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Portable Finger Board

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 sjm 17 Dec 2014
Looking to make a wee portable finger board for warming up on when bouldering outside.
Has anyone made one before and got any advice on what they thought worked best?
Also if anybody has any photos of their portable finger board to give me a few idea, that would be great.
Thanks
 Howardw1968 17 Dec 2014
In reply to sjm:

What would you attach it to?

I have a trip master thing and I think their are alternative exercises
 PPP 17 Dec 2014
In reply to sjm:

http://crusherholds.co.uk/fingerboards/crusher-orb-fingerboard

I've got a pair of them. They are nice and rather cheap - I am not sure if it would be worth doing one yourself.
 Cake 18 Dec 2014
In reply to Howardw1968:

A tree branch, presumably
 kenr 18 Dec 2014
In reply to PPP:
> ... [hanging crusher holds] ... I've got a pair of them.

Thanks -- this idea of non-rigldly hanging holds (and other climbing things) seems very useful. I've got some indoor contexts where portability helps.

Metolius for many years has made a vaguely similar hanging holds http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/rock_rings.html
... out of resin instead of wood.
The three pocket holds on the Metolius are deeper (but I suppose I could partly fill them with shims to make them smaller to emphasize more fingertip grip). And the three pockets are of unequal length: 4-finger, 3-finger, 2-finger (which I have no use for -- I'd prefer they all be 4-finger length). The top is nicely shaped for the palm of the hand -- to do pull-ups for arm-focused training.

Perhaps not as good for just static finger hanging as the CrusherHolds design, but more versatile for other training/warmup moves
http://www.metoliusclimbing.com/training_giude_rock_ring.html

and I can think of other uses.

Ken
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