ptownclimber Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Injuries and boredom have conspired to motivate me to finally build the dry tooling garage. Looking for recommendations on holds to use for dry tooling training... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pac man Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I haven't tried them yet, but these look pretty cool for an extra addition to normal climbing holds: Ice Holdz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidk Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 beater plastic holds or wood. Wood offers better grip for the picks and is cheap to replace, and you can easily sculpt your own holds with simple hand tools. Just use a washer and don't tighten too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSky Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I've used Ice Holdz and they are pretty fun, but way too pricey for my taste. Using a few as part of your dry tooling wall would be pretty handy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbb Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I would make your own. Plastic and wood holds are too soft and quickly feel like "jugs" even when they provide very little surface area for hooking (wood especially). Home made holds are harder and standup to prolonged drytooling better than commercial ones. Plus, you can easily design any type of hook placement. Most commercial holds are aimed towards fingers, not picks, and thus provide too much surface area (I'm talking about training for slightly overhanging DTing, not the way horizonal stuff). The ice holdz look like a neat product, but they are aiming to replicate ice, not rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketparrotlet Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I haven't tried them yet, but these look pretty cool for an extra addition to normal climbing holds: Ice Holdz Do you think it's good for business to use the words "hardness" and "penetration" in the same sentence? ...anyway, does anybody know a place where I can practice indoor drytooling/indoor "ice" (foam) climbing besides the Mountaineers Clubhouse and Stone Gardens? -Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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