Mmmm...More Progress

So last wednesday we put up the last truss after work. Dillion help out...AGAIN! Along with Kris' old climbing buds Pat and Pat....Patton Fast & Pat Keeley...











Wew...that was easy...now for the hard part....squaring it off!








It took us a long time to figure out that one of the diagonal beams was on the opposite side its the vertical beam from the other two...our measurements weren't working out...Why were we over 4" too wide between the beams, but still 24 feet wide total? Daaa! But then Pat noticed the diagonal beam's orientation, and it all made sense...and all measured up...and level....Thank God! And thanks to the Pat's, who did all the brain work!







Kris started welding some of the steel support beams in, but we're still waiting for the concrete to get poured. Slow going...but we're getting there!

New Rock in Town

So there might not be a lot of great climbing in the Twin Cities yet! But SOON! Behold...the progress!



At first the neighbors thought we were trying to dispose of bodies....

















But they were wrong...





























We weren't trying to kill Dillion and Neil....well, not anymore....they were a HUGE help to us this weekend!
































Now that doesn't look quite right.....
















Ah, yes! Now that's starting to look like something you can climb on!













When we were done all we could do was sit and stare at its HUGENESS! And that's only HALF of it! One more frame to go and it will 24 feet wide, 12.5 feet tall and angled at 50 degrees! If you're coming to the wedding next month it'll be waiting for you! So bring your shoes and chalk!