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Swinging Ice Tools
Posted:
Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:23 am
by Fire4x4
What is out there that you could use to swing your ice tools at that feels most like ice?
Posted:
Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:01 am
by divnamite
other than ice? trees, dead ones.
Posted:
Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:38 am
by mtnclimber101
I just saw this site and thought these looked pretty funky--may be something for the gym rat.
http://www.iceholdz.com/
Posted:
Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:47 am
by edl
I've seen gyms that have "ice" walls made out of a thick foam. It's not totally real feeling, but it's a good way to get some swings in the off season.
Posted:
Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:46 pm
by bird
Hammer nails. Strength, timing accuracy.
Posted:
Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:59 pm
by Alpinisto
I just bolted some 2x6 scraps to the horizontal crossbar of my kids (old, now unused) timberframe swingset in the back yard. Popped a set of used, beat-up picks into my old Rambo toolz (relegated to spare/training toolz after getting Quarks last year) and have been working out a couple days a week waiting for cold weather.
25 swings each arm, followed by 5 full-extension pullups w/2 sec. lockoff. Pump-licious!
Currently doing 4 sets. Will start increasing the number of pullups this week, prob'ly...
Posted:
Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:09 pm
by rhyang
Drywall ?
Posted:
Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:16 pm
by JHH60
rhyang wrote:Drywall ?
Works best if you're a renter.
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Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:44 pm
by JHH60
On a serious note, has anyone been to an indoor ice gym? I wonder what the economics of this would be? We have plenty of ice skating rinks in the Bay Area and I'd think there's a big enough climbing community in the area to support one.
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Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:45 pm
by Alpinisto
rhyang wrote:Drywall ?
No, lumber.
Once the piece that's up there now gets trashed, I'll simply unscrew it and put up a new piece.
It's a bit of a laborious process for making wood chips, but it does have the training benefit...
Posted:
Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:34 am
by Fire4x4
Thanks for all the ideas. I guess I will go to OSH this weekend.
Posted:
Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:58 am
by xDoogiex
I told the manager about ice holdz and looked online about them and he wants to get some for the rock gym.
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Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:24 am
by Snowslogger
mtnclimber101 wrote:I just saw this site and thought these looked pretty funky--may be something for the gym rat.
http://www.iceholdz.com/
I can't believe they used the words hardness and penetration in the same sentence
Posted:
Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:21 pm
by DudeThatMustHurt
JHH60 wrote:rhyang wrote:Drywall ?
Works best if you're a renter.
+1
Posted:
Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:53 pm
by RayMondo
As an advance to fact that I once pegged my way up our two-story brick home, it occurred to me that a full traverse of a 40ft pantechnicon parked at the local Diner would serve as good training. Aluminum composite panels are quite ice-like, and make a similar scrunching sound when axed! Crampons optional. Though beat it quickly after one lap, and make sure it's not a sleeper.