Onomonopia Holds From Detroit Rock Climbing Co.

The good news: last month's Gang Holds from The Detroit Rock Company were SICK!!!

The bad news: they are cancelling the Gang Membership! (Potentially re-starting in the winter sometime.)

All of that aside, my limited experience with climbing and the Gang tell me that the Gang Membership was sweet, and Detroit Rock puts out some quality Ish!

Let's check out the Onomonopia Set:

I am new to climbing; just built the wall at the end of spring, so my knowledge and skill are not very high. My wall is laden with the holds of a newbie: Big Jugs. So when these came in through the mail I was a little disappointed. I did not think that my strength and skill could really utilize their features because they were not deep pockets. After getting a grip on them a few times I learned that my initial assumptions were far from spot on.

Strengths:

• Multi-dimensional
• If you get the right angle on the POOF! hold it can act like a sloper, jug and even a crimp if you only focus on the letters POOF!
• POOF! also has enough space to get two hands on it in some positions.
• The BAM! hold also offers a wider crimp on BAM!, a smaller jug/ ledge and with the ! on the top this is a pretty decent sized jug.
• Orientation
• Unlike most of my other holds, this set changes its offering with each degree of rotation.
• I am using them on a 60 degree wall and I do not run into any unusable space whether they are right-side up of 90 degrees clockwise, or upside down.

Bottom line: These are cool holds that really spiced up my plain jane woody, and I think that they would definitely do the same to whatever you are climbing on.

Crimping on that POOF!

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A word to the wise: Detroit Rock gives you the option of having a rubber "soft back" put on the holds, I highly suggest you do this with these holds. It really allows you to rip on them without any fear of getting spun, a problem that I have been having with a particular set of Metolius Jugs lately.

If you have any questions of would me to check out some holds for you let me know.

-J

Do ya tink he'll ever build that ting eh?

You bet your socks I will build that thing.

By now you are wondering, "What thing you talking about, eh?"

Well that would be my woodie, my indoor bouldering spot. Two weeks ago I craigslisted a tub full of brand-new holds and I am not going to let them go to waste.

I just need to sell some of the random stuff that we have hanging around our apt right now. So far so good with the sales too, we have had more visitors than the guy next door with the tinfoil on his window.

Hopefully next weekend I can find the time to pick up some wood and start framing it up.

Does anyone have suggestions as to which companies I should check for holds? I am thinking http://www.thedrcc.com/ V hangboard for sure.

Well, enough planing for now, time to draw a pic of this bad boy. Maybe you will get lucky and I'll throw it up later.

-J

Afternoon frolic to Olson Park

Day off, that means light grocery shopping, tying up some reading for the rest of the week and a quick trip to the kiddie bouldering wall at the local park.

Hopefully in a few weeks I will be doing this in the comfort of my living room.

-J

A late birthday gift

I am still on this goal to do some indoor bouldering and rockwalling. However, I would like to show up to the gym and be in shape for the rigors of climbing. This means strengthening my fingers, forearms and back with various pull-up combinations.

Enter the use of rock rings! I have played around on these nifty things at MooseJaw a few times and I think that they will do the trick!

I would really like to have one of the 3D training boards, but you have to have a good spot to put that up, and something tells me that the landlord would not like be mounting that in the wall!

Well, here they are: 

Ordered them from MooseJaw on Friday. 

PS, those people at MooseJaw are super handy and friendly. A great company with loads of character! Not a big box store with bland faces.

Have a great day.

I will let you know how these things work when they get in!

-J