Guest Setter Series

Different Hands. Different Problems. Same Heart.

A couple of times each year, we pass our walls over to guest routesetters from cities around North America and the world. These unique micro-series are designed to introduce fresh, exceptional, and diverse perspectives that contrast with our day-to-day style.

Setting calendar

Featured Guest Setter

AYO SOPEJU

Ayo is a friend of North Mass, joining us as a guest setter for North Massive! Ayo coaches and sets for the US National Team and freelances throughout the world.

Check out Ayo

Our Route Setters

THE CREW THAT MAKES IT HARD.

Six setters on rotation. Different brains, different shapes, different problems. Meet the people behind the boulders.

Alex Milligan

I’ve been setting since 2016. Working with my friends and traveling with my girlfriend are my favorite things to do. I always wanted to be…

Andres (Dre) Hernandez-Jimenez

I’ve been routesetting for about 9 years or so. I’m originally from Bloomington Indiana, however my parents are from Venezuela and Puerto Rico. They met…

Lauren Bryant

I started climbing in 2023 during my senior year at IU, where I studied biology. I instantly fell in love with the sport and how…

Keegan Gudat

I started climbing back in early 2017 and began routesetting 2019 is when a manager at Climb Time Indy asked me if I wanted to…

Lily Bowser

I started setting three years ago at my home gym in Goshen, and have been with NMB since 2024. I found routesetting to be a…

Rashad Tubeileh

I started climbing in my mid 20s and found my way into routesetting shortly after, apprenticing with the crew at NMB before heading to Epic…

WATCH US SET

Our talented crew of misfits at work. North Mass setters are the best in the Midwest.

North Mass route setters looking at a route

A drill in the bouldering wall at North Mass

A routesetter drilling the bouldering wall at North Mass

A route setter at north mass on a ladder

The back route setter closet at North Mass

Route setting team resting at North Mass

Keegan and Dre Setting a route at North Mass

Want to set with us?

PITCH US A GUEST SETTER.

Setting at another gym in the Midwest – or hell, in the US? Drop your name and we’ll send you the application – we book guests at least a few months out.