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ax
Sep 12, 2004, 7:02 PM
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Hey all you route setters... just wondering, how much do you get paid for setting routes? per route, per hour, per move?
What about your qualifications, experience, certifications?
I'm a route setter at my local gym and have been setting for quite a few years. I've been to a few setting clinics. I'm certified by USA Climbing to set for national comps.
At my local gym qualified route setters get paid per route. Avg. of about $35 per route depending on the grade (but each route has to be dialed in and then approved for quality)
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daphna
Sep 13, 2004, 1:21 AM
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At the gym I go to I heard they get paid $20 a route and believe it or not that was a recent raise!
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ax
Sep 13, 2004, 10:06 PM
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...Or even if you get free membership or gear discounts for routes you set at a gym. Lemme know...
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cgailey
Sep 13, 2004, 10:18 PM
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I work at a small gym one night a week where I get $8.50 an hour and discounts on all sorts of gear (5.10, red chili, metolius, etc). My job entails setting routes, but that is not all that I do.
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dangermonkey
Sep 17, 2004, 3:55 AM
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What state do you live in?
Does hourly pay you more, or per route? I guess that is the question as I bounce between gyms. I have worked at gyms that pay by route $25 - $50 depending on the height and angle of the wall panel. But also at gyms that pay by the hour ($8.00). Where is the incentive? If you can set fast and quality, per route.
I can appreaciate a gym that appreciates the setters. It is a tough job any way you look at it.
Late,
CF
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taino
Sep 17, 2004, 4:37 PM
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*SNORT*
Paid?
There's only one guy that gets paid.
The rest of us are volunteers.
It's a not-for-profit gym.
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jules
Sep 17, 2004, 4:43 PM
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As a multipurpose employee, I get $6/hr for whatever I do-- belaying, routesetting, etc, plus access to prodeal forms and a free membership.
Our exclusively-routesetters get $10/route.
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une
Sep 17, 2004, 5:00 PM
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At the gym I work at (WI) I get a free membership, approx. $50/month, to set two routes and two boulder problems. I can also get deals on gear and such but I have yet to take advantage of that. It's sad really, I can't even afford discounted gear. :(
It's all good though, It's worth the work just for the free membership. That, and I enjoy watching other people work on my routes/problems.
Where are classes on route setting/certification offered?
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cracklover
Sep 17, 2004, 8:00 PM
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1 - YMCA with a small wall. I run the program, which includes setting routes. $10/hr
2 - Large new climbing gym. As a route-setter, I get a free membership.
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j_ung
Sep 17, 2004, 8:09 PM
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$35/per route!? Sweet weeping Jesus! How tall are the walls?
I work one night a week for -- I think -- around $8.50/hr. I'm not sure and I don't really care. It's not my main, or even secondary, source of income. I do it mostly for fun and partly for a free membership. I could also get a free membership belaying for b-day parties, but needless to say, I prefer setting routes. :wink:
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ax
Sep 18, 2004, 3:12 AM
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In reply to: ... How tall are the walls? ...
So that's about 30 to 40 hand moves + foot chips
... so it is quite a bit of work.
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stirfry
Sep 18, 2004, 4:43 AM
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I set at 3 gyms and right now its per hour but they are looking at a rate per rope.
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dynoguy
Sep 18, 2004, 5:11 AM
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I get 8.30 an hour but I do alot more than set routes. Although, route setting is the funnest part of the job.
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