ROUTESETTING
Fabi
Being into commercial and competition routesetting for almost 20 years, Fabi is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable setters in Germany. His way of working combines professionalism with a never ending passion for climbing and creation that is contagious to everyone on the team.
His vast experience and broad understanding of movement shows in his boulders and routes that feel just right once you unlock the sequence. He is driven by the itch to find new moves and concepts ever since.
Besides being a commercial head setter for 10 years, Fabi also holds a competition setting license for bouldering and a national licence for lead.
As an advocate of education and professionalization, he enjoys to share his knowledge with other teams and setters in workshops.
Lowie
Problem creator and movement technician for as long as he remembers. His passion for climbing is the driving motor behind his varied history as a routesetter over the last 16 years.
He started setting in commercial climbing gyms, but quickly got into competition setting as well. Lowie holds an IFSC routesetting license. He has been setting both international boulder and lead competitions, gaining a pretty vast experience throughout the years. Specializing in one of the disciplines was never in question, he simply loves it all.
His style can be described as complex and technical, always tricky and sometimes powerful. He has a strong preference for movement based challenges rather than feeding the climbers strictly physical defeats. From beginner to professional athlete, Lowie will create the appropriate boulders or routes.
Helena
After a head start into routesetting with leading the team in a young gym more than 5 years ago, Helena quickly discovered her love for competition setting. She has been setting all kinds of events over the last years, from community competitions to finals for professional athletes and national team trainings.
Helena has a special affection for tricky movement problems that are dominated by delicate body positions and risky moves. Being a powerful climber herself, she also enjoys to set physical test pieces that don't lack complexity.
While she likes to bring some decent competition style into her commercial setting, she is determined to create appealing and exciting boulders for every level.
Igor
Intrigued by movements since the beginning of his routesetting experience. Igor started his journey with a more old school style to progress and developed a versatile toolbox of movements inspired by the forest of Fontainebleau.
He has been active in commercial setting for well over a decade now, with a big focus on competitions for the last 8 years. Which led him to set everything from open competitions to various national championships.
Next to his explosive and coordinative setting-style he‘s well known for his allround interesting boulders and his general love for routesetting, while always striving to perfect his skills.
Having years of experience in boulder and lead-competitions as an athlete himself, as well as being a skilled outdoor boulderer, Linus is a powerful technician on the wall.
His outstanding intuition for movement is reflected in his boulders wich offer innovative and interesting concepts to climbers of all levels.
Additionally to commercial work he has also collected experience setting community comps and is a highly valued team member for his passion and strong testing abilities.