About Us
Crux Forged
Made by climbers for climbers and based in Lexington, KY - very near to the sport climbing Mecca that is The Red River Gorge. Aaron and Jake are both engineers while Jake also makes custom high end hardwood furniture (@topwood_designs). Over the years he would occasionally make climbing holds for himself and others from the offcuts of wood. When his pile of offcuts grew too large to ignore Jake did not have it in his heart to burn the gorgeous hardwoods and reached out to his long-time friend, and the person who taught him to climb, Aaron to help him with the business side of things. Thereby Crux Forged was born.
The "Businessman"
Aaron
Aaron is a husband, father, engineer, climbing coach and climber of 15 years. He primarily runs the e-shops and social media side of things.
Master Craftsman
Jake
Jake is a husband, father, engineer, climbing coach and climber of 9 years. He is the man behind the creation of the holds.