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The Sheffield Shield
July 15, 2013, 01:56:59 pm


At 15m high, 11.2m wide and with 10 lines of bolts the 'Shield Wall' is simple but strangely seductive!

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#1 Re: The Sheffield Shield
July 15, 2013, 02:22:00 pm
Looks more like 14 metres to me. Is there another row of boards to go on?

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#2 Re: The Sheffield Shield
July 15, 2013, 02:37:45 pm
Well spotted, 14.25m high, average route length 15m.

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#3 Re: The Sheffield Shield
July 15, 2013, 05:02:05 pm
Well spotted, 14.25m high, average route length 15m.

And it looks like 12.2m wide  ;)

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#4 Re: The Sheffield Shield
July 15, 2013, 06:54:40 pm
For a second I thought this was going to be a thread about an Australian domestic cricket competition...thankfully not.

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#5 Re: The Sheffield Shield
July 15, 2013, 08:46:27 pm
That's exactly what I thought. Think the last test has ruined my brain.

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#6 Re: The Sheffield Shield
July 15, 2013, 09:15:49 pm
Well spotted, 14.25m high, average route length 15m.

And it looks like 12.2m wide  ;)

Nothing like a bit of false advertising to get peoples attention :tease:

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#7 The Sheffield Shield
July 15, 2013, 10:24:36 pm
Sounds like a new type of contraceptive to me..

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#8 Re: The Sheffield Shield
July 15, 2013, 10:25:12 pm
Is the back wall overhanging or vertical ?

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#9 Re: The Sheffield Shield
July 16, 2013, 08:12:53 am
Is the back wall overhanging or vertical ?

Vertical.

 

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