Iris Matamoros Quero, 43, ticks El Osteopata (9a)

Iris Matamoros Quero has repeated El osteopata (9a) in Mula. This was the 43-year-old's fifth 9a, and his third in the last 16 months.

Can you tell us more about your latest 9a?
I tried the route 10 years ago for the first time, when a good friend bolted it. It's not a very nice area, so the route was never very popular. The rock is of poor quality and some holds have been glued. 8 years ago, before my oldest son was born, I was about to do it but things changed after his birth. Although it was always on my mind, I didn't find the time to go back in a good shape. Last year some friends climbed it and they motivated me to try it again. So this year I took it as my main goal. The route has a first part on 8c, very physical, with very bad feet and some random moves. Then a knee rest in which you rest your arms but exhaust your legs and your core. In the final part, the hardest thing is to get completely rested to the last crux, alone is not very hard, but you have almost done an 8c+ and your body is destroyed.

What is coming up next?
I have bolted another hard one just on the right. I have been trying it to warm up but never done any proper tries. It is really hard and now I am really motivated to try hard 💪💪 and the link of El Osteopata with that will be super hard. In march and april we will go to Santa Linya again, I have an other 9a in my mind😅🙏🙏