Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share #118 Ward Byrum — Setting Climbs For Tens of Thousands of Climbers, What Makes A Climb Good, Indoor vs Outdoor Grades, and What A ‘Testpiece’ is at Movement Gyms
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
#118 Ward Byrum — Setting Climbs For Tens of Thousands of Climbers, What Makes A Climb Good, Indoor vs Outdoor Grades, and What A ‘Testpiece’ is at Movement Gyms
Ward Byrum is the Director of Routesetting for all Movement gyms in the East Region. Yes, that Movement. The biggest climbing gym chain in America and probably the world. That means that Ward and his team decide what the climbing will be like for thousands of climbers. Scratch that, ten’s of thousands of climbers. It might even be hundreds of thousands of climbers or even millions! But hey, who’s counting? The climbs his team puts up will likely be their first experience of climbing and quite possibly the only climbing they ever do.
Tune in and hear what the principles are behind one of the biggest route setting programs to ever have been created. And hear about it directly from Ward, who has been behind the scenes during the incredible evolution of indoor climbing and setting these past few decades.
SHOW NOTES:
- Ward’s Instagram
- Movement Gyms
- ReTex Holds
Support us on Patreon: HERE
Visit our podcast page: HERE
Follow us on Instagram: HERE
View all episodes
By Testpiece
4.5
6767 ratings
Ward Byrum is the Director of Routesetting for all Movement gyms in the East Region. Yes, that Movement. The biggest climbing gym chain in America and probably the world. That means that Ward and his team decide what the climbing will be like for thousands of climbers. Scratch that, ten’s of thousands of climbers. It might even be hundreds of thousands of climbers or even millions! But hey, who’s counting? The climbs his team puts up will likely be their first experience of climbing and quite possibly the only climbing they ever do.
Tune in and hear what the principles are behind one of the biggest route setting programs to ever have been created. And hear about it directly from Ward, who has been behind the scenes during the incredible evolution of indoor climbing and setting these past few decades.
SHOW NOTES:
- Ward’s Instagram
- Movement Gyms
- ReTex Holds
Support us on Patreon: HERE
Visit our podcast page: HERE
Follow us on Instagram: HERE
More shows like The Testpiece Podcast
View all
The Enormocast: the climbing podcast
1,430 Listeners
The TrainingBeta Podcast: A Climbing Training Podcast
370 Listeners
Eric Hörst's Training For Climbing Podcast
249 Listeners
The Power Company Climbing Podcast
426 Listeners
the Sharp End Podcast
1,032 Listeners
The RunOut Podcast
343 Listeners
Uphill Athlete Podcast
174 Listeners
Lattice Training Podcast
38 Listeners
Climbing Gold
837 Listeners
The Struggle Climbing Show
176 Listeners
The Careless Talk Climbing Podcast
62 Listeners
Circle Up!
56 Listeners
That's Not Real Climbing
14 Listeners
Written in Stone: Climbing History
94 Listeners
Inner Fire Climbing Podcast
7 Listeners