BBC setting

After travelling i had to get back on track with work and training.
First i had to do the boulder setting for the second round in the "Belgian boulder cup", a qualifying round for the Belgian nationals.
This was my first National comp as Chief route setter. The challenge of creating 30 boulders that suit: juniors, seniors men and women with varied styles and difficulty is not just hard its EXTREMELY hard.
Setting for a recreational competition is though and when you make mistakes the consequences are minor.
When setting for a comp in this format where contestants only have 5 attempts per boulder and you have to take many things into consideration (morphology,style and strengths of younger and female climbers)and on top of that making it interesting/spectacular for the crowd is very challenging.
In the end it turned out to be a great competition according to the participating climbers, i am looking forward to doing it again (next year..)