This article was first published in issue #17 of Urban Climber magazine.

It is reprinted here with permission from CS Danielson.

By: CS Danielson

As Routesetters we are always trying to imagine and then manifest variations of specific movement that create interesting and enjoyable climbing for the people who engage our routes. At our most inspiring moments, we deliver intriguing new lines that get people doing moves from one hold to another in some relatively fresh way that looks and climbs more excitingly than the average route.

Sometimes our routes are climbed by hundreds of people in a matter of hours in competition, and if we’re lucky, seen by hundreds or thousands more spectators at an event or in a video. But a much greater percentage of our work is climbed more often by far less people – our own climbing cliques and small communities – at our commercial home gyms, bouldering hangouts, or recreational and fitness walls on which people are often being introduced to climbing for the first time.

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