RSA

Xavier Torriente

I am currently the director of Maintenance at the Rock Club in New Rochelle and I am also the head instructor for our outdoor climbing program during the Summers. I have been working in the climbing industry for 12 years, 8 of which I worked for the BSA in a seasonal summer camp. I love climbing, preferably outside. I enjoy bouldering, but I really like rope climbing a lot more. Depending on the gym I go to I can usually send 5.12 on a really good day. The hardest Boulder I’ve sent inside a gym probably v8. Favorite place I’ve been outside to climb so far I’ve got to say is between Smith Rock and Kentucky Red River Gorge. You can often find me singing while setting routes and while climbing. I enjoy singing very much, it takes my mind off of the fear while I’m climbing.

I started setting about 4 years ago in 2014 after doing general gym maintenance for 2 years. I enjoy setting both boulders and routes. I’ve set at The Rock Club in new Rochelle, and I’ve set for 4 bouldering comps, and 3 youth rope comps. The person that taught me the ins and outs of setting is/was a level 4 USA climbing certified route setter. Any route I put up gets forrun by myself, our head route setter and, the head coach of our climbing team, so I get lots of great feedback. I’m always to improving

United States / New York

Boulder (unroped), Route (roped), Local Competition

Beta Rocks

Set routes, forrun, wash holds, take out stripped bolts, rope maintenance.

Other certification

National Camping School High C.O.P.E. certified

2022-12-31

Jordan Pacheco

The Rock Club

Head route setter, Set and forrun routes.

Meghan McDonald

The Rock Club

Head coach for team rock.