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		<title>A Shoe Built For Setters</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/08/28/a-shoe-built-for-setters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Five Ten Dâ€™aescent is a great hybrid, combining the performance of a climbing shoe with the comfort of an approach shoe. It was originally designed by Charles Cole as an extremely lightweight mountaineering shoe, but it works just as well if not better as a setting shoe.]]></description>
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		<title>Bring the Impactor &#8211; A review</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/06/25/bring-the-impactor-a-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2008/06/25/bring-the-impactor-a-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bosch Impactor is the newest generation of impact drivers that are starting to revolutionize routesetting. And I wanted one. So recently before heading off to Vail for the Teva Games World Cup I picked up the Impactor at the local hardware store for just under $200. What better way to test a new tool than six days of knarly setting and re-setting in all conditions?]]></description>
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		<title>Wish List 2007 &#8211; Hardware</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/12/19/wish-list-2007-hardware/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/12/19/wish-list-2007-hardware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are only a few more days left in the so-called â€œshopping seasonâ€ to get that special someone the perfect gift.  Routesetter.com has come up with these five last minute (sort of) tools that will put a smile on any setters face.
Bosch Impactor â€“ At my house during Christmas, tools are the number one [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wish List 2007: Setting Shoes</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/12/06/wish-list-2007-setting-shoes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/12/06/wish-list-2007-setting-shoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the gift giving and taking season is in full swing, we here at Routesetter.com thought weâ€™d start several wish lists of things we setters must have!
So letâ€™s start at the bottom; the bottom of our legs that is.  Setters are notorious for running their gear into the ground and shoes are no exception.
A [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dropping Acid &#8211;  Muriatic &amp; Hold Cleaning</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/09/06/dropping-acid-muriatic-hold-cleaning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/09/06/dropping-acid-muriatic-hold-cleaning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Aaron Gibson,
 MS, Environmental
Toxicology/Epidemiology
Muriatic acid is a commonly used chemical to lower pH in swimming pools, etch concrete, and clean masonry surfaces. In the routesetting world it is better known to us as a way to clean climbing holds. The advantages of muriatic acid are that it is relatively inexpensive and very effective. It [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jump Start Your Summer</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/06/05/jump-start-your-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/06/05/jump-start-your-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jump starts are an amazingly simple way to put a little pizzazz into your bouldering sectors. Even if you donâ€™t have highball worthy walls its still possible to add a jump start and get a quality problem.
Here are a few of the more popular and spectacular of the Jumps.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Paradise Found &#8211; Harness recommendations</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/05/31/paradise-found-harness-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/05/31/paradise-found-harness-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 23:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most route setters there is one piece of equipment that will always hold a special place in hell: The harness. ArnÃ©s del infierno!
To avoid enduring long hours with inadequate gear, here are a few suggestions for a more comfy time in the saddle. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turn up the Volume!</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/03/16/turn-up-the-volume/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/03/16/turn-up-the-volume/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
After several years even the best climbing gym, with the best route setters becomes a little boring.  Setting hundreds and perhaps thousands of routes on walls that you climb and set everyday gets a bit old.  After awhile its hard to come up with new and interesting ways to suprise your climbers.
And with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The impact of the Impact &#8211; A review</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/01/31/the-impact-of-the-impact-a-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/01/31/the-impact-of-the-impact-a-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How long does it take you to strip a 40 ft route? With a T-wrench, an hour perhaps, or maybe you use a standard cordless chuck drill and youÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve gotten it down to 30min? What if I told you that you could strip a 40 ft route in 15min? Would you believe me?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tap dat</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/01/04/tap-dat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2007/01/04/tap-dat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How-to]]></category>
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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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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Better than a monkey wrench</title>
		<link>http://www.routesetter.com/2006/12/21/better-than-a-monkey-wrench/</link>
		<comments>http://www.routesetter.com/2006/12/21/better-than-a-monkey-wrench/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being the time of year for conpicuous consumtion, I thought IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d do a quick review of the latest and greatest in setting hand tools.  If youÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re not using a cordless impact drill, then you should be looking at the newest generation of ratchets.  As Louie Anderson puts it in The Art of Coursetting, ratchets are Ã¢â‚¬Å“the best choice for volume coursesetting [and] are fast becoming the tool of choice with most settersÃ¢â‚¬Â.  Indeed Louie, but they are not just for prolific setters anymore, these ratchets allow for quicker, more efficient, less dropping potential, and less injury than the old school T or L-wrenches.  HereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s the low down.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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