Adventures in Routesetting

Setting the roof climb is always the crux of the competition routesetting extravaganza for me. It's 90 feet of holds then another 20 feet of horizontal terrain. So by the time you reach the end of aiding out the roof and placing that final jug at the end, your legs hurt, your back hurts, your arms hurt...and you're still a little bit scared that something, not sure what, but something, might give way you you'll come crashing down. It's a nice feeling to come down with that route finished. We've moved from the the purple room, through the overhang area, through the pink room, now through the blue room and into the green and outside routes. We're not quite to the home stretch but we are definitely rounding the bend. I've taken on a number of the 5.12 to 5.13 range routes this year and while it's fun to play around with setting at that difficulty level, setting those routes is not nearly as much fun as setting in the 5.10 to 5.11 range. Obviously it'

It's not an uncommon occurrence while working on some project that James will morph into another character, one from some posh hoity-toity country club on a hill where everyone dines on caviar, sails yachts, and is waited upon by lowly servants. "I say, Winfired, the waves are really up today, perhaps we should retire to the lounge and enjoy some libations." It's a cue for me to respond... "Quite agreed, Branson. I will radio Rupert to have wine and caviar prepared for our arrival." So credit goes to James who gave us the idea for our upcoming Rocktown competition theme: an event where everyone dresses, behaves and pokes-fun-at the pretension of high society. In essence, a fictional country club style with people in white collars and raised eyebrows. I ran with the idea and created a logo for the event: Climbing Competition 2013 The act of preparing for a climbing competition is one I'm quite familiar with. I started organizing climbing c