27 March 2015

Iker Pou (38) makes a great onsight personal best

Iker Pou reports on Facebook about a great onsight trip to Mallorca including more than 15 onsight 8b and harder including his first 8c, Guiris Go Home. (c) Filmut The 38 year old has been one of the best climbers in the world since 2000 when he made the second repeat of Action Direct 9a. Later, the Spaniard has done a couple of 9a+, including the FA of Nit De Bruixes in Margalef. He has also done at least five 8B+ boulders. However, Iker is most known, beside always smiling, for all his FAs on Big Walls on all seven continents. More detailed info of this great climber in TNF.
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