Re:How the World's Most Difficult Bouldering Problems Get Ma...
by Fricken on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:39AM
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Are you familiar with Teknik Holds? A guy I've known from around the gym most of my life founded the company. I'm getting back into climbing after a long hiatus, and I ran into him a few weeks ago. Later on I looked up his company and apparently there are a lot of competition routesetters out there who swear by his holds, and that the style of holds he shaped were quite influential. I'm not sure if I got the right impression or not.
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Re:How the World's Most Difficult Bouldering Problems Get Ma...
by pierrec on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:52AM
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Totally! Teknik is one of the most popular makers out there. A while back I set a steep problem with only holds from their "geomatics" series, they're great to work with. (PS I'm out for tonight)
Re:How the World's Most Difficult Bouldering Problems Get Ma...
by Fricken on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:59AM
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Awesome, that's great to hear. I remember when he brought his first batch out to the local gym in the late 90s, and those holds exploited all kinds of weaknesses I didn't know I had. They were totally different from any plastic I had climbed on before, and now the gyms are dominated by holds like what he was making. I was never sure if he was following a trend, or setting it.