Woman Up Setting Clinic

Instructor(s): Zoey Grinstead and Ashley Stockman

Bio(s):

Zoey (she/they) enjoys the classics: long walks on the beach, watching the sunset, and heinous 40-meter rope-stretching crimp lines. Commonly met with, “Oh, you’re the Zoey who set that climb,” her style revolves around either absurdly flexible movement or straightforward, brutally hard crimping — often both at once. She specializes in the kind of setting that makes you ask, “I put my foot… where?!”

Outside the gym, Zoey and her girlfriend spend plenty of time sliding down mountains and then complaining that climbing somehow doesn’t prepare you for skiing. You can usually find her at local Los Angeles sport crags, setting for one of the many gyms she works with, hosting her monthly Queer Crush meet-up and advocating for the queer climbing community — or, more realistically, sitting at her computer playing video games and eating fried chicken.

Ashley (she/her) has been setting since 2017 in the Southern California area and loves creating funky, silly climbs with a focus on more technical boulders and routes. Their favorite part of the Touchstone community is the curiosity people bring to developing their own creativity in route reading, along with the opportunity to connect with unique individuals of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds.

Outside of climbing, Ashley enjoys movies, reading, caring for their plant collection, and crafts like puzzling, bedazzling, and occasionally painting.

Clinic Description: This clinic covers basic safety, hold selection, hardware use, putting holds on walls, and the intricacies of forerunning, introducing women and non-binary/genderqueer folks to routesetting. No prior experience required! Participants will create their own boulder problem and learn how to fine-tune their masterpiece into a climb they and others will enjoy.

You'll be taught by Touchstone's own routesetters–the same badasses who you've known to set the climbs for Woman Up! Through this process, you will find out how truly difficult it is to assign a grade during the forerunning process. Don't expect to get a certification of some kind after completing this clinic–you won't, but you will get a better understanding of what it takes to be a commercial routesetter.

Prerequisites:

• No routesetting experience is required!
• Open to feedback and critique, comfortable giving feedback and critique
• Must be able to comfortably climb v3
• At least 1 year of climbing experience
• Must be comfortable using and moving ladders
• Able to carry at least 25lbs

Participants: 12 maximum

When: 11:00am to 3:00pm on August 22nd at Class 5

Price:
$100 Member
$135 Non-Member (includes day pass)

Woman Up donates all proceeds to a non-profit that increases diversity in the climbing and outdoor recreation world. This year, we're thrilled to announce WalkGood LA as the 2026 beneficiary. WalkGood LA is a nonprofit wellness organization dedicated to creating spaces for healing through community-based movement and mindfulness.

Our Access to Climbing (ATC) Program offers 25% off on clinics and competitions. Contact info@touchstoneclimbing.com to receive your unique discount code before booking, which can be applied during registration to receive a 25% discount.