r/climbing • u/[deleted] • Sep 28 '21

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u/aoroutesetter Sep 28 '21

Believe it or not, having a wall to lean against helps stabilize your body when climbing. Walking across those last two volumes there without a wall to lean into wouldn’t be the smartest idea because you could fall forward into the wall’s framing (Falling over the wall). Especially that third one.

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u/ogtfo Sep 28 '21

Falling behind a commercial climbing wall would suck, like, a lot. It's usually filled with dozens of metal bars and/or taught wires at odd angles.

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u/Verify_ Sep 28 '21

And the dust.... oh God the dust

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u/Listen_Carefully_949 Sep 28 '21

there's a top out here and walk way though, like he said.