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Compare gyms in Melbourne to Europe 30-Jan-2008 At 8:12:57 PM AlanD

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On 30/01/2008 Stuey wrote:
>On 30/01/2008 hangdog wrote:
>
>Not the case in Sydney as there are a number of excellent setters who
>work pretty well full time.
>
>Really? I don't think anyone here makes a living route-setting exclusively,
>unless they don't mind living on the poverty line. Most setters I know
>have another primary source of income.

The principle route setter at Climbfit pretty much a full time staff member who also works in the gym as a private instructor and fitness instructor in the gymnasium. Climbfit resets about 15 metres of their main walls each week, so most walls are reset every 5-6 weeks. In addition the 2.5 metre section of their bouldering wall, effectively the complete bouldering wall is reset every 5 weeks. When the routes are reset, all the holds are washed.