MIKE HELT

 





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Mike is a USA Climbing certified route setter with over a decade of professional experience.  He has worked as a freelance route setter in some of the largest climbing gyms around the country and set for many prestegious climbing competitions.  As a leader in the industry Mike is dedicated to creating a strong foundation on which professional route setters can build their careers.

Personal Work Experience:

USA Climbing
Director of Routesetter Education

Routesetter.com
CEO & Editor

Climbing Wall Management, LLC
CEO & Co-founder

The Circuit Bouldering Gym, OR
Director of Route Setting

Sport Rock Climbing Centers, VA
Director of Route Setting

Club Sport Rock Gym, OR
Route Setter

Stone Gardens, WA
Route Setter

Wild Walls, WA
Route Setter & Coach

Competitions:

Chief Route Setter:
Teva Games World Cup, Citizens 2008
University of Central Washington Intercollegiate 2007, 2008
USA Climbing National Qualifiers (divisionals) 2004
8 x USA Climbing Locals 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
9 x American Bouldering Series (ABS) Locals 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Route Setter:
Sport Climbing Series (SCS) Youth Nationals 2007, 2008
Sport Climbing Series (SCS) Youth Divisionals 2007, 2008
Sport Climbing Series (SCS) NW Youth Regionals 2007, 2008
American Bouldering Series (ABS) Nationals 2007, 2008
American Bouldering Series (ABS) NW Regionals 2007, 2008
5 x American Bouldering Series (ABS) Locals 2003, 2007

Forerunner
USA Climbing Youth Nationals  2002
Seattle Bouldering Challage 2005

Climbing Resume:

Notable climbs
Sport: 5.13b "Masochist", Deep Creek, WA
          5.13a "The Beast", Rifle, CO
On-sight sport: 5.12d, Kalymnos Greece
Trad on-sight: 5.10b, Frenchmens Coulee, WA
Bouldering: V10, "Enter the Dragon", Sad boulders, CA

Major competition finish
American Bouldering Series National Finalist, 2004
Sport Climbing Series Adult Nationals, 2008

Crags:

North America

Hatchers Pass, AK

Horse Pens 40, AL

Oak Flats, AZ
Flagstaff, AZ

Yosemite, CA
Buttermilks, CA
Happy & Sad boulders, CA
Druids, CA 
Joshua Tree, CA

Rifle, CO
Flat Irons, CO
Durango area, CO
Boulder Caynon, CO
Peudre Caynon, CO

DC area,  Washington DC

Holy boulders, IL
Jackson Falls, IL

Post Falls, ID

Red river gorge, KY

Butte pass boulders, MT

Grandfather Mountain, NC
Hound ears, NC

Rumney, NH

Shawnengunks, NY

Smith rock state park, OR
Carver rocks, OR
Bend area boulders, OR

Little rock city, TN

Hueco Tanks, TX

Joes Valley, UT
Maple Canyon, UT
Little Cotton Caynon, UT
Ibex, UT

Deep Creek, WA
Minnehaha, WA
Spokane area, WA
Frenchmens Coulee, WA
Banks lake, WA
Leavenworth, WA
Rattlesnake lake, WA
Seattle area, WA
Metaline, WA
Gold Bar, WA

New river gorge, WV
Coopers rock, WV

Vedauwoo, WY

Canada
Squamish BC

Europe
Fountainbleau, France
El Es Corial, Spain
Kalymnos, Greece

Australia
Grampians, VIC
Sissy Grag, NSW
Baulkham Hills, NSW
Lindfield rocks, NSW
 
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