BLOC Staff — Rocks and Ropes Climbing Centers

Rocks and Ropes & the BLOC is always eager to connect with dynamic, outgoing, and experienced individuals. Even if we don't currently have specific positions open or advertised, please feel free to drop off or send your resume, CV, cover letter, etc. We value your interest and look forward to hearing from you!

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Setters

Dustin Payne "DP" | Head Setter

Favorites:
Climbing Disciplines: Techy boulders, Moderate trad, Sport face climbs, Slab!
Movement Styles: Complicated Ladders > Neo-Futuristic Vertical Parkour
Music: Anything. If there’s a drummer, they’d better be decent.
Food: Toasted PB+Js, black coffee, veggie burritos, cinnamon
Books: Travels With Charley, Blood Orchid
Movies: Sci-Fi. Anything Sci-Fi
Luke Bertelsen "LB"

Favorites
Climbing Disciplines: Sport and more sport
Climbing Areas:Wyoming
Rock Type: Sweet Sweet Limestone
Movement Styles: Pinches, kneebars, endurance
Food: Peanut Butter
Other Activities: Bread Baking, and crashing mountain bikes
Adrian Montaño "AM"

Favorites:
Climbing disciplines: routes - monster sport lines or trad widget pitches
Rock type: granite
Movement style: tech, committing, slab, vert, insecure, spooky
Climbing areas: Reef of Rocks, Cochise Stronghold
Music: cool & mysterious
Food: carbs
Emma Nakpairat "ENak"

Favorites
Climbing disciplines: sport and bouldering
Rock type: Everything I have ever climbed on
Movement style: oddball static moves, high feet, steep overhangs
Climbing areas: Farmhouse, Mt. Lemmon, Red River Gorge, Maple Canyon
Music: anything involving a banjo
Other activities/talents: Washing holds
Michael McClarty "MM"

Favorites
Climbing Disciplines: Alpine Rock
Movement Styles: Slabby and intentional
Music: Rock/ Alt/ 90's/ 00's rap
Foods: anything with sugar
Books: The Most Fun Thing: Kyle Beachy
Movies: Point Break
Lola Wicks "LOLA"

Favorites:
Climbing Disciplines: Sport climbing
Movement Styles: Technical face climbing
Music: Soul, Motown, Funk, 80's new wave
Foods: Vegetables, chocolate
Books: Cosmicomics - Italo Calvino
Pets: Archie (6 yr old Aussie)
Jon Mavko "Jon"

Favorites:
Climbing Disciplines: Everything
Movement Styles: Comp blocs, coordination and dynamic movement, cryptic
Music: Techno, punk rock and K-Pop
Foods: Everything
Movies: Jim Jarmusch
Pets: Siamese cat named Marlou