22 afternoon session - 2ish
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2012 - 11:59pm PT
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Figured the original wall must be feeling a bit lonely...so here's a pic of the first wall...fun day a few months back with Bruce...
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Apr 17, 2012 - 12:07am PT
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one of a kind! nice job!
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 13, 2012 - 11:42pm PT
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Made it to the wall under the roof...put in a thin crack up to the roof on one side...only 10' feet of wall left to cement.
Also have the structure in place for a few other cracks - tilted and angled off-fingers and pinky tips.
Can't wait to be done.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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May 14, 2012 - 12:47am PT
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Dude, that thing Rules! Gives me ideas, too.
O, what hast thou wrought? (OMG.);-)
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David D.
climber
Pacific Grove, CA
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May 14, 2012 - 03:34pm PT
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Elliot those cracks on that final section look awesome! Can't wait to see it finished.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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May 14, 2012 - 03:45pm PT
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Awesome!
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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May 14, 2012 - 06:29pm PT
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Wow, I thought I had a good mental vision of what I wanted to build in the next year, and this thing just threw that all into a jumble. I like how the structure contains all kinds of features from straight-in to dihedral to arete, etc.
Really cool.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 20, 2012 - 11:01pm PT
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Another 4' section done...only 8' left to go...I spend way too many weekends mucking around in cement.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2012 - 01:13am PT
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Almost done...maybe tomorrow...
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 29, 2015 - 12:12pm PT
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Nice to have Bob Palais show up for a little bouldering yesterday, followed by some "almost Big Sur" hiking at Point Lobos and an unexpected path to the Greatful Dead show at Levi Stadium.
Amazing to me that these walls are still in good shape after so many years of climbing and weather (granted it's pretty mild weather where I live.)
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 3, 2016 - 08:49pm PT
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Greg Murphy finally made it down to Elliott-henge. I even pulled out the last of my OTS poison oak fertilizer and planted a little PO garden on top for the welcome.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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I'm grateful for this bump... this wall was one of my best inspirations for ideas. I've been procrastinating like a mofo to get mine built, coupling it to a big seismic retrofit that we've delayed by a few years.
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