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Eneko and Iker Pou

Eneko and Iker Pou, both superb rock climbers and mountaineers, have joined DMM's Climbing Team. They have remarkable climbing CV's with their adventures including big walls, hard free climbs and super-alpinism all across the world. 

As a teenager Iker showed a great talent for rock climbing, achieving his first F8b+ with only a couple of years climbing experience and made the third ascent of the legendary Action Directe 9a in 2000 (video). As well as leading F8b and Himalayan expeditions, Eneko has a long list of extreme ski descents to his name.

Over five years the Pou brothers realised their dream of Seven Walls - Seven Continents. The project kicked-off in 2003 with free ascents of El Nino (8b/850m) on El Cap and Zunbeltz (8b+/500m) on the Naranjo de Bulnes in Spain's Picos de Europa. The following year saw the pair make the first free ascent of Bravo les Filles (8b/600m) - established by Lynn Hill, Kath Pike, Beth Roden and Nancy Feagin - in Madagascar's Tsaranoro massif. In 2005, they headed to Oceania and climbed the 70m Totem Pole (7b) off Tasmania. On the same trip Iker also sent the two Grampian boulder problems Eve Reve (8b+) and Cave Rave (8b) - each one involving more than 30 moves.

That summer they undertook the ambitious challenge of free climbing Eternal Flame on Trango's Nameless Tower (6239m). Despite the extremely cold conditions, they managed the route only using aid for some short, difficult sections on two of the pitches and discovered an 8a 50m variation to the 10th pitch, usually aid-climbed (Details at k2climb.net). The South American and sixth stage of the project took two attempts. After a failed attempt on Fitzroy, they got to the top of the Patagonian spire in early Jan 2007 making a free-ascent of the 1800m 'Supercanaleta' (West Face) with two (very cold) bivouacs.

They celebrated Christmas Day 2007 and the completion of their odyssey in style, with the first ascent of a peak they named Zerua Peak (Sky Peak) on the Antarctic Peninsula (Alpinist). Iker and Eneko sailed across the Drake Passage to set-up base camp close to the group of granite summits known as the 'Three Pigs' before climbing the ten pitch route Azken Paradizua (7a, M6, 90¢ª) in a 25 hour round-trip.

While Iker says they enjoy a "sabbatical and reflection" after the 7 walls - 7 summits, the latest news from the duo on their website, is Iker has been ticking some 8c+ routes in Raco de la Finestra of Margalef and establishing a new Font 8b problem (Morning Glory) at Larraona, while Eneko has climbed a new 8a (Pinches Cuencles).