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snapier
Aug 12, 2002, 9:08 PM
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Has anyone ever seen a rock climbing treadmill? I played around on one (before I started climbing) in Edmonton at a health club. I wish I had known what I was doing at the time.
Anyway, I haven't seen any mention of anything like this since I've started climbing and am beginning to think I made this thing up.
You stepped into a harness which had a wire on the back. When you climbed to a certain level, the tension on the wire caused the wall to move down (imagine a treadmill sticking straight up into the air). So basically you could climb infintely high (of course the holds repeated themselves as you went around the tread multiple times). The best part was that you could tilt the wall to over a 45 degree overhang.
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phillyb285
Aug 12, 2002, 9:46 PM
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yeah! i've seen um there was one at this gym i used to belong to, they can be fun but not challenging at all, but fun anyways, it kept track of how many rotations u could do b4 falling and stuff it was fun
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katywhitman
Aug 12, 2002, 10:29 PM
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Yeah. I am actually glad you mentioned it because I was starting to think I had made it up too!
I saw one at my dad's gym in Michigan. It seemed a little sketchy though. There was no harness and if the rotation tenstion was set too low the thing slipped down from under you.
But I think it would work with some guidance. My dad says he has never seen anyone use it though.
[ This Message was edited by: katywhitman on 2002-08-12 15:30 ]
[ This Message was edited by: katywhitman on 2002-08-12 15:36 ]
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snapier
Aug 12, 2002, 11:29 PM
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Here's a pic of one that was similar to what I climbed on...this one is way crazier though!
http://www.ultrazonealhambra.com/rock2.htm
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peanutbutterandjelly
Aug 12, 2002, 11:42 PM
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They now have automated ones with sensors that have a motor and sensers that you stop the it if you fall off.
PBJ
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calds
Aug 12, 2002, 11:59 PM
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I saw one at the ESPN Sports Center in Chicago. Looked to be motorized and the longer that you climbed, the wall would move closer to a 45 degree angle to give more of a challenge.
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stevematthys
Aug 13, 2002, 12:39 AM
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i saw one on the movie K2
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pushfurther
Aug 13, 2002, 12:46 AM
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steve, are you thinking of that versa-climber?
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wandt
Aug 15, 2002, 6:34 PM
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I've used one, and it does not get my stamp of approval. The holds were even multicoloured so you could restrict yourself to one "route", but it doesn't teach you much at all. Backstep? Flag? Any other sound footwork? Don't bother. If you don't climb straight-on, hips square to the wall your pace will slow down too much and you'll get dumped. Want to reach something higher than shoulder height? Not an option. In the seconds it takes to move your arm up and grab the hold your foot will have moved down into the sensors and the wall will jerk to a stop. (This may not be an issue for really short people.) So basically, if you wish to climb an endless 5.6-, using poor form, this is the device for you!
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minos
Aug 15, 2002, 7:06 PM
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Heh heh heh, I've climbed on that same treadmill-wall as you, Snapier. You didn't make it up, that monstrosity actually exsits. I thought it was neat before I really started climbing. However, I don't think they have ever washed the holds, it feels like climbing on butter.
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radistrad
Aug 15, 2002, 7:38 PM
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Here you go http://www.treadwall.com/
as I recall (I did not look at the site today) they run about $10,000
For me, Only if I win more than $1 playing Lotto.
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checkmate
Aug 18, 2002, 6:09 PM
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Yeah I saw one of those at a rock climbing gym, and there's another at some other gym here. They look pretty neat, but I wasn't alloud to use the one at the rock climbing gym, they said I was too young (13). oh well maybe next time
-CheckMate
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carnaged
Aug 18, 2002, 7:17 PM
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Never heard about it until now. Thanks for the info.
Rock hard
Kat
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