| I got this email today... | | | | I had been wondering how they made it. The paint |
| Hi,please advise me, I'd like to make a rock climbing | | | | was still wet when I got there and I asked one of |
| huge boulder w/ climbing holds for children to practice | | | | the guys what the wall was made of. |
| and play climbing...will hypertufa be the answer? how | | | | It was spray on foam over a plywood base. The |
| do I do this?thanks for any help u can offer | | | | handholds where steel, they come pre-made and are |
| I thought it would make a good subject for an article. | | | | screwed on. They foam guy builds up around them |
| Here is my reply... | | | | and they use templates to show where to put the |
| Thanks for asking: | | | | high and low spots. |
| I don't think I would use Tufa for what you are | | | | These things are a work of art; they take 4 guys |
| doing. It is a bit soft and crumbly if you get the mix | | | | about 2 days to set up on average. Once they are |
| wrong. You don't want anyone to have a handhold | | | | done they come back and do repairs and maintain |
| break off. | | | | them every day. They last about 3-4 weeks and |
| Go with concrete. It will be a big job. | | | | then are taken down and destroyed so that no one |
| I would go to a couple of places where they have | | | | can get hurt playing on them. |
| them and ask how it was done. I have never done | | | | They cost about $8 - 10000.00 including the daily |
| anything like it and would not like to give advice that | | | | maintenance. Foam and plywood makes sense, it |
| may be wrong. | | | | keeps the wall light and easy to move. The foam is a |
| Del | | | | special blend that gets a thick hard skin on it when it |
| To elaborate on this a little I will add that I went to a | | | | sets. This makes it more realistic and of course |
| local store where I had seen them setting up a | | | | durable. |
| climbing wall on the weekend. | | | | Now you know as much as me. |