Home Climbing Gyms: How to Build and Use (Paperback)

~ Randy Leavitt (Author), John McMullen (Illustrator), Anthony Scoggins (Photographer) "A home climbing gym is your most valuable asset for enjoying and excelling in rock climbing..." (more)
Key Phrases: redpoint routes, inset pockets, kicker plate, Home Combing Gyms (more...)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Climbing Magazine (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887216111
• ISBN-13: 978-1887216111
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #687,789 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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65 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, February 1, 2000

By	author "bestauthor" (USA) - See all my reviews

This is a fine, detailed book explaining how to plan and build an indoor climbing wall. The book is organized and methodical in it's presentation and includes every aspect of the planning. Chapters include:

1. Why and where to build a home gym

2. Planning your climbing features and gym

3. Budget and materials

4. Framing and Building

5. Insets, features and textures

6. Crash pads and flooring

7. Handholds and footholds

8. Hold installations, routesetting, and wall maintenance

9. Training

10. Legal and insurance issues

This book has a huge amount of "no-nonsense" information for one small volume. A good investment for anyone interested in building a climbing wall.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, July 6, 2009

By	Andrew - See all my reviews

I used this book to building an indoor climbing wall. The guide has excellent common sense knowledge about such a project as well as ideas you may not have considered. The book gives notes on just about everything you might need to construct a wall from beams, to plywood width, to features, t-nuts, bolts, and holds. A truly complete guide that I highly recommend.