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		<title>Summer Outdoor Retailer &#8211; The Show</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/08/12/summer-outdoor-retailer-the-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/08/12/summer-outdoor-retailer-the-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, gear heads it&#8217;s that time of year again.  Time to see what&#8217;s hot and what&#8217;s not in the outdoor gear world.  I&#8217;m talking of course about North America&#8217;s geargasmic gathering of industry makers and shakers, the Summer Outdoor Retailers Show.
Held every year in the Salt Palace in beautiful downtown Salt Lake City, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spreading Canadian Friction</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/02/11/spreading-canadian-friction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/02/11/spreading-canadian-friction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Friction Holds has been around since 1999, few setters below the 49th parallel have heard of them. Nevertheless this Toronto based company, run by Luigi Montilla, is one of the top grip makers of the world.
Itâ€™s hard to stand out these days in the glutted climbing hold market.  But if hold companies do [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wish List 2007 â€“ Grips</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/12/13/wish-list-2007-%e2%80%93-grips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/12/13/wish-list-2007-%e2%80%93-grips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[China has destroyed the reputation of plastic this year; with all the toy recalls itâ€™s hard to know what is safe to give your loved ones.

So Routesetter.com has come up with these eight grips that are some of the freshest, hottest and safest fashion accessories for climbing walls this holiday season.
Contact Hex Crimp â€“ This [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rockpods &#8211; The Good, The Bad, The Ugly</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/12/10/rockpods-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/12/10/rockpods-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is one company making holds today that has a monomania about texture &#038; feel. The Pennsylvania based company Synrock cares not about aesthetics, cares not about being the â€œhottestâ€ brand on the market, and most of all cares not about plastic (they have almost a vengeful hatred of the stuff in all its forms). Synrock founder Jim Bowers cares only about how a hold feels to the climber.

Read a review of the Synrock Rockpods.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Sleeping Giant &#8211; Climb It Holds</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/09/17/the-sleeping-giant-climb-it-holds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/09/17/the-sleeping-giant-climb-it-holds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category>

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Itâ€™s a bit remarkable that a hold company that has been around for 17 years is still unknown by most setters outside of the company&#8217;s home state.
Itâ€™s also remarkable that a hold company has made it through 17 years of fads, trends and the fickle whims of hold buyers to come out on the other [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>OR Show &#8211; Celebrities, Hype and Money</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/08/12/or-show-celebrities-hype-and-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/08/12/or-show-celebrities-hype-and-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The countryâ€™s biggest collection of outdoor gear manufactures gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah for the annual Outdoor Retailer Show this weekend (Aug 9th â€“ 12th).
The OR show is a whirl-wind of gear, celebrities, hype and money.  But so little of those fine qualities are directed at the indoor climbing industry, and even less [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Underdog &#8211; Rock Candy Review</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/07/30/the-underdog-rock-candy-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/07/30/the-underdog-rock-candy-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iâ€™m a sucker for an underdog.  In any situation Iâ€™ll always root for the guy whoâ€™s fighting the system, fighting the man.
Websterâ€™s dictionary defines an underdog as 1: A loser or predicted loser in a struggle or contest, 2: A victim of injustice or persecution.
Rock Candy Holds is no loser and as far as [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Picnic At The Neon Crag &#8211; Project Holds Review</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/05/14/pinic-at-the-neon-crag-project-holds-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/05/14/pinic-at-the-neon-crag-project-holds-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 07:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a reviewer of climbing holds one must be impervious to hype. A reviewer must not be swayed by hyperbole or company propaganda. That said it was very hard to ignore the long diatribe of hype that the Project Holds (pH) crew wrote to me in anticipation of this hold review.  

But don't despair, Iâ€™m a professional and have learned to overcome the influence of sticky logos. So hereâ€™s an unbiased review of some grips Project Holds sent us to test.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Project &#8211; In Their Own Words</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/05/11/project-in-their-own-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/05/11/project-in-their-own-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 15:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project Holds sent us this profile of their shapers and a look at their unique philosophy.  Stay tuned for a review of their grips by the setters of Routesetter.com.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Making Contact in the American Desert</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/04/09/making-contact-in-the-american-desert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/04/09/making-contact-in-the-american-desert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like many climbers Luke Bertelsen and Dale Zinkowski wanted to make their own holds for their home woodie. But unlike many of the people who think they can create and distribute professional quality holds, Contact Climbing actually made it to market.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Land of the Giants &#8211; A review</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/02/10/land-of-the-giants-a-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/02/10/land-of-the-giants-a-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today you can go into almost any climbing gym and find yourself in a land not unlike Brobdingnag; a land of giants. These giant holds are a part of the very culture of indoor climbing. It would be hard to imagine a gym opening up now without a cache of extra large holds in the setting closet.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>So Ill declares: There are no rules!</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2006/12/28/so-ill-declares-there-are-no-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2006/12/28/so-ill-declares-there-are-no-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[    Ã¢â‚¬Å“There are no rules here, this is plastic. The rock influences us to some degree, but we are not trying to recreate it.Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬Å“These climbing holdsÃ¢â‚¬Â¦[are] expanding the realm in which we playÃ¢â‚¬Â.

These audacious quotes come from the website of So Ill hand holds. While controversial, this ideology represents a new way of thinking in the modern gym culture.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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