Who We Are?
My name is Iker and I am the founder of SIK Climbing Coaching. I started climbing with a friend when I was 16, when they built a climbing gym in my hometown. We went to the climbing wall once or twice a week and simply made boulders or traverses without a specific goal.
After a while, we started climbing 6th grade routes outdoors willing to push harder, but we didn’t know how. We would go back to the climbing gym to keep «training» until we got exhausted.
Two years later, when I started the university, I discovered in my college library the first book on training that I read: «How to climb 5.12» by Eric J. Hörst.
That book, along with many others that I have read over the years, the knowledge I have acquired through my studies and my own experience of trial and error made me realize that organized training is essential to progress.
Soon after this change in my trainings I was able to start sending 7th grade routes. When I knew nothing about training and I was struggling with 6th grade routes, I found «How to climb 5.12». After a few years of planning and knowledge, I achieved my main goal: to climb my first 8th grade route.
That is why I believe that with proper planning, patience and willpower, it is possible to achieve any goal – and that is what I want to do for you.