If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you might have learned that we love to go rock climbing. It’s a “hobby” we picked up about a year and a half ago and we haven’t really had all that much time to do it since we got a dog in April 2006 and now of course with the farm. But one of the things we found perfect about the barn is one of the rooms which has 12-15 meter ceilings. This makes it pretty much perfect for us to construct our own climbing hall which means that even during the yucky times of the year here in the Frankfurt area (which is a big portion of the year) we can still go climbing whenever we want.
This is a former big stall which we haven’t cleaned out all that much yet. We’ve removed the first layer of cobwebs and dirt but we still have a lot of stuff to throw away from in here. We think we’ll eventually use it as a sort of locker room area where we can store our climbing gear.
This is where the climbing room will be. When we bought the place, this is what it looked like. There are two different Singer sewing machines, two huge buffets and a sideboard. They are really beautiful pieces of furniture but we haven’t quite figured out where we’re going to put them yet. There were also lots of pieces of scrap wood and other random pieces of furniture that we don’t seem to have the rest of the pieces to.
This area may eventually become a bouldering room but we’re not too sure of the logistics yet so we’ll see. There’s a bunch of bed frames and old mattresses up there at the moment which we haven’t gotten around to cleaning out yet.
Here’s what it looked like after we’d given it a good vacuuming and cleaning out. There was about an inch-thick layer of dust and dirt on the floor and we didn’t even realize there was a brick floor until we started removing the dirt.
And then we pulled the old kitchen out of the house (where the office is now) and needed someplace to store it until we figure out what we’re going to do with it. This area seemed like the best place to stash it away for now since we won’t be able to start on the climbing room project for quite a while.
One thing we have learned in the meantime is that we can actually make our own climbing holds. This website gives you all the instructions you need so we’re thinking we’ll have to give it a try since they are quite expensive.
