Route Setters

Frankie is the Howard Roark of Touchstone Course Setting. You’ll probably hate a FO route until you figure out how to do it and then you’ll swear you always thought it was the most brilliant thing ever.  Frankie doesn’t eat much, but when he does he likes pizza and Chinese food.  He smokes Danish Export and drinks one Mountain Dew every day. He also climbs humid V10 slab off the couch.

Ben - Flea
Climbs in 5.10 Arrowheads  

 LATFH!  Don’t let the pink pants fool you, this kid means serious business when it comes to climbing!  Having grown up in the Bay Area, Flea is a fixture in the local climbing, bike polo, and music scenes.  Want to know anything and everything about early 80’s cartoons?  Need your project done?  Need CPR?  Just ask Ben, he’ll be happy to oblige.

Jeremy has been in the Touchstone circle for a while now but has just recently started setting routes.  His family owns a farm, but he has decided to farm routes instead.  Look for his bouncy giant ear plugs at Ironworks in the evenings, bouldering outside on the weekends, or somewhere in between mobbing super hard in someone else’s car.  Jeremy also has the most unfortunate tattoo this humble narrator has ever seen.  Ask him, he’ll probably show you.

We don’t know much about Anthony.  All we really know is that one night on top of a mountain, an old blond man reeking of Rockstar Energy Drink approached him and told him the secrets of Touchstone Course Setting.  He then hung a shark tooth amulet around Anthony’s neck and disappeared into the foggy night.  Tony claims this gives him power; we try not to mess with that.

Travis 
Climbs in 5.10 Anasazi VCS 

<------- Travis is this guy. That's probably all you need to know.
 

Cole
Climbs in 5.10 Teams 

Legend has it Cole s turned down a shot at playing in the NFL to pursue climbing. He says he's climbed for 3 years, resting only to get my eagle scout award and go through the process of being a certified Zumba Instructor (Fact checking needed). Cole now has one cat, lives in Fresno, and is still learning how to smile like a normal parson.

Touchstone's recent Oklahoma emigrant, BK can usually be found complaining about the lack of country music or how scary the city is. But if you like fat-finger pinches or shouldery gasto-clings these are the routes for you.

Eric - McLvn
Climbs in 5.10 Teams 
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. 

 Martijn - MK
Climbs in 5.10 Teams
 Our Dutch import brought with him European charm, a sexy accent, and some major route setting chops.

Maura - ML
Climbs in Anasazi VCS
With a background ranging from carpenter to magician's assistant to battle robot driver, Maura brings some unique talents to the team. She has recently been voted "Touchstone Route Setter most likely to be found aid climbing." So if you get halfway up the wall and feel a sudden urge to bust some gnarly hook move, you are probably on a ML classic.

Jeff - JPH
Climbs in 5.10 Dragons
Adonis? Eat your heart out. When JPH walks through the door Routes simply set themselves, Forerunning just happens and freshly tapped Maple syrup flows endlessly from the Water Fountains. Which probably explains that route you see off into the distance that has a Golden Shimmer - he set it.

Alex
Now back from a hiatus, AK is back in action and sharing his mythical route setting ability with Touchstone climbers. We couldn't be happier to have another vegan on staff.