Most expensive VS cheapest boulder in the climbing gym

Extreme Slab Climbing
21 Video Views·Nov 1, 2024

Does the price and quality of climbing holds really matters when it comes to great route-setting?

We teamed up with route-setter George Lonsdale at @theclimbinghangaruk to find out.

George (head setter at TCH Matchworks and Liverpool Sandhills) was given a $50 dollar budget to set a bouldering problem and a $5000 dollar budget to set a bouldering problem. Both had to be bangers, but commercially viable and both problems are still up in the climbing gym for you to try. Will the $50 or the $5000 boulder problem win?

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00:00 Introduction to George, Head Route Setter at The Climbing Hangar
02:34 Setting the Most Expensive Boulder
05:32 Setting the Cheap Boulder
11:23 Tweaking the Cheap Boulder
11:54 Testing the Boulders
17:13 Trying to climb the most expensive boulder


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