Philosophy

Photo: Matt Johnson

The purpose of this setting blog is to unite us, The Base5 Setting Crew, and you, The Base5 Climbers to offer a further understanding of what goes on behind the scenes. New 10b feels a little hard? Can’t quite nail the crux on your project? or is your brain stumped by the new “Competition” problems? Don’t know what happened to the tape? These weekly posts will  offer some insight as to what is going on behind the scenes, why we are making changes to the program, and how we are continually trying to push the route-setting at Base5

There is lots of motivation in how we do things, below are a few of our big goals for the setting program!

1. To provide something new for every climber, every week. Whether it is your second time visiting us, or you are a seasoned competition climber, we have something fresh for you every week. We do this by offering a 9 week turnaround on our routes, and a 5 week turnaround on our problems.

2. To create learning experiences. We don’t want our climbers to just get stronger, we also want them to get better. At Base5 we aim to offer a wide range of climbing styles, including many routes with technical, sequence dependent, and out of the box moves so that you become a smarter climber.

3. To offer the climbers at Base5 an industry leading, constantly evolving, setting program. We constantly have our finger on the pulse, and aim to help lead the way through the constant changes that climbing gyms and route-setting are going through. We are regularly re-evaluating what we are doing, we respond to climber feedback and are pushing to offer the most current, forward thinking setting program we can.