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Hardrock in the city at last


ajfclark

5-Feb-2008
12:55:02 PM

On 5/02/2008 garbie wrote:
> the 1st at 3.0m,
> the 2nd at 4.0,
> the 3rd at 5.2,
> the 4th at 6.6.
>
>Does anyone have an estimate of the heights there?

At a guess the figures you've mentioned above seem in the right ballpark to me although I would struggle to guess how far up the 4th draw is as I wasn't paying any attention to that in particular.

john s

5-Feb-2008
1:51:17 PM

On 5/02/2008 nmonteith wrote:
>They read these forums. They just choose not to reply!

yes but that is very different to to face-to-face contact

gfdonc

5-Feb-2008
2:14:54 PM

I can't add simple numbers to the debate, but I do personally know the builder of the wall and I do recall him proudly explaining and showing me how the draw mounting holes were fixed at the correct heights to avoid any possible groundfall between clips.

Most Aus walls adopt the British Standard (BS), driven by insurance requirements.

Sounds to me like the holes are there, but HR has been opting not to fix draws at the second mounting point .. if that were the case (tsk tsk) then I would expect groundfall potential.

FYI the mounts/welds at Verve are individually load-tested to the BS standard, involving a high load (can't recall but around 10kN?) for 30 seconds continuous.

Squall

8-Feb-2008
12:59:51 PM

On 9/08/2007 darkxst wrote:
>Can anyone confirm that it is in fact open today ?

Is it open now??

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Any new climbing knots out there??

dalai

8-Feb-2008
1:17:28 PM

Why not just check the Hardrock website yourself or give them a call...

ejpauld

11-Feb-2008
9:42:42 PM

hey my sister just won a couple of 10-climb passes to Hardrock and gave them to me because she thought that being a climber i might appreciate them. Little does she know i have sworn never to frequent such a shabby operation again. My GOD!! I just read the vouchers. Did you know this gym is "your ultimate climbing experience"? And i get FREE gear hire! Maybe i'm coming at it from the wrong head space after all.

Anyone want them? Maybe i can auction them off on ebay. I hear suckers will buy anything these days.


Rich

11-Feb-2008
10:29:02 PM

I'll take them off your hands paul!


ajfclark

11-Feb-2008
10:43:14 PM

On 25/01/2008 ajfclark wrote:
>Some shelves would be good but the thing I still miss most is a clock.
> Actually, I miss my train home more than a clock...

Finally my prayers have been answered; I was early for my train tonight as they now have not one but two clocks allowing you to tell what time it is from either end of the gym. They're set fast, but they're there...

Between the draws being moved and the clocks it almost seems like they're listening... Hopefully we'll see some of the other concerns being raised dealt with soon?


OzA

13-Feb-2008
4:14:30 PM

Yeah but the billboard opposite that had the sign promoting the strip joint has been removed already. No more distractions for the belayers.

devlin66

13-Feb-2008
11:09:31 PM

Why not put an add on the billboard telling them to fix their spinners. Do you reckon they'd take any notice.


nmonteith

13-Feb-2008
11:59:00 PM

On 13/02/2008 devlin66 wrote:
>Why not put an add on the billboard telling them to fix their spinners.
>Do you reckon they'd take any notice.

haahahahahaha Come in Spinner?


IdratherbeclimbingM9

14-Feb-2008
10:46:46 AM

devlin 66 wrote:
>Why not put an add on the billboard telling them to fix their spinners. Do you reckon they'd take any notice.

Maybe; … but ironically only if the notice was pinned at an angle other than it should be!
Maybe one pin in the centre so they can rotate it to read it?

Heh, heh, heh.

devlin66

14-Feb-2008
12:06:43 PM

On 14/02/2008 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>devlin 66 wrote:
>>Why not put an add on the billboard telling them to fix their spinners.
>Do you reckon they'd take any notice.
>
>Maybe; … but ironically only if the notice was pinned at an angle other
>than it should be!
>Maybe one pin in the centre so they can rotate it to read it?
>
>Heh, heh, heh.

Classic!
>
>


westie

5-Mar-2008
12:57:39 PM

On 13/02/2008 devlin66 wrote:
>Why not put an add on the billboard telling them to fix their spinners.
>Do you reckon they'd take any notice.

Its endemic and won't be rectified. How long have they been open now? I gave my back a nasty twang last night coming off a spinner. Out of the five routes I did three had spinners (but then one was the pocketed route). It gives me the shits. You have enough to confront when training hard without spinners to think about.


nmonteith

5-Mar-2008
1:02:46 PM

That was at least 3 weeks without this topic being on the front page!


ajfclark

5-Mar-2008
1:05:46 PM

On 5/03/2008 nmonteith wrote:
>That was at least 3 weeks without this topic being on the front page!

But there was a mention of this in the Burnley thread...

gfdonc

5-Mar-2008
1:22:58 PM

On 5/03/2008 westie wrote:
>I gave my back a nasty twang last night coming off a spinner.

Yeah, enough is enough. Let's fix this the modern way, by threatening to sue. Slater and Gordon, class action suit.


westie

5-Mar-2008
1:34:40 PM

On 5/03/2008 gfdonc wrote:

class action suit.

neck brace is ready to go.


westie

5-Mar-2008
1:49:14 PM

... there is actually a sequence of underclinging with a thumb/pinching on two to three handholds in a row on one climb. The smallish jugs have spun around and the route is now upside down. :(


ajfclark

5-Mar-2008
2:44:37 PM

On 5/03/2008 westie wrote:
>
>... there is actually a sequence of underclinging with a thumb/pinching
>on two to three handholds in a row on one climb. The smallish jugs have
>spun around and the route is now upside down. :(

This is not an uncommon problem in the city. It's hard enough to get them to tighten things that are spinning let alone things that aren't but are no longer as intended.

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