From a very early age Sam has been fascinated with a life on the mountains ever since his father told him there was a fish and chip shop on the top of one. He always has a guide in his backpack ready to go. Hailing from the north of England in the beautiful climbing town of Keswick he moved to Barcelona nearly a decade ago and found a new love for climbing in Catalonia’s incredible mountains and venues.

After a successful career in sales and management he has now turned his skills to the creation of Crag Rats BCN with a key philosophy of bring mountain adventures to all who felt it was beyond their grasp while at the same time promoting education of key skills, environmental issues and the local culture.

Mir is passionate about nature and mountains always with one foot between the Pyrenees and the Alps. As a child no one could stop her energy, she climbed everywhere, moved freely and achieved her goals with happiness and pure fun. As she grew so did her love for mountain sports and she found her calling in teaching people how to reduce their stress with mountain and fitness therapy.

Mir is mountain sports technician qualified, TRX instructor, personal trainer registered in the Official Register of Sports Professionals of Catalonia, which ensures quality hiking and training in all possible places and areas. She is just all round awesome! We are proud to have Mir guiding our clients and whenever we speak to them they tell us what an amazing time they had with her leading the excursions.

Born in Barcelona Helena grew up in Sant Boi where her parents introduced her to the mountains. At the age of 17 she discovered the world of sport climbing and fell in love with it.

Nowadays she works as a climbing guide, a route-setter, as a coach for young competitors entering competitions and as a Pilates instructor. She loves nothing more than working with motivated people who have discovered how awesome sport climbing is and helps them improve and reach their goals. She holds the Climbing Instructor of the ECAM (Escola Catalana d’Alta Muntanya) and registered in the Register of ROPEC Professionals.

Helena is arguably the greatest female sports climber in Spain right now! She has climbed several 8cs, 8a +  flash and 8a on sight. She has participated in both national and international competitions where she has repeatedly stunned her opponents and fans winning the Spanish Cup many times and currently holds the title of Spanish lead Climbing Champion having won it in 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2018! 

Sergio discovered Mountain Biking when he was 15 years old and was living in Pennsylvania (USA). Riding an old rigid bike through the amazing trails in the Appalachian Mountains is where he developed his passion for this sport. After that he moved to Madrid (his hometown) and while he was studying a degree in Psychology, he started working in the bicycle industry in sales and then as bicycle mechanic. Cycling is his life and he can´t stop thinking about new adventures and new countries to discover with his bike. The most amazing mountain bike adventure he has done so far was a trip with 8 enduro bikers to ride the Tour of Montblanc.

Sergio is a professional Mountain Bike Guide (Escuela Española de Mountain Bike, EEMTB), and has leaded groups in amazing bicycle trips such as el Camino de Santiago by bike or la Vuelta a Menorca (Tour around Menorca on MTB) and always does his best to make every bike trip an unforgetable experience. He participates in competitions in many disciplines: MTB, Enduro, Triathlon, Road bike, bike marathon. When he is not on his mountain bike, you can find him practicing his other passions: rock climbing or surfing in some remote places on the planet.  

Amalia was born and raised in Romania in a city far away from the mountains, which delayed her love affair with the high peaks until she was 18. She has been making up for the early years ever since. She is in love with the Caucasus range and the genuine way people greet and treat you when you spend time on their beautiful lands, so she aims to run unforgettable experiences in Georgia. Passionate about outdoor sports, she’s part of the Catalan Slackline Asociation and you’ll find her promoting this sport in the public parks of Barcelona.

Amalia has recently obtained the mountain leader qualification and is very motivated to build a strong hiking and trekking community that respects nature and helps keep the environment clean.

Greg is the founder of Infinite Breath, a SOMA breathing workshop based here in Barcelona. As a SOMA instructor he shows us how important breathing is, because let’s face it we all just take it for granted. He shows us how by changing the way a person breathes they can in fact change their physical and mental states. Breathing is a factor too often overlooked by climbers but to learn how to control our breathing is a key element in reaching our goals. Greg has been giving our members sessions of SOMA breathing with fantastic results!

Check his workshops out here… infinitebreathworks.com

Claire is a hula hoop performer, teacher and manufacturer based in Barcelona. She has been a dedicated hooper since July 2013 when she spent most of her time spinning at classes, events and jams in Manchester until she moved to Barca in July 2016. Over the years Claire built up a huge range of tricks and orchestrated routines for public performances and is part of a talented group of people that have successfully choreographed a number of local, national and international shows…including Burning Man!

Claire runs hoop training sessions which engages arms, shoulders, core and leg muscles. It really is a full body workout that helps strengthen muscles you didn’t even know you had. We love it when she puts on a session for our members because it’s like nothing they have done before and never fails to leave everybody smiling.

Check out her skills here… sugarspunhoops