Patent ID: 8668626

Claim:
A method of generating a customized route on a rock climbing wall, with a wireless handhold for rock climbing of the type having, a) a body having a rear generally flat side portion and an integrated front and surrounding peripheral side portions wherein an upper peripheral portion is adapted to be grasped and support weight, said body having an interior cavity, b) an elongate cylindrical hole extending through the body sized to closely receive a screw to attach the body to a constructed wall, c) a circuit positioned, generally positioned within the interior cavity, containing a microprocessor, a pressure sensor having a portion thereof attached to the constructed wall to detect force on the handhold created by a user, a light emission device, a transmission antenna for wireless communication with a remote computer, and d) a power source; so that in conjunction with the remote computer the circuit can be activated, the light emission device can be lit, and information generated in the handhold can be stored for recall at a later time; wherein the remote computer is initialized by entering handhold locations on the wall, after all handholds are mounted in fixed locations on the wall, comprising the following steps: a) inputting a complete list of identification numbers assigned to each handhold on the wall to the remote computer; b) using a camera to provide a first image of the entire wall having all of the handholds mounted thereon; c) cycling the computer through the list of identification numbers, i) first sending a lightup command to an identification number on the list, ii) then if acknowledgment is received, capturing a lit handhold image for that identification number, and then, iii) comparing the image of the lit handhold image with the first image to thereby associate a location with that identification number; d) providing that if no lit image is received that this will be reported and the computer will then continue to the next identification number; so that a table of all handholds, identified by their identification number, and including their locations on the wall is thereby created for subsequent use when creating a route.