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TRC spends a lot of time, effort, and resources updating our routes to keep challenging our members, guests, and ourselves. In doing so, we believe it makes TRC a better place to climb both seriously and casually. There's always something new to do and something new to learn. A big thanks to the setters below who keep us all on our proverbial toes.
Head Routesetter:
Shane Messer
• Hails from: Hawaii, dude...but loves Salt Lake City, UT
• Route-Setter II Certified
• Likes: Gatorade, sport climbing, and being 22
• Hardest sport route: 5.12D
• Hardest bouldering problem: V9
• Favorite climbing area: Boone
• Other job: none. nada. just TRC. That's dedication.
• Favorite holds: Project
• Favorite climb: "anything outside"
• Life Highlight: Being a big-screen TRC model and dating a TRC model
• Set for USA Climbing Youth Divisionals and 12+ bouldering comps
• Attended the Sendfest part of the Mammut Bouldering Championships in Salt Lake City in August '08 and placed 49th out of 62.
Routesetters:
Adam Sokolow
• Hails from: Rochester, NY...and loves it.
• Favorite Climb: Anything overhung
• Likes: PBR, bouldering, and soccer
• Hardest bouldering problem: Sharp Shooter
• Real Job/How he pays his bills: Duke Grad Student
• Favorite climbing Area: apparently sharing that is "too personal".
• Favorite Holds: Etch
• Sports he stays away from: Badminton and Basketball
Daniel Roth
• Hails From: Inglewood, CA
• Favorite Climb: Crimson Chrysalis 5.9
• Favorite Holds: Voodoo & Climb it
• Likes: Small cities, slab climbing, fly fishing, hunting, surfing, Joshua Tree (the place, not the album), and diet cokes
• Hardest bouldering problem: Double Boiler V8
• Education: B.A from University of Cali at Irvine
• Real Job: Research Specialist in Cancer Genetics
• Hardest trad route: Blues Riff 11C
• Hardest sport route: Father Figure 13A
• Hardest other route: Kid 5 & Kid 7
Gabe Doliner
• Hails from: Durham, NC...but loves Barcelona, Spain
• Favorite Climb: Leaving Las Fayetteville, V5
• Likes: DJ-in, Miller High Life, and climbing overhanging pockets
• Hardest bouldering problem: V6
• Real Job / How he pays his bills: Web Developer
• Favorite Climbing Area: Red River Gorge
• Climbing Highlights: Leaving Las Fayetteville (V5) and Ducksoup Traverse (V6)
• Loves to set: V4 problems
• Favorite Holds: Project
• Hardest sport route successfully attempted: 11B
Gina Vess
• Hails from: Shelby, NC...but loves Amsterdam (certainly not for the reason you're thinking though)
• Likes: Cycling and red wine
• Hardest sport route: Lactic Acid Bath - 12D
• Hardest bouldering problem: V7 Jerry's Kids, Little Rock City, TN
• Favorite climbing area: New River Gorge, WV
• Other Job/ How she pays her bills: Taking pictures of vocal cords
• Favorite Holds: Project
• Education: UNC, Chapel Hill
• Favorite Climb: Pettifogger - 12B (New River Gorge)
• Age: "Ancient Hard Person" (whatever that means)
• Loves to drink: Dead Guy (for those under 21, pay no mind to that answer)
John Provetero
• Hails from: Poughkeepsie, NY...but loves to be in Asheville/Boone
• Favorite Climb: whatever he's working on
• Likes: cycling, vintage race bikes, coffee, beer, and steep climbing
• Hardest bouldering problem: V7
• Real Job: NC Department of Transportation
• Favorite Climbing Area: Moore's
• Climbing Highlights: Started climbing around 1980 (John is a seasoned 49 years old. Take note, and don't mouth him off whippersnappers!) and has climbed throughout NC and the New River Gorge. Since the late 90's, John's been busy bouldering.
• Loves to set: Old School 5.10+
Rodney Biddle
• Hails from: Dover, DE...but loves Zanzibar (which is an island off the eastern coast of Africa, for those of you who haven't had a geography class in a while)
• Likes: golf and living by the seat of his pants (two things not commonly associated with one another)
• Favorite type of climbing: Bouldering
• Hardest sport route: 5.13C Skelator
• Hardest bouldering problem: V11 Barrio Traverse
• Favorite climbing areas: Mt. Evans & The Boone Area
• Other job/how he pays his bills: Being a Contractor
• Favorite Holds: Project
• Age: 37
• Loves to drink: Espresso (as many golfing contractors do)
Seth Henshaw
• Hails from: Madisonville, KY...but loves Charleston, SC
• Likes: swimming, sailing, and slick lining
• Favorite type of climbing: trad
• Hardest sport route: Bad Moon Rising (at Nelson Rock Preserve)
• Hardest trad route: Two Scoops (at Nelson Rock Preserve)
• Favorite Climbing Areas: Seneca Rocks & Nelson Rock Preserve
• Other job/why his mom is proud of him: Nuclear Physics Grad Student
• Where he passes time away from TRC: Duke/James Madison University
• Favorite Holds: Project/ So Ill
Scott Gilliam
• Hails from: Broad River, NC
• Climbing Highlights: Standing above cloud level on Rainier, doing first ascents in the Wasatch, free soloing Tenaya Peak,
• Favorite City: Salt Lake City, UT
• Favorite Climb: Do or Dive, 10-, Moore's Wall
• Favorite Type of Climbing: Steep gear routes
• Hardest Boulder problem: Grade: The Unforgiven, Hound Ears
• Hardest Trad Route: Suspiciously Delicious, 11c, Moore's Wall
• Hardest Ice Route: California Ice, WI4, East Rosebud, MT
• Age: 37
• School: NCSU
Rami Anaab
• Hails from: Raleigh, NC
• Favorite City: Boulder, CO
• Type of Climbing: Bouldering
• Favorite Holds: Project
• Favorite Climb: River Dance V9 (flash)
• Hardest: Boulder Problem: Super Tsunami V10 second ascent
• Age: 17
• School: Cary High
Scott "Skinny" Eney
• Hails from: Baltimore, MD...but wishes he were in Tulum, Mexico
• Likes: Talking trash, Trail running (after talking trash), traveling far away (after talking trash) and silence (because he talks so much trash)
• Dislikes: People without manners and egos (go figure), NASCAR (because they can out-trash-talk him), and people who pee in pools. Of course, we can't forget Fox News, Beets and Squash (we assume the veggie, not the sport?)
• First Climb: Little Stony Man Cliffs, Shenandoah National Park, August '93
• Years Setting: on and off since 1995
• Favorite type of route to set: A "technical feast of crimpers"
• Scariest climbing moment: Pinnacle Gully, Huntington Ravine, Mount Washington, New Hampshire...it was an ice climb that I got in over my head on, but managed to keep it together and pull it off.
• Education: B.S. in Psychology (kids, don't study Psychology)
• Certifications (and why his mom is proud of him):
- USA Climbing Level 1 Routesetter
- Route-Setter II Certified
- Certified Scissor Lift Operator
- Hilti Gunpowder Actuated nail gun operator
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