A New Season of Pros
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Are you looking to move your setting career to the next level? Are you tired of being just a gym setter and long to be at the top of game as a National level setter?
Well, USA Climbing is looking for interns to fill a spot on the ABS 10 Youth National Championships setting crew at the Spot Gym in Boulder, Colorado and the first ever intern position at the SCS Adult Open National Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mike Helt (Chief Setter for the ABS 10 Youth National Championships) has one intern position available for, as Helt puts it, “A highly motivated, professionally minded, and capable route setter.”
Long and late hours are the norm for this comp and if you’re going to apply, you better be ready to suffer for it. But if history is any indicator, every USA Climbing intern since the inception of the program has gone to greater setting glory in future National Championships and pro-comps around the country.
USA Climbing also announces the ABS 10 Youth National Championships route setting crew.
Assistants
Lance Hadfield
Kyle Mrohs
Jeremy Hardin
Apprentice
Luke Bertelsen
SCS Open
And on the roped side of things, Chief Setter, Kevin Branford is leading the charge against some of the counties strongest lead climbers at this year’s Sport Climbing Series Open National Championships.
Previously known as Adult Nationals, the SCS Open is an adult (over 16) only comp and last year featured Sharma, Kinder, Graham, Harrington and bevy of super sick climbers.
Held at the Momentum Climbing Gym during the Winter Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City, the comp is the only showcase for America’s top sport climbers would like to compete at an elite – level event.
This is the first year that the intern position will be available at the SCS Open and represents another great opportunity for setters to get their foot in the national door.Assisting Branford will be long time national setter, Molly Beard. This duo has successfully set for over 25 combined national events.
If you want to work either of these events and along side these heavy hitters than go to usacsetting.net to apply. Do it quick, the application needs to be returned by October 10, 2008.
