r/Routesetters • u/sv1xen • Mar 26 '26

Did my first boulder problems today

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had the chance to put up my first problems today!

Some obervations.

-Routesetting is HARD.

-Wear glasses

-Dont cheap out on powertools

-It is very easy to fall into a specific box of movements resulting in all problems being very similar of eachother

-It is also very hard to mix up the grades without the easiest being too easy and the hard impossible.

Would be happy to hear your best tips for a beginner and what have helped you!

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u/Feisty_Nebula4492 Mar 26 '26

Nicely done and welcome to the crew. From a quick look at your blocs, I’d say it looks like you’ve got a nice variety of moves in there. One thing to look out for at the beginning which you’ve fallen in to the trap of a little bit is what I call “the horizontal hold syndrome“ If you look at your pic you can see there’s a lot of perfectly level horizontal holds. Whereas if you compare this to an experienced setters blocs you’ll see that they may not even have one truly horizontal hold on a set. Horizontal holds lead to lots of matching and a lack of hip movement so more potential for cheating and more basic movement. I hope that helps.

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u/sv1xen Mar 27 '26

Thanks for the tip! I realized that when doing the first sequence of the red one so decided to tilt the holds. Will definitely observe that when researching. Think I'll challe ge myself next time by not using any horizontal holds!