route setting
setting schedule
Fresh Sets!
Our route setting team works hard to keep things fresh by setting new routes 4 days per-week, every week!
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Monday: Rope Setting
Tuesday: Rope Setting
Wednesday: Maintenance
Thursday: Boulder Setting
Friday: Boulder Setting
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The R.I.C Scale
All of the routes at HiClimb are set using the Risk, Intisity, and Complexity (R.I.C) Scale. This system provides setters with a higher level of understanding across all the climbs in the gym by improving the quality of climbs and creating a diverse climbing environment.
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The Team
Our route setting team consists of between 4 to 6 full-time and part-time setters. All of our setters have been professionally trained and have years of commercial experience from gyms across the globe (from New York City to Japan).
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The Community
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BOULDERING
Hybrid Circuit System
HiClimb's hybrid circuit grading system categorizes each bouldering problem into a range of 3 possible V-grades. We believe this system exposes you, the climber, to a broader range of climbing styles and difficulties without the subjectivity that is often experienced with single V-grade routesetting. This broad approach encourages growth as a climber in and out of the gym.
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In the Gym
All of HiClimb's routes are monochromatic, meaning, each route uses the same color holds to ensure each route is easily distinguishable from other routes. However, a routes hold color does not always correlate to the routes difficulty. We use colored identification tags and matching colored tape to identify the routes difficulty, start and finish holds. If a route does not have an indicated finish hold, then the finish is the hand rail at the top of the wall.
Routes
Yosemite Decimal System
HiClimb's Yosemite Decimal System (YSD) follows the traditional YSD but with a small modification at the levels of 5.10 to 5.13. Instead of the traditional 'A, B, C, and D' difficulty subdivisions we use a '+ or -' indicator to denote an increase or decrease of the base difficulty. For example a 5.10+ is not quite a 5.11 but is harder than a 5.10.
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In the Gym
Our roped routes (top rope and lead) begin at 5.6 (easiest) and increase in difficulty to 5.13+ (hardests). Like our boulder routes, all of HiClimb's routes are monochromatic, meaning, each route uses the same color holds to ensure each route is easily distinguishable from other routes.
route setters
andre hoyos
Route Setting Manager
rob Ueno
Lead Route Setter
Semaj thomas
Route Setter
sara griffith
Lead Route Setter
Jack mcnamara
Head Coach & Route Setter
deanne kennedy
Route Setter
reed wynn
Route Setter
Have questions or feedback for our setters?
Please email our Route Setting Manager, Andre Hoyos. Andre@HawaiiClimb.com