Building A Climbing Wall - Day 2

After making such strides yesterday, it almost seemed a little anti-climactic to only get a few more supports in place today.  But, I suppose that's to be expected when you only have so much building material on hand.

You can see here that two more cross beams have been installed.  I still have enough to finish level two and get half of level three done, but I need hardware.  Looks like a trip to my local hardware store is in my future.

The girls are excited and have made use of what exists to climb already.  When it is all done, there will be four levels - each two feet above the one below it.  That will leave about two feet of 4x4 sticking up at the top onto which I will attach a safety railing.  Then, one-by-one each side can be constructed and connected.  They will vary in length so their angles will be different, thus their difficulty to climb.  I'm shopping for hand holds and finding they can be quite pricey.  Their quality varies, as well.  My initial research shows an amazing number of people who dedicate a basement or garage wall (and sometimes ceiling!) to climbing.  Fun times ahead!