Enhancing
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Pyramide recommends to use gymnastic crash mats
(20 to 30 cm = 1') to :
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- offer a crash surface during the climbing sessions
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- conceal access to the wall outside normal climbing
hours (the mats are then folded vertically against the climbing
surface and secured with straps) and to protect the people participating
in other sports from banging into the wall features in multipurpose
sport halls
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Climbing walls with no belay points (boulders)
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Pyramide recommends to use landing mats (40 cm
= 16") and to make sure to have matting surface at least 4
meters (13') in front of the most overhanging wall portion
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Pyramide recommends making a 30 cm (1') deep
crash recess filled with uniformly sized gravel (10/15mm = 3/8")
up to 3 m (10') in front of the largest overhang of the wall.
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Pyramide is presently a member of the standards
committee for crash surfaces for climbing walls. There is no existing
standard to date.
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Pyramide 's recommendation |
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When using separate mats, they must be linked
together to offer a continuous crash area and it is important that
each mat has its own built-in straps to be used separately when
needed.
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Gravel area |
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Crash mats |
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