Iker Ortiz (14) sends 'Malsoñando', 8c

We almost can't keep track of all the super young climbing phenomenons in Spain these days... Yesterday we reported about Héctor Bazán and Jerome González and today we come with another astonishing kid crusher, the 14 years-old Iker Ortiz from Valencia, who yesterday bagged his first 8c, Malsoñando in El Bovedón de Gandía (pic© José Ortiz). During his short story in the vertical world -he started climbing in July, 2012- he nailed up to 8a+ during his first year and before reaching his new milestone his best performances were two 8b's. In his scorecard he comments: "My first 8c. Super happy. Also very happy of having stepped up from the 8b to the 8c. Thanks to those who supported and belayed me during these days." How was the process and how was the route for you? "I started trying the route on the 4th of January of this year. It's a route with a bouldery move at the beginning, followed by a sequence of reachy movements combined with some active rests. Then, there's a very hard movement on crimps, which is the route's hardest for me. After that movement you enter an active rest in order to reach the route's last movement -a one finger pocket move which can easily throw you off- 'in good conditions'."