Rock Climbing thingy Continued...

Just went to Hard Rock, to get an opinion from the staff there, since I figured we should have a solid design before we ask for a wall at a rock climbing site.

So the main problem we have is that the belayer won't be able to use a remote and manage the ropes at the same time, which means we either have to find a replacement for the remote, or add a third person.

as for whether it seems fun or worth doing in the first place, the staff seemed relatively interested in the idea, but also said another difficulty is that leaving the route managing to someone on the ground will make it hard for the climber, as their perception is different, and the difference in climbing techniques could result in having the route be too difficult or obscure.

as for the darkness, they said there didn't seem to be any extra health and safety issues surrounding it, that they can make it fairly dark, and the only problem is the belayer being able to see (which is negated by the night vision goggles)

so to fix the remote problem:

* add a third member to the group to operate the routes

* OR have the pathways change according the the abilities of the climber

example 1 : if the climber takes a long time to reach a certain point, have the routes change to an easier pathway
likewise if the climber reaches a certain point very quickly, have the a portion of the lights diminished to increase difficulty

example 2 : have buttons across the wall, that the climber has to press before more of the path is revealed. that way they have to traverse a large part of wall horizontally, to find the button, which will activate the rest of the wall, in order to continued on.