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That link mentions multipitch climbing, which is surprising but cool. Every artifical wall I've seen outside of a climbing gym was strictly for single pitch top
by rurp 7y ago
That link mentions multipitch climbing, which is surprising but cool. Every artifical wall I've seen outside of a climbing gym was strictly for single pitch top roping. I'm not sure how that will actually work in practice though. Are they really going to open the wall up to lead climbing? Seems like a liability and logistical nightmare. The article certainly implies that's the case, but is worded confusingly enough that I'm skeptical.
- kirrent 7y agoWell, they reference some kind of qualification and there's plenty of climbing gyms around the world which allow for multipitch climbing. Often you have to bring your own rope though. On the other hand, I can think of a multitude of ways of providing multipitch top roping in such an environment. Joining two ends of a rope and running it through both anchors would be fine. You could even use a series of autobelay devices with retrieval tag lines to keep things relatively simple (though arm destroying).
- mholt 7y agoLead climbing is a common accommodation in most climbing gyms. You have to take a certification test, but it's very common.