End of an Era II.

My previous "End of an Era" post was about when I sold my surfboard in anticipation of moving to a place I would be snowboarding. Well, that did not happen and I have ended up surfing like twice in the past 5 months or so. All my old skill is totally shot.
I went from this:
to this:

Another era has now come to an end, the era of the home rock climbing wall. The cool climbing wall C. G. and I built in my garage in 2006 has been largely ignored for over a year so I put it on Craigslist. (anything in my house that doesn't get used in a year gets tossed out. Except for books, movies and music. anything else is fair game for CL or the trash can.)

Finished product in 2006:

My empty walls now. They need some serious attention in filling nail holes, patching demo damage and other construction wear and tear:


Using a big nail puller with extreme prejudice almost always results in a wound: