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History from the Escape website:
Escape Climbing founder, Ryan Angelo, fell in love with climbing during college. He built his first home woodie in his parents barn in Wisconsin (lead routes and all), but he didn’t have much of a budget for holds. What he DID have was an art degree and time to experiment. He sold his first holds as Escape Climbing in 2006. After years of making holds in his spare time while working managing setting crews at Vertical Endeavors in Saint Paul, MN, he and business partner Richard took the leap into running Escape Climbing full time in 2012. Thanks to the supportive climbing community in the midwest, Escape Climbing continued to grow, and in 2017 we purchased the legendary hold designs of The Detroit Climbing Company and Project Holds. Ryan and Richard also forged a new partnership with the stellar Canadian climbing company Friction Climbing, to bring their manufacturing to the USA. In 2018 Escape Climbing acquired Kingdom Climbing and Working Class Climbing to further expand our hold offerings. We continue to push the design and technologies of our shapes, building capabilities and expanding our offerings to support the business needs of gyms and to inspire and challenge routesetters and climbers everywhere. |
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Escape mfg hold mark
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Escape stickers
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Escape banner
- Presently behind a grid wall at the Phoenix Rock Gym - I won this banner in a raffle at the Jacks Canyon Jack-O-Lantern comp. 
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