Mynydd Climbing Club

Sunday 6th November – Behind the scenes at the Tokyo Olympics with Percy Bishton
7pm at The Royal (Hayfield, SK22 2EP)

Percy Bishton is the director of the IFSC Route Setters commission and sets competition routes and boulder problems for elite athletes on the international circuit. Most recently, he was the chief route setter for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Percy has been a route setter for more than 25 years. As one of the first full-time professional setters in the world, he has helped define modern indoor climbing. He is one of the three people behind the Climbing Works in Sheffield and co-owns the Gravity climbing centre in Dublin.