Climbing Holds

Climbing hand holds

Article by Chuck Woodward; video by Dan Crowe A ladder has rungs, a stairway has a railing, and rocks have handholds. Ascension is often aided by something for the hands to grasp for balance, and handholds serve this purpose in climbing. Handholds come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and textures, so there are many different ways to hold on. This relationship between holds and…

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Bolt on Climbing holds

Realizing that the uphill hiking was now over and in her element for downhill hikes, no matter how steep they are, my wife was smiling (the chocolate bar that she hid when this photo was taken, might have had something to do with the smile as well. I wont tell. “Smith Rock State Park” Oregon Road Trip - Dec. 7th - 9th, 2011. These photographs were taken on a three day looping…

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Make your Own Climbing holds

I recently had an idea to build an outdoor bouldering/traversing wall for my children so looked in to the materials I would need to buy. Having looked at commercial climbing holds I was wondering how I might make some myself and if I could make a cost saving. I did quite a bit of research on the net and found quite a few different ways all with a variety of cost and quality…

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