Workload: How many boulders do YOU set each day?

What is a normal setting volume?

If you go to 10 different gyms, you might get 10 different answers. Between variations in wall heights, hold sizes and route density, the workload associated with setting a single boulder can be hard to pin down, and then there’s forerunning and quality expectations to consider. Is there a right answer?

This month we’re talking numbers with Ward Byrum. Defining your gym’s routesetting workload is critical for developing your program, affecting everything from rotation and density to how many hands you need on the crew.

Setters Only! is a series of free online discussions led by Foxman McCarthy-James and Justin Wright from Vortex Routesetting, with relevant guests from across the industry. The panel-discussion-style sessions include time for interactive Q&As with attendees.