The last of the t-nuts came in the end of last week. Yesterday, I borrowed a skill saw from Vance (the person we rent from). With Erin’s help we got all the t-nuts hammered in. WE built a frame for the other side wall. Since we bought studs instead of regular 2×4’s we had a little lip of the plywood hanging over the edge. The skill saw made quick work of that.
We finished up the second side wall, and started to assemble the whole thing. Erin was kind enough to keep me in good supply of screws, and help move all the heavy and clumsy walls around.
After we had the back wall screwed into the side walls, it was starting to take shape. We found out that the screws we used to screw the plywood into the studs for support were sticking out the back just a little bit. So when we would walk by we occasionally were scratched by them. It wasn’t long before I was fixing that issue.
After we got that taken care of we went to work on the roof. It went up pretty quickly. We were able to secure it into place which added even more stability to the whole structure. Then it was on to the back slant. We only used one sheet of plywood for the vertical part of the back wall. From there we slanted the rest of the back wall to meet up with the one sheet we used for the roof. It was a bit of a struggle, but Erin and I finally finished up construction.
It was then time to add the holds. By this time it was around 10:30 P.M. It had been a long day working in that little room. Erin jumped right into bolting on the holds.
After we finished putting on the holds that Erin got me last year for my birthday, it was time for a little climbing. Man has it been a long time. I can’t believe how out of shape I am, and how great of a work out this is going to be. I am really excited to be able to climb this year. The district is having its fall in-service here this week, and we have friends coming into town from Savoonga that are bringing their climbing shoes, so it’ll be fun to play a little match game, or set some routs.
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Erin on October 23rd, 2006
What a beautiful wall! You must’ve worked very hard on it! Please continue to post regularly so I can read all about your life! 🙂 Love you!