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Outdoor pursuits · OP-23
Climbing Wall Hold Reset and T-Nut Record
A free printable climbing wall reset record: each panel stripped, holds washed or retired, t-nuts that stripped or spin by grid reference, and routes set.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Track the wall panel by panel, so a spinning t-nut stays on the list until it is fixed. The routes table shows what each panel holds and how long it has been up.
Who it is for
Head setters, route setters and wall managers at climbing and bouldering walls.
How to use it
- Number the panels and give the t-nuts grid references on a wall plan, and write where the plan is kept.
- Add a line each time a panel or section is stripped, with the holds taken off, washed and retired.
- Write every t-nut found stripped, spinning or missing on page two, by panel and grid reference.
- Keep the t-nut line open until the repair is done and checked.
- List the routes set, with colour, grade as tagged, setter and dates.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Every strip and reset of a panel on one line, with the holds washed or retired, then each t-nut found stripped, spinning or missing, by grid reference, until it is repaired. Page two also keeps the routes set.
Panel numbers and grid references. Give every panel a number and every t-nut a grid reference (a column letter and a row number) and mark them on a wall plan, so a fault found today can be found again. No torque or bolt figures are printed: tighten holds and fit replacement t-nuts the way the wall builder and the hold maker say.
Write-on lines: Wall or centre · Head setter · Wall plan kept at
Strips and resets — one line per panel or section, each time it is stripped
Also printed: Holds
Table, 12 rows: Date · Panel · Setter · Off · Washed · Retired · T-nuts · Bolts · Routes · Stuck holds, surface · Reopened
Page 2
T-nuts and wall fabric — a line per fault, kept open until it is repaired
Table, 12 rows: Found · Panel · Grid ref · Fault · Found by · Repair · Repaired · By · Checked
Routes set — so the next strip knows what is coming down, and when it went up
Table, 7 rows: Panel · Hold colour · Grade · Setter · Set on · Stripped on · Climbers' comments
Questions
Why is there no torque figure for hold bolts?
Holds and walls differ, and the right tightness comes from the hold maker and the wall builder. Over-tightening cracks holds and strips t-nuts, so follow their instructions rather than a number on a printed sheet.
What counts as a grid reference?
Whatever your wall plan uses, as long as it is the same every time. A column letter and a row number within each panel is the usual way, marked on a drawing kept at the desk or in the setting room.
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