Route setters usually try to test different aspects of the climbers’ abilities ... any further progress a climber may make on the route. On a lead climbing wall, there are at least 40 holds present, ...

For the latter, many have turned to 3D printers to create more rock-like climbing grips but plastic doesn’t tend to behave the same as rock unless you do what [Giles Barton-Owen] did and ...

Climbing on plastic and rock are very different. Styles of moves and texture of holds are the biggest difference. Outside you can grab onto holds that would be impossible to use inside (due to the ...