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 Our Hold Sales and Kilter Board expert who also manages special projects and partnerships. Kiel created the annual Kilter Board Festival and contributed significantly to development and layout of the original Kilter Board and the new Home Board. He has been climbing for over 20 years, is a guide in Hueco, and has traveled all over the world to climb and do social projects. He also comes with Grimwig, who is the tiniest employee and manages the mailman, dropped snacks, and sunny spots.Email: holds@kiltergrips.com

I’m originally from Ann Arbor, MI, and now live in Salt Lake City, UT, with my fiancée, Lexi, and our Goldendoodle, Lola. As a climber of 20 years, I was thrilled to start working with Kilter/Setter Closet, a climber-run business, at the start of 2026. With a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, my main focus is anything website-related. My climbing background was shaped in the Midwest, with humid summers spent running laps in the Madness Cave and weekend project missions to the Red River Gorge. Although I spent much of my time pursuing competitions, including competing internationally and representing the...

Originally from Detroit, Michigan, where he was a passionate sprinter and football player into high school and college. Brendan found his passion for climbing in 2021 while working as a therapist and switched to routesetting early in his climbing career and immediately started setting for competitions across the country. Brendan has a deep care for climbing access and has used his setting experiences to bring climbing to new communities in Detroit before moving to Colorado as our Studio Head Setter and Marketing Manager.  In his free time Brendan enjoys playing in volleyball across the country, doing freelance photography work, and...

International/Canada - Kaleb is a sought after competition setter and for the past 10 years has been one of the most active traveling setters in North America. His high energy approach has helped elevate events around the world including IFSC World Cups, Nationals, International Pro Events, and Continental Championships. Kaleb is currently based out of at Bloc Shop, one of North America's most respected climbing facilities known for it's high level routesetting. He has lived all across Canada and worked at many well known facilities where he gained knowledge and experience as his career has progressed. Kaleb has been working with...

Cinematographer Hendrik Pot is a longtime climber who grew up in (and still coaches) gymnastics and is now pursuing his passions of photography and videography in Boulder, CO. He's spends time at Kilter and UP  filming setting videos with Brendan and documenting some of our special projects.