12/03/2025
🦋 SETTER SPOTLIGHT 🦋
Today we’re featuring ! Read about her journey into routesetting below.
Where do you currently set or have set at? “Südbloc, Bouldergarten, South Rock and other climbing and bouldering gyms around Berlin.”
How and when did you get into setting?
“I started working at Südbloc in 2016 to do birthdays and kids classes, but then quickly got into routesetting for bouldering when I dropped out of my bachelor’s degree and had some time to kill and I loved it so much that I stopped doing anything else at the gym and now am a self employed routesetter. Then just this past year I got into setting climbing routes when a former colleague and regular at südbloc asked me to set at the climbing gym he took over.”
Do you have any favorite holds?
“I loooove the flathold damage control series, especially the slopery holds. I really like setting with slopers in general at the moment because I feel like it’s easier to force specific movement with them.”
What types of routes/problems do you like to set?
“Sketchy feet and a lot of body tension and hooks are things I set a lot and really enjoy climbing as well. At the moment I’m also really enjoying setting coordinative boulders.”
What advice or guidance do you have to other marginalized and underrepresented folx who want to learn to set?
“Be persistent in asking to set at your local gyms; although this can be really difficult to do at the beginning, it’s key! At my home gym, from what I’ve heard there are quite a few men asking to set at any given time) and if you’re lucky enough to live in a place that already has some women/q***r/non-white folx in setting then try and connect with them. That has really helped me in my setting journey!”
What climbing-related accounts do you love and recommend people follow?
“ are all absolute crushers and for anyone in Germany.”
Is there anything else you would like us to know?
“I really love this page and I hope it inspires many women and q***r folx to get into routesetting because we really, desperately need more diverse setting teams and women setting in comps!”
