Climbing Curated

Jack Busato is an Italian born setter who's worked his way up through the industry in various positions and who now works proudly as an in-house setter and jack-of-all-trades for prolific climbing hold company 360!  Listen in to hear his story and insights from a diverse career in the industry!

We chat about Ryan's time in Sydney, the differences between Australia and France when it comes to setting. I get advice on opening a new gym and much much more!

IFSC Veteran Jan Zbranek talks early beginnings, career turning points, progression in the sport, Olympic setting & more!

Jeremy Ho is a USA setting veteran with almost 2 decades in the industry! We chat about all things route setting!

Ty Clements head setter of Skywood climbing in Sydney discusses all things routesetting!

Off the back of a recent clinic series run at Urban Climb in Melbourne, I chat with Tonde who co-hosted the clinic and Lee who attended as one of Australia's high performance climbing coaches. We chat about the comp scene here in Australia, the neccesary actions for our Australian athltetes to make more regular appearances on the world cup stage, the value of outdoor climbing for athletes and much...

I interview Polish IFSC and Olympic route setter Olga Niemiec about her recent setting job at the Parid 2024 games & more!

I interview Canadian setter and ex youth athlete Mika Hosoi. We chat Olympics, shorty beta, regional differences and setting icks.  Want to get Mika to come set at your gym? Hit her up! @mika_hosoi

In this episode, we flipped the script and Niklas played host as he puts Jack Masel in the hot seat.  We talk about his climbing origins, his introduction to route setting, current motivations and more!

Palmer is the head coach for Momentum Gym's climbing team and spends much of his time route setting for the specific needs of the athletes he coaches.  He has a unique perspective on setting as not only someone who sets but as someone who coaches AND who also competes himself. Tune in to hear his thoughts!

Viral deadpoint video Great follow up interview with Victor! Motif Instagram   Motif Website - Coming Soon

I'd highly recommend jumping over to Youtube and Checking out the Magnus video of him trying the comp boulders to give some context to what we're talking about in parts of this video!

Genya and I chat about her start into routesetting and the evolution of her role at Urban Climb in QLD. We discuss the pros and cons of social media, alterntive sources of motivation, riding the waves of psych, hiring and training new setters and much much more!

I chat with Canadian setter Kaleb Thomas. Kaleb has worked at multiple gyms across Canada, spanning an almost two decade career as a route setter. In his current role as 'Director of Setting' at Blocshop in Montreal he talks about the challenges and satisfaction that come with training new setters and managing teams across multiple venues. Kaleb is undoubtedly one of the hardest working and most p...

A follow up chat with @yossiclimbs about the launch of his hold brand OLIO with friend and business partner Cory Cook (@coryupsidedown). We also talked international travel & setting, comps, money and ideas for the future!

I chatted with the UK's Jake Mason! Maybe most well known for his regular features in the popular youtube channel Bouldering Bobat, Jake is also a staple of the London setting scene. In the last couple of years, he's taken on a role as head setter at Hang, one of London's newest bouldering walls where he's taken on the challenge of 'making climbing fun again'. Hear about that and much much more!

Peter is a veteran routesetter with a unique background compared to many of our previous guests. Listen in to hear his thoughts on safety, the professionisation of our industry, whether AI will ever take over our jobs and much more!

The second half of my interview with Japanse setter Mei Nagasako. We chat about aesthetics in setting, IFSC commentary, Japanese setting culture, the climbing scene in Tokyo and branding your climbing business!

I chat with US route setting veteran Louie Anderson about his life in the climbing industry! We cover the history of US route setting, hold shaping, gym ownership, Louie's involvement in the setter showcase and much much more!

Mei and I chat about Japanse climbing and setting culture, the comp scene, setting internationally and much much more. Looking forward to the second part of our chat already!

I chat to Emma Twyford, the first British woman to climb 9a, who also happens to be a route setter! I picked her brain about finding the balance between pursuing optimal athletic permformance and a career as a setter, what it's like being a female in a male dominated industry, past and future travels & lots more! The big bang

Urban Climbs 'head of climbing' Dan Gordon and I discuss his vision for the future of our industry and how he's going about doing his bit through the work he's doing at Urban. We chatted about creating a desireable work place through providing real career opportunities and creating culture, about international recruitment and much much more.

Dan Gordon, the director of climbing at Urban Climb has been involved in the Australian gym scene since before the boulder gym boom of the last decade. Listening to his account of the transformation and the state of the national and global gym scene was really interesting and insightful. We covered a huge range of topics and am excited for part 2 of this conversation coming soon!

Fred and I chatted about how Blocshop came to be, the vision behind the brand and his 5 star system for creating consistently high quality boulders with his team! Follow Fred and his gym here @fredblocshop @blocshop

Make sure to check out Joseph's Kilter Grips Setter Sessions video on Youtube. You can follow him on Instagram @Wetzel_Joseph and check out the element gyms @element.muenchen @element.kassal and @element.essen or see his holds @bluepillclimbing