Some guy on tumblr reblogged one of my previous buildering photos and called it a wall run. This month’s teaser is an attempt to educate the world. If it’s ok with you guys, I’ll just carry on drip feeding these here. 🙂

I think the first ascent was Bobby’s from about a year or two ago. (I couldn’t do it in trainers which was a little frustrating, especially as most time Bobby and I are quite well matched. Might be something to do with having a slightly softer sole than Bobby.) I think Bobby is happy to call it “This is not a wall run” and it probably gets soft V2.

More to come.

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  2. ardarvin Reply

    Nice pic. How many times you hear a parkour guy say “I’d rather just run and jump up it”, or something along those lines when climbing? Even amongst climbers I find myself educating people on the merits of static vs. dynamic.

  3. Kiell Reply

    Thanks guys.

    Yes, traceurs, you can just wall run it. But you can also walk up the steps just to the right. 😀

    Big fan of static climbing. Sometimes too much. Rubbish at dynos but enjoy throwing myself at them.

    I sometimes set problems at the climbing wall which involve a wall run into two really shitty holds. Great fun watching all the climbers struggle with the dynamics and then the parkour guys struggle to grab onto the slopers. 😀

  4. ardarvin Reply

    “I sometimes set problems at the climbing wall which involve a wall run into two really shitty holds. Great fun watching all the climbers struggle with the dynamics and then the parkour guys struggle to grab onto the slopers.”

    God. That’s brilliant. That would really breathe some life into our stuffy gym environment. (Cliffhanger: I’m pointing at you.) My guess is they wouldn’t go for it due to “safety reasons”.

  5. Xhaustin Reply

    we have something like that setup right now hah, wall run to a giant sloper. So much fun. Its on slab too so its up pretty high. Another thing that gets that parkour feel is a dyno that requires a second step, such as stepping up onto the starting hold to get that extra distance. Most climbers can’t do it but it definitely has that parkour feeling that adds a little fun to the route/problem.

  6. kiranmark42 Reply

    I bumped into your post. I don’t usually post in blogs but your blog forced me to. Awesome work! Thank you for sharing!

    [edit: spam link removed. gratitude kept.]

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