THE MAPMAKERS. EXPLORING THE WORK OF A ROUTESETTER.
Routesetting is one of the most important roles in ice climbing. Defining a vertical parcours which is technically challenging, exciting and fair for all athletes is a significant and skilled task. Russia’s Vasily Terekhin is an aspirant routesetter and one of the key members of the UIAA’s technical team of ice climbing experts deployed to map out courses during the annual Ice Climbing World Tour. “I believe that every athlete is in some way a routesetter,”...