How the World's Most Difficult Bouldering Problems Get Made

Re:How the World's Most Difficult Bouldering Problems Get Made by nathancahill on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @05:36PM (#10342588)

I've climbed on well set routes and poorly set routes. At higher grades, good setting makes all the difference between an enjoyable, hard challenge and something I never want to try again.

I like the recent trend at most gyms to let members rate routes on a 5-star scale. You start to recognize good setters and climb their routes first. I wouldn't call it "setter worship", but good setting is something I can appreciate.

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Re:How the World's Most Difficult Bouldering Problems Get Made by dmurdoch on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @07:12PM (#10343089)

I really like the rating idea, any idea if people just rate the setters they like really well? I go to a smallish gym and all the regulars know all the setters so this probably wouldn't work for us.

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Re:How the World's Most Difficult Bouldering Problems Get Made by nathancahill on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @10:56PM (#10343962)

I live in Boulder, so there's no such thing as a small climbing gym here. As far as I can tell, people rate the routes. IMHO, the ratings end up being really accurate, one gym (Movement) even uses three significant digits.

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