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49 minutes ago, Andy-Roo said:

That’s incredible mate, my old back is aching just looking at the graft you’ve put into that. Bloody good work 💪

Thanks mate 👍. I've done loads of wall building in the garden over the years. It's hard work not gonna lie. 

I've been doing bits at a time. 

It's worth it though. Some really technical lines to setup and practice on. 

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42 minutes ago, Stormbringer said:

Excellent mate and this must be costing a fortune in cement :good:

Thanks mate 👍. You can make the cement go further by using small stones to fill most of the gaps. 

And I get good rated from the local builder merchants.

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That looks amazing, puts my mainly made out of wood back garden course to shame :good:

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A few more update pictures. 

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It's been tricky getting some of the stones in, I've had to do it over a few days gradually. It's created a good few more lines. 

I'll get some more pictures and videos. 

Still need to get more done. 

The weather is horrible today but hopefully I'll get a chance to get a go soon. 

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Looks incredible mate!  In my imagination there’s a small stream running down the hill, like a bad ass water feature to crawl up. Mind you, the way the weather has been lately it’s probably like that any way! 😆

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32 minutes ago, Gaz! said:

That looks great mate!!

 

how high would you say it is?? Looks a fair old height in the pics.

I was wondering how tall it is last night. 

So out of curiosity I've just been out with the big tape measure and it's roughly 3.2 metres or 10.5 ft, for now. I plan on adding a bit more above. So potentially over 4 metres. 

I added a few sorta link sections for the mini crawlers last night. 

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@Stormbringer I was just up the top trying to get a video of the tarantula. 

The video isn't great. It's hard when you're basically hanging off a cliff face. 

Really good fun. Good challenging course. 

The kangaroo got up fairly easy. The tarantula struggled on the very top bit. 

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You’re gonna need a mountain goat and an oxygen mask to reach that summit! 😂

That must take a bit of effort to build at such a steep angle. 

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Missed a word out because of beer.
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Done a bit more to the crawler. 

This time a few sections for the Trx4s / trail rigs. 

I've used some waffle boards from my offroading days to build a ramp up and a bridge. 

Not sure if this is going to be permanent, I may end up building a wooden bridge. 

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And some fencing so it's a bit safer on the shed roof. 

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