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		<title>Sequencing The Spectacle</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/09/08/sequencing-the-spectacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dictionaries define spectacular as: â€œdramatic;â€ â€œimpressive;â€ â€œsensational in appearance or thrilling in effect.â€]]></description>
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		<title>Into The Mind of a Setter</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/05/12/into-the-mind-of-a-setter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Chris Danielson

For me, routesetting is most fun and most rewarding when it becomes an intellectual challenge - when actualizing an interesting creative goal demands analytic problem-solving.]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Wall Improvement: Volumes</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/04/21/diy-wall-improvement-volumes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been setting on your wall for years? Have you set every possible hold combination and sequence? Is the most interesting part of your day coming up with the name of the route you just set?

Then maybe it's time to do something about it! ]]></description>
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		<title>The One and Only Dope-Show</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/03/20/the-one-and-only-dope-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The readers of Routesetter.com spoke in chorus that they wanted how-to videos. Videos that showed other routesetters how to be better setters. So we created the Dope-Show of Knowledge Video Contest.

This was a way for Routesetter.com to get some useful information out to the public in a cool way.]]></description>
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		<title>Dope-Show of Knowledge Video Contest!</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/01/28/dope-show-of-knowledge-video-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/01/28/dope-show-of-knowledge-video-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Announcing the first ever So Ill / Routesetter.com Dope-Show of Knowledge Video Contest!
The people have been screaming for videos that show exactly what to do with a wrench in your hand.  When the people speak, we listen.
So weâ€™ve created a contest where you create how-to videos and the readers vote for the best.
The theme [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ask Mr. Routesetter &#8211; Recycling</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/01/21/ask-mr-routesetter-recycling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Mr. Routesetter
I work at a rock wall and as usual there are broken holds. Itâ€™s an almost unavoidable part of the job, but my fellow setters and me have saved the holds.
Now here is my question. Do you know of anywhere where we could send them or take them and have them recycled?  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Game, And How To Play It</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/11/08/the-game-and-how-to-play-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Bradley
Route Setters are not machines.  As much as our managers would like to think so, we cannot manufacture quality routes everyday without fail.  We&#8217;re creative, inspired and needy craftsmen.
Some days we&#8217;re inspired just by the way the sun rose that day or more directly by an ancient sequence from a long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolt-Holes Be Dammed</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/11/05/bolt-holes-be-dammed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As setters we love holds.  We love what we can do with them and how they make us look creative when weâ€™re really not. We browse through grip makersâ€™ websites for hours.  Staring, perhaps drooling, pawing at the screen wishing we could feel the uniqueness of their texture.  Our affinity for grips [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Secret of The Singles</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/10/15/the-secret-of-the-singles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/10/15/the-secret-of-the-singles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You want to set mega classics with the big dogs at national and international events? You want to be one of those burly men and women with ham-sized forearms lounging around comps with a collected confidence.
Well Routesetter.com will give you the secret that nobody else will tell you. With this knowledge you will get more groupies than a boy band at a sweet sixteen party.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Theme of the Day is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/09/27/the-theme-of-the-day-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/09/27/the-theme-of-the-day-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Jackie Hueftle
Like most sources of inspiration, occasionally the setting muse will take a vacation. When this happens the unfortunate setter is usually left struggling to set anything better than a meat and potatoes mini-jug ladder, if he or she can manage to tighten a sequence at all before throwing down the wrenches in frustration.
When [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Round and Round Again &#8211; Circuits</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/08/20/round-and-round-again-circuits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/08/20/round-and-round-again-circuits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the newest trends to hit British climbing walls is the advent of setting specific bouldering circuits.  Bouldering circuits were first seen in the forests of Fontainebleau but are now popping up like mushrooms all over English indoor climbing walls.
One of the first gyms to put circuits in practice was the Climbing Works [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lose the Fear &#8211; Ladder Safety</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/07/12/lose-the-fear-ladder-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/07/12/lose-the-fear-ladder-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many setters have a very real fear of ladders that hampers their ability to efficiently do their job. This is mainly due to a lack of education and training when it comes to using ladders.

If fear is keeping you in the harness, here are some tips to help get you get back on the ladder again.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Beauty of the Bump</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/07/09/beauty-of-the-bump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/07/09/beauty-of-the-bump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Louie Anderson
Perhaps nothing is as boring on indoor climbs as a left-right, left-right, left-right hand sequence from the beginning of a climb until its end.  There are a number of ways to mix things up, such as: crossovers, matches, dynos, etc., but perhaps the most seldom used is the bump.  Bumping is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stop the Spin Cycle</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/05/07/stop-the-spin-cycle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/05/07/stop-the-spin-cycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 07:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spinning holds are such a headache for setters that many refuse to use or buy grips that look like they were made to spin.  These holds have made setters throughout the years wonder if manufactures are actually setting with their own holds.
But all is not lost. We can still use the skinnyâ€™s by utilizing one of the fast and easy anti-spin techniques listed below.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tap dat</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/01/04/tap-dat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many a quiet winter day I&#8217;ve been standing on a ladder enjoying the exceptional creativity that was emerging beneath my twirling wrench, when all of a sudden I would hear a cacophony of never-before-heard-of curse words, ladder punching, and a sound not unlike a man drowning in a ten gallon bucket of bricks.
I would know [...]]]></description>
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