Luis Rivera

Age: 30, Years climbing: 12, Hometown: San Francisco, California, Favorite product: Miura

blog: http://luisluchorivera.blogspot.com

Do you clip bolts, plug cams, stack pads, or crush ice?

I do it all, but my favorite would be pluggin cams

How long have you been an athlete with La Sportiva?

This is my second year as a Sportiva athlete

What are some of your lifetime climbing goals?

To free big walls on other continents

Do you have a claim to fame?

To have climbed and establish a first ascent with the legendary John Bachar

Do you have any vices?

coffee

What makes you tick as a climber and in the real world?

first ascents, awesome partners, new areas, exploration

What drives you to climb? The money? The groupies? The fame? What?

the people I've met along the way, the experiences I've shared with them, the beautiful places it has and will take me

What is your favorite movie?

Independence Day

Do you have any nicknames? Explain:

Lucho, its a nickname for Luis

What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? Why?

26 hour push on El Cap

If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?

Cali love

What did you have for lunch yesterday?

tacos and aqua fresca

If you could hook up a thought monitor to your head, would you see pictures, hear words or would music be playing?

many random pictures

What really scares you about climbing?

falling rocks

If your life was made into a movie, what would it be called?

"from rags to pitches"

Where would you live if it could be anywhere in the world?

on a giant sailboat with a rad crew and an awesome cook

Have no food or have no gasoline?

trick question - life without food, impossible

Do you wish you had sexier feet?

nope, they're quite sexy