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Born:

TBC, Madrid, Spain

Biggest achievement:

First ascