About us
. Our job, our passion.
We have been rock climbing in Spain since 1989. In all these years, we have learnt a great deal about the best places to guide and teach rock climbing. Spain is a climbing paradise; frequent and affordable flights to all the main cities, amazing mountain locations and fantastic weather.
We offer guided ascents, rock climbing courses and Via Ferratas in a wide variety of Spanish locations and all year round.
Come and join us!
Main Locations
In the south and east of Spain, we use the fantastic climbing areas close to Malaga, Marbella, Barcelona and Valencia.
In the north of Spain the provinces of Asturias, Cantabria and the Vasque Country have great rock climbing, Via Ferratas and mountaineering -particularly in the Summer when it is much cooler than the south of Spain.
How it all started….
We had been regularly climbing in Spain since 1989 and when the frustration caused by British winters became too much, we decided to emigrate to the warmer areas of Spain blessed with sunshine and dry rock.
The climbing venues and the conditions were so good that we soon started to offer rock climbing courses on the sunny cliffs and mountains of Spain.
As the costs of flights to Spain decreased -and with some harsh winters in northern Europe- the demand for rock climbing courses and guided multipitch ascents ‘in the sun’ increased -not only in the mountains around Malaga, Granada, El Chorro -and the south of Spain in general -but also in the rock climbing areas close to Barcelona, Girona and Valencia – all of these enjoying great winter sunshine.
The Via Ferratas became also very popular and many new ones were developed in Andalucía, Catalunya and Cantabria. In our free time, we were investigating the wide variety of Via Ferratas in Spain and soon started guiding on the best of them. Several years after we know the best areas to climb in Spain inside out.
We love rock climbing and very much enjoy sharing our knowledge and experience.
Let us know what you want to achieve and we will show you the ropes!
Our team
We have a great team of people: mountain instructors, rock climbing guides and technical advisors who are dedicated climbers and very much enjoy teaching in the mountains.
We would love to share our passion with you!
Silvia Fitzpatrick
- Rock Climbing Company Director
- Mountain Leader (ML)-Rock Climbing Instructor(RCI)-Mountain Instructor-AMI, UK-
- 40 years rock climbing
- 25 tears teaching
- Languages: English-Spanish-French
Silvi has climbed for thirty years all over the world.
She was the first woman to climb the FitzRoy mountain in Patagonia and also the first woman to climb 8a in Spain -in the Pyrenees cliffs of Catalunya- This was featured in the climbing magazine Desnivel N.96 where Silvia appears in the front cover:
In 1991 Silvi represented South America in the International Event “Climbed for the World” -that was organized by United Nations, UK- and climbed the north face of the Eiger in Switzerland.
In 1994 she was the British Indoor Climbing Champion and became a member of the British Indoor Climbing Team for three years.
In 1997 she won the International Competition ‘Escalade’ in Sidney, Australia.
In 2006, Silvia red pointed her hardest sport route: ‘El Oraculo’ 8b, in El Chorro southern Spain.
In 2010, she was invited to Buckingham Palace in London to a reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth. This was in recognition of the people who had contributed to the development of Adventure Sports & Activities in Europe and the UK.
Silvi studied and taught P.E. and Modern Languages in the UK, but soon decided to follow her heart and teach climbing in the mountains instead.
Apart from rock climbing, she loves mountain biking, dogs and pizzas.
Francisco Chavez
Mountain Leader-Mountain Instructor (A.E.G.M. Member of the Spanish Association of Mountain Guides)
30 years rock climbing
20 years teaching
Languages: English-Spanish-Catalan
Fran started climbing at age of 13, by the mid-late 80’s. Soon, the local climbing areas near his hometown in Barcelona, became his second home. and he embraced climbing as a life style.
Montserrat Mountains in the north of Barcelona was -and still is -his favourite playground and where Fran developed most of his climbing skills.
He considers himself an “all rounder” rock climber who loves every discipline including traditional and alpine climbing.
In sport climbing, he has on sighted up to 7c on and red pointed 8b.
