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Aideer Climbing - Olle Hjort

Aideer Climbing is a one-man show, crafted by Olle Hjort in Stockholm Sweden. Olle makes soft good for aid climbing, big walls and some industrial use.

• Aider Climbing website.

• Preferred way to connect and order is through Instagram, @aideerclimbing

Olle was kind enough to send me a pair of his aid ladders for review, and they are beautiful! Sturdy in all the right places, lightweight in the other places, and literally half the weight of my older workhorse ones.

(If you’re lucky, or ask nicely, he might even sew a cool Swedish flag on for you.)

Currently, Aideer offers the following products:

• aid ladders (let’s not call them “etriers” - French for “stirrup” - anymore, okay?)

• Russian aiders (VERY cool and hard to find!)

• big wall gear sling

• “Collector of Dropped Objects” (CODI), a sort of large hanging basket designed to be strung below people who work at heights so they don't drop stuff

A few of his schweeeeeet aid ladders, ready for shipping.

If you're ready for battle on your next steep, scary big wall, you might want a pair of Russian aiders. They are very different than the standard ladders shown above, and Olle is one of the few people who makes them.

More for industrial use, here is the CODI (Collector Of Dropped Objects). If you're doing industrial type work where you don't want to drop anything, hanging this below your job site could be a fine idea.