produced by PCS ABOUT US Roland Edwards Spain Environment The Team In 1982 Compass West I.S.R. branched out into Spain. For eight years it was based in Calpe but in 1990 it moved to its present base in Finestrat. Here Rowland, along with his family, enjoy the pleasure of living in the mountains. It is here in Spain that he has pioneered many new areas, many of which had never been visited by climbers before. On the Puig Campana, accompanied by his two sons and Spanish friends, he has made many first ascents many of which are now thought of as classic rock climbs. On the Divino Mark and Rowland have free climbed all of the old aid routes and have also pioneered many of their own new climbs. One climb in particular 'Wish You Were Here', E8 . is perhaps the most difficult route in Spain ( most certainly on the Costa Banca) to have been climbed solely on leader placed gear. Climbing areas such as TV Toix, Echo Placa and La Capella have also been opened by Rowland and Mark. The now famous Sector Vips, at Sella , was first climbed on by Mark and Rowland. Recently other newer area have been discovered, Echos One and Two near Polop, Cathederal and Haunted Walls. and the sea cliffs of Toix will no doubt in the future also become equally a well thought of.