Marijne Lekkerkerker
Rock Climbing & Trekking Guide
Trained at Dutch Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (NKBV)20 years rock climbing
15 years teaching
Languages: English-Spanish- Dutch-German-French
Marina- as we all call her- is originally from Amsterdam but has been living in Spain for over 15 years.
She started climbing over 20 years ago and worked for several years as an instructor in two of the best climbing walls in Amsterdam.
Marina loves traveling and exploring the world and was for a few seasons a trekking guide in Malaysia.
In 2005 she completed her outdoor instructor’s training in Belgium for the Dutch Climbing and Mountaineering Federation ((NKBV).
Her hardest red point is 8a+ and she has on sighted 7b+.
Marina studied International Relations in Amsterdam and she can speak fluently 5 languages. This has proved to be very useful when we teach children or people with limited English or we are climbing in international venues like El Chorro, Chulilla or Siurana.
Apart from rock climbing in the best areas of Valencia and Barcelona, Marina loves cats, dogs and cooking. Her carrot cake is heaven!
Henning Wang
Rock Climbing Instructor
Mountain Instructor
Glaciar and Ice instructor
Certificates granted by Norwegian Mountain Sport Forum(NF)
20 years rock climbing
15 years teaching
Languages: English, Norwegian,Swedish
Henning is from Trondheim, Norway but he spends his winters in the south of Spain, in our Malaga base of Villanueva Del Rosario.
He loves climbing in Chilam Balam cave and this famous route -together with ‘Mdma’- both graded 9b-have become some of his favourite ‘projects’.
The emblematic route called ‘La Rubia’, graded 8c +, is one of his many achievements in this climbing area.
Henning’s hardest on sight is 8a and he has red-pointed 8c+
Henning also enjoys filming and climbing photography.
James Monypenny
Mountain Leader (ML)-Rock Climbing Instructor (RCI)-Mountain Instructor (AMI, UK)
15 years rock climbing
10 tears teaching
Languages: English-Spanish
James has worked as an outdoor instructor and expedition leader for many years in a variety of fields.
He has completed first ascents on unclimbed mountains in Patagonia, the Pakistani Karakoram, the Andes, the Himalayas and the mountains of China.
James holds a BSc Sport and Exercise science for Performance Coaching and has completed the “Middle of Nowhere” medical training.
James has been spending many happy years in the outdoors, exploring the most remote mountains and places in the world.
He rarely sits down and -when he is not climbing- he goes kayaking or paragliding in the far-flung corners of the earth.
Pablo Lloveras
Mountain Leader-Mountain Instructor (A.E.G.M. Member of the Spanish Association of Mountain Guides)
30 years climbing
20 years teaching experience
Languages: English-Spanish
Pablo directed the Climbing School of Cordoba -in Argentina- until he moved to Spain to explore the mountains in Europe and teach rock climbing.
His climbing experience is very broad; from setting up and bolting many sport routes to Alpine, Andes & Aconcagua and Patagonia ascents.
His hardest redpoint is 8a+ and he has on sighted 7c.
Pablo studied and finished Accountancy at the University of Cordoba but he prefers mountains and rock climbing and he does not remember much about that.
When he is not playing on the rocks, Pablo enjoys spending time with his children, reading and taking pictures of cliffs and mountains.
Simon Marsh
Director of DMM Climbing Equipment in North Wales
Technical advisor
Mountain Leader (ML)- Rock Climbing Instructor (RCI)
30 years rock climbing
15 years teaching
Simon is a director at DMM Climbing Equipment in North Wales and he regularly travels to Spain to support the Rock Climbing Company with climbing equipment and instruction.
Simon is also one of the founders of the Rock Climbing Company and he gives us technical advise on safety developments, climbing equipment, legal requirements and administration issues.
Simon started climbing while studying at Manchester University. His hardest on sight is trad E 6 and he has red pointed sport 8a.
He loves dogs and exploring beautiful areas in his mountain bike.
Our "support" team
Kiara
Looks after the ropes so they don’t get in a tangle…
Tana
Ensures you don’t forget your helmet!
Mika
Cheers you up when you get to the top!
