Making a Backyard Climbing Wall | DIY Outdoors
Making a Backyard Climbing Wall | DIY Outdoors
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Fireman pole in the center leading out from the bottom would be neat too. And maybe some climbing bolts to add climbing ropes for practicing lead climbing, rappel, etc.
Hola! 🖐 That looked like it was loads of fun. To connect the two, how about a type of bridge that is weirdly shaped above and monkey bars or rings below to make it more challenging. That would be fun, maybe. Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊
How did you manage to preserve the wood over time? rain, sun…
Wow is not better
you could use a cargo net to connect it
Looks great, and I’d love to do something similar! Can you share how much it cost?
Crash pads maybe ???
You had my sub when you stated that the spiders are friendly.
Connect them 2 with a curved bridge and from the bottom incorporate hanging rings
Have you seen a Monkey Bridge? Only requires three main ropes/cable. One to walk on and then one for each hand. Then use smaller rope/cord to connect each hand rope down to the walking rope/cable. The shape of a V. used to build them at Scout camp or large camping events. Have you considered adding a Peg Board on one side. Helps with advanced climbers to improve hand eye coordination, plus even more strength.
You could have a drone shadow you during one of your favorite climbs, then recreate it with a 3D printer, then use that as your model. Idk. Reminded me of how they recreate room layouts to run through for tactical training. Simulate floor plans, simulate rock faces
Weatherproofing method?
Build a swinging bridge!
How do you make this weather proof?
Over built? Maybe but what man doesn’t like to over build?
Horizontal salmon ladder to connect them
Build a treehouse on top
You could install a Tight Rope!
rope bridge? like Indiana Jones and Temple of doom Bridge….sans the Crocs below….
Suspended rope bridge!
Thats looks awesome! Although,warching you stand on the thing while making it made my anxiety skyrocket. I dont do well with heights.
Defo a rope bridge!!!!
I’m voting ripe bridge
Hey, really nice project. One lesson I learned when I’ve build mine was to replace hammer-in t-nuts with screw-in t-nuts. Spinning t-nut is a disaster and it happened to me several times.
@8:30, I saw another video where a guy used that foam for a fence post. It didn’t work out. The foam kind of shrank a bit away from the posts. Good idea, but maybe it was just the wrong material.
How is this after a year outside in the elements?
How tall can you make a climbing wall before you need mattresses for safety? Yours is 3600mm? Right?
Great build!
One thing I’d point out is the side where you have a vertical slit open into the interior between the two faces, it seems to taper down into a sharp V at the bottom? If someone were to put their hand/arm in there then slip off the wall, their limb could easily become jammed in the V section. Would cover that opening up with plywood.
Looking forward to seeing how you connect the two platforms. Getting lots of ideas here !
connect by surpension bridge? just a suggestion….
Rope bridge is always fun
Nicely done. For connecting them try including some kind high ropes course.
Do you have a blueprint for this? I looked … I didn’t see it. Thanks.
Whatever connects the two platforms should double as monkey bars or something you can climb on from the bottom. That way the wall under the bridge can still be used to climb. You just add a new feature
Rope bridge, I definitely vote rope bridge
What are you do about weather raw plywood like that Will easily deteriorate with rain
Heck yeah! And and under cling wall over to the platforms posts would be cool!
Would a rope bridge work for the connection?
At 10:25 when you talked about the 2.4m (8ft) section that had a bit of sag in it, you realise by now that there will be no sag once the ply is secured on, right?
As so many others have already said, connect them with a rope bridge 🙂
That’s cool .. i think you need to add a safety harness to that , since it’s more than 2 metres in hight.
I would put a rope bridge to connect them or like a rope swing so they can swing to to the other side
and if it rains? it rots? chipboard etc, really wanna do this but UK weather says it will rot in a week. Any ideas?
do i treat wood or shelter?#
You could put in a second zipline to tie them together- it wouldn’t interfere with the climbing wall and would be pretty fun in it’s own right. That’s about the only fun idea I have aside form everyone else with the rope bridge suggestion.
wow this guy must have aced geometry 🤓
What did you do to mitigate splinters?
Cool build, Bob! Suggestion for the future – Instead of a concrete block (which will eventually sink into the ground) to shore up the middle of the sagging framing, a 2×6 or 2×8 screwed into the side of the bottom plate should provide plenty of resistance to deflection… Think deck joist… To be fair – the plywood sheathing may be enough shear resistance to keep things from sagging too.
As long as the plywood is securely fastened to the wall frame, the wall will act like a beam. No need for center supports. Longer (over 8′) walls won’t work that way, because of seams in the plywood.
How do they get down?
Flex bridge
the last time i watched you was years ago and you hadn’t nearly this amount of subscribers. good job i guess.