Tiaan Bouwer

Tiaan is the founder and co owner of 2 small businessess.

One is in the educational sector and the other in sportsclimbing, coaching and fitness.

From a young age he knew that he wanted to be his own boss and to be and to become successful.

He is married to Carmen and together they have 3 beautifull daughters.

His passion for fitness is evident in the day to day running of his indoor climbing facility, Rock Valley Climbing.

Carmen Bouwer

Carmen is wife to Tiaan and co owner of their sports climbing, coaching and fitness facility, Rock Valley Climbing.

Her background in ballett developed her passion for health, wellness and fitness.

Being a mom to 3 young girls, she understands the importance of living a well balanced life in mind, body and soul.

Her passion for people provided her with the opportunity to coach young climbers in the sport of rock climbing and to help develop their love for climbing further.

Carmen also enjoys working with women through offering women specific fitness classess which focusses on all areas of what makes them unique.

Caitlin Bouwer

Caitlin is the eldest sibling of three sisters and daughter to Carmen and Tiaan Bouwer.

She loves animals, nature and sports climbing.

Caitlin is hard working in her schooling career and achieves excellent marks in all her subjects.

What once started out as a hobby in climbing, turned out to be a professional sport for her in winning the SANCF 2019 National climbing competition for the U13 Female category in both Lead climbing discipline as well as Bouldering.

Her admiration for the current South African climbing athletes festers a hope and a dream to once day form part of the South African National climbing team to take part in the Olympics.

For now, Caitlin continues to train hard, and to help other young teens to develop the love for climbing further.

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Experience the world of Rock Climbing

Rock Climbing has long been one of the most popular sports world wide.

Since originating from the Victorian mountaineering in the Alps, according to Wikipedia, it is generally thought that the sport of rock climbing began in the last quarter of the 19th century.

It is said that the goal of rock climbing is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling.

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