Training Wall

After building all the climbing options for the girls, it was time to build something for myself.

A year ago I saw Will Gadd had a wall for ice training and thought it would be simple enough to do.

So I did.

It’s surprisingly realistic at least to me. There’s no swinging or kicking, but the concentration required to make good pick and crampon placements is the same. Balance is also key and a great thing to practice.

My hope is the spend enough time on it to commit most of those things to muscle memory and make climbing on ice more of a habit.

Of course the girls get some fun out of it too.

I’m pretty sure I can’t climb it like she did.

– b