b'WatchthevideoWhen Franois Savigny created the first artificial climbing hold in the 1980s, he probably didnt expect to revolutionise the sport to such an extent. A keen climber, this young engineer was a regular visitor to the forest of Fon-Franois Savigny the MacGyver of holdstainebleau. And although a few climbing walls already existed at the time, such as the one at Leeds University and a couple in France, there were not many of them in the Paris region and, above all, you couldnt reset the routes because the holds were permanently fixed.It was precisely to solve this problem that the founder of ENTRE-PRISES came up with the idea of creating the first removable hold, enabling walls to have routes that could change. After a great deal of trial and error and the use of a variety of materials that were impossible to mass produce (wood, stone, chamotte clay, Sikadur, etc.), he came up with the perfect formula for the time: resin concrete. In other words, polyester with silica filler calculating the perfect grading curve for maximum robustness. The first hexagons were born! And in 1984, they were already in the Au Vieux Campeur catalogue, Frances top outdoor vendor."My granddaughter is 18 - that certainly ages me a bit! But when she showed her friends that her grandfather had invented climbing holds, and that it was even on Wikipedia. I have to admit, that was a truly special moment!"Franois Savigny, founder of ENTRE-PRISES1212 13'