00:00This set up, people all around the world have the same set up and there's an app which you
00:09can change the climbs and there's thousands of climbs to choose from.
00:12I got a bit hooked on that and decided I'd like one at home.
00:16So I just decided to build one.
00:19This is my climbing room out the back of our shed in the backyard in Canberra.
00:23Pretty much the same as building a deck or a big stud wall, I guess, and then a couple
00:29of hinges and some chains to hold it up.
00:32And I needed a roof over it, so I thought, oh well, might as well put some walls on.
00:37And then they became spots for holds and then there was a roof, so I thought I might as
00:42well stick some holds on the roof.
00:44This is like not a bad workout for sort of steeper climbing, it gets you fit anyway.
00:51My wife comes out and says hello, that's about it.
00:55My daughter will swing around on the rings and hang out with me with the dogs, but they're
00:59not really that into it.
01:01And what was people's reactions when they come, if they haven't seen this before, if
01:04they come over and see this?
01:05Oh, they probably think it's pretty outrageous.
01:08They think, my climbing friends certainly think it's pretty cool.
01:15I got into climbing mainly because my daughters got into climbing, so I had the choice of
01:20sitting down and watching or getting involved myself, so I guess I decided it'd be more
01:25fun to actually have a go myself.
01:27I think some people would describe it as playing chess on the wall, getting the right movements,
01:33getting the right position.
01:35So it's not just strength, and often the people that are the best climbers aren't the strongest,
01:40they're the ones with the best technique, the best technical expertise.
01:44When you're climbing, when you're bouldering, you can't really focus on anything else.
01:48You can't think about anything other than the climb.
01:50It's just really relaxing, it's a really good start to the day, I've got a pretty high-stress
01:55job and it just gets me very relaxed and set for the day.
01:59I started, well I'm 61 now, so I guess I started when I was in my 50s.
02:04I've told my children if I, when I start getting dementia, I'm just going to go out climbing
02:08without ropes.
02:09I love it, I'll do it till the day I die.
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