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		<title>Mammut Championships Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/08/19/mammut-championships-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/08/19/mammut-championships-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Photos courtesy of Boulderingcomps.com
America&#8217;s only non-sanctioned pro-comp took place August 8th &#038; 9th during the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City.
This comp, dubbed the Mammut Bouldering Championships, brought top climbers to the top of the Shilo Inn parking garage for an old time street fight over $10,000 in prize money.
After a stiff and messy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Alps Classic &#8211; Serre Chevalier</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/08/07/french-alps-classic-serre-chevalier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/08/07/french-alps-classic-serre-chevalier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French classic in Serre Chevalier ranks among the best events in the world for pro climbers to go toe-to-toe with top global climbers.

This years edition held July 25th &#038; 26th was no different. Three of the best male competition climbers, Ramon Julian Puigblanque, a clean shaven Patxi Usobiaga and Tomas Mrazek, battled it out in the French Alps for a chance to stand on the hollowed podiums of Serre Chevalier.]]></description>
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		<title>Get Psycheder!</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/07/28/get-psycheder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/07/28/get-psycheder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the dog days of summer it can be a drag to go into your sweltering gym and set routes for hours. I'm sure most of us would rather be outside swimming with girls than schlepping plastic around.

Sure setters in general are a psyched bunch of people. But even the best of us will succumb to the creative-draining power of summer. So Routesetter.com has complied a few videos to help you get psyched... no psycheder.]]></description>
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		<title>US Youth Nationals &#8211; Going Big For the Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/07/16/us-youth-nationals-going-big-for-the-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/07/16/us-youth-nationals-going-big-for-the-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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Photos by: Bob Lockhart and Mike Helt

Silicon Valley may seem like a strange place to find the Americas best youth climbers, but this weekend in Sunnyvale California thatâ€™s where 450 ridiculously strong kids flocked to for USA Climbingâ€™s 2008 SCS Youth National Championships.
No other comp on the planet is bigger than the US Youth Nationals [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Montaubon Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/07/08/montaubon-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/07/08/montaubon-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 6th stage of the Bouldering World Cup usually looks favorably upon the host country. But the French just canâ€™t catch a break this year.

At the Montaubon edition of the Bouldering World Cup this weekend the French and just about everybody else was destroyed by the Rusians and one sick strong Japanese girl.]]></description>
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		<title>Kid Crushes World Cup &#8211; Ramon &amp; Jorg Miss Clips &#8211; Eiter Can&#8217;t Tell Time &#8211; World Record Set!</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/07/03/kid-crushes-world-cup-ramon-jorg-miss-clips-eiter-cant-tell-time-world-record-set/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/07/03/kid-crushes-world-cup-ramon-jorg-miss-clips-eiter-cant-tell-time-world-record-set/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend on the mountain plateau of Qinghai, China the 2008 Lead World Cup kicked off in spectacular and surprising style.

It was an event that could be a harbinger of the season ahead. 16-year-old Austrian Johanna Ernst, in her first adult lead comp, toped every route from quals to the finish jug of the finals; besting the experience of Natalija Gros and the skill of Angela Eiter.]]></description>
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		<title>Vail World Cup Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/06/10/vail-world-cup-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/06/10/vail-world-cup-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question: When is a boulder problem not just a boulder problem? 

Answer: When the very exestince of the said boulder problem changes the way millions of people look at climbing competitions. 

The recent bouldering World Cup that took place in Vail Colorado during the Teva Mountain Games did just that when it shook the American comp scene to its foundation.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Crushers &#8211; Tour De Bloc Championship</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/05/26/canadian-crushers-tour-de-bloc-championship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/05/26/canadian-crushers-tour-de-bloc-championship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 07:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tour de Block Chief Setter Jody Miall gives us the day by day break down of what it was like to set for the Canadian National championships.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sneak Peak: Vail World Cup</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/05/19/sneak-peak-vail-world-cup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/05/19/sneak-peak-vail-world-cup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 07:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first ever America bouldering World Cup, being held during the Teva Games in Vail, Coloradao is only seventeen days away. 

So to get you psyched, here is a sneak peak at the walls, holds and setters that will make this comp the hottest event of the year. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Austrians Take Season Opener</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/04/23/austrians-take-season-opener/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/04/23/austrians-take-season-opener/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the rustic and ancient village of Hall, in the Austrian Tyrol, sits the Salzlager warehouse. This impressive building, once used to store salt mined from the near by hills, is held up by twelve massive salt pillars.

But this past weekend it was the Worlds best boulderers and 1000 spectators that raised the roof at the season opener of the IFSC bouldering World Cup.]]></description>
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		<title>Turnin&#8217; The Lights On, Gravity Brawl 08</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/04/07/turnin-the-lights-on-gravity-brawl-08/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/04/07/turnin-the-lights-on-gravity-brawl-08/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 tour of the Mammut Bouldering Championships kicked off last weekend at the New Jersey Rock Gym with the opening event, the Gravity Brawl.

Usually a comp is deemed a success by routesetters if every problem gets sent and there are no ties. But routesetting is not just about screwing holds to the wall. It's about putting on a show for the spectators and setting challenging problems that have the climber going home not thinking they have wasted time and money.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>UP, Up &amp; Away! Skymasters</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/03/27/up-up-away-skymasters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/03/27/up-up-away-skymasters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 14 &#038; 15 British comp climbers were treated to one of the most spectacular climbing structures ever built. Oh, and there was also a comp.

The first ever Ford Skymasters Challenge was touted as a â€œGladiator-style climbing competitionâ€ and open to any takers. Even though that silly tag-line might have turned off a lot of serious international competitors the comp still saw many of the British national team stepping up to the monster.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>ABS Nationals &#8211; Who&#8217;s Going To Vail</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/02/19/abs-nationals-whos-going-to-vail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/02/19/abs-nationals-whos-going-to-vail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend the Spot bouldering gym in conjunction with USA Climbing put on one of the best bouldering comps in recent history.

This event was the proving ground for who will be chosen to represent the USA at the upcoming Vail Teva Games World Cup.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
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		<title>SCS Adult Nats &#8211; Setters Report</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/01/31/scs-adult-nats-setters-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/01/31/scs-adult-nats-setters-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Photos By: Chris Noble
The 2008 Sport Climbing Series Adult national was held this past weekend at the Momentum Climbing Gym in Salt Lake City, Utah.
This comp decides who will be wearing a US jersey in World Cups throughout Europe and Asia.  Only the top three climbers, male &#038; female, from this event will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Setting is Local</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/01/17/all-setting-is-local/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/01/17/all-setting-is-local/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This coming weekend hundreds of kids will descend on 10 gyms around the U.S. for Season 9 American Bouldering Series (ABS) Youth Regionals.
The comps are where young dreams are born and where they die.  The ABS regionals are for young powerhouses to prove themselves worthy of an invitation to ABS Nationals in Boulder, Colorado.
But [...]]]></description>
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