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I wish we had this on the side of my apartment!

TX3PWR

20-Apr-2010
8:08:00 PM

http://totonko.com/2008/12/escala-hasta-tu-cuarto-arons-gelauff-architects/

mattjr

20-Apr-2010
9:03:18 PM

Apparently that's why Burnley is closing down, they are upgrading to something similar.. looking forward to it!

DJ Biggs

20-Apr-2010
11:19:00 PM

poor dutch buggers with nothing else to climb. doesn't look too bad.

SummitSlag

21-Apr-2010
12:53:14 AM

i bet the designer or the architech is a climber too...

BoulderBaby

21-Apr-2010
8:33:35 AM

Urban Climbing.
Crazy Stuff. Watched a few vids the other night when the mammut team were in h'sage.
They're starting to dig it in Europe.

larryfranklin

21-Apr-2010
2:53:43 PM

that is onbelievable!!! imagine having something like that in australia. would not have to travel far to find a belayer, just press any number on the intercom buttons and away you go!!!

MonkeyBoy

21-Apr-2010
3:25:49 PM

With a couple of well placed pullies you could probably belay from your couch in your front room

hargs

21-Apr-2010
3:27:36 PM

I don't know how many buildings I look at and think 'that should have a climbing wall' -- actually the last time I remember thinking this out loud was touring around the new Port Botany extension and marveling at the 20m high concrete sea-wall blocks, hundreds of them, all lined up ready to drop in the bay -- never thought I'd see it on a real building though. Could it ever happen here? What would it take to get something like this installed in a public place? Or on a privately owned building?

patto

21-Apr-2010
4:11:13 PM

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=google+earth&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=google+earth&hnear=Melbourne+VIC&ll=-37.803287,145.180635&spn=0.001967,0.003449&t=h&z=18

I was marvelling at this wall the other day. Made out of thick wood easily strong enough for climbing holds. Steel I-beams for putting in bolts. Perfect for an artificial top roping a leading wall. Probably close to 12-15m high.

Pitty about public liability these days.

D.Lodge

21-Apr-2010
4:16:50 PM

what about this one in your local park, dutch again, looks like the same designer.

citationx

21-Apr-2010
4:27:19 PM

On 21/04/2010 SummitSlag wrote:
>i bet the designer or the architech is a climber too...

I have a Dutch climbing friend who is an Architect... might hassle him!
As for that last photo... that's a bit bendy, isn't it??

D.Lodge

21-Apr-2010
4:37:23 PM

Yeah, warmup on the slabby side then hit the maga overhang for a serious pump. There is also a full inddor gym just at the base with a traverse wall all around the outside and a couple of freestanding boulders in the garden around with routes all over them too. Ahh to have a mill or 2 to squander.

hargs

21-Apr-2010
6:52:29 PM

These are the sea-wall blocks at Port Botany -- they churn 1 new one out every day -- they're 20m high, with a nice roof to finish! I'm pretty sure we could find a few local parks to stash their spares.

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