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• Business Unit Director-Climbing Sales at Black Diamond

Daniel French is founder and Executive Director of Composite-X – the World’s largest climbing holds producer.

Currently the VP of Retail and Brand working with both the Marketing and Retail departments for Earth Treks | Planet Granite.

Frank Blaeser is owner and CEO of Kletterfabrik Cologne. He has been a climber for about 35 years.

Peter is a seasoned routesetter with almost 20 years of experience in the field. He has established himself as a specialist in commercial routesetting and is well-known for his expertise in safety procedures.

Tonde Katiyo is an international route setter and an international personality in general. Born in Paris, he moved to Zimbabwe where he started climbing at the age of 12.

Alexander has been at the helm of Urban Climb, one of Australia’s largest indoor climbing companies for the last 10 years, in that time he has been a part of the exciting growth witnessed in the climbing industry.

Joe is the owner of Hoosier Heights Indianapolis, Hoosier Heights Bloomington, Climb NuLu, and Climb Cincy. Joe’s experience as both a sole owner and partner in small, mid, and large sized markets has given him insight into the successes and challenges facing the climbing industry going forward.

Routesetting for twenty years, Ward is currently the Director of Routesetting for Earth Treks Climbing & Fitness.  He oversees all routesetting operations at their five soon to be seven locations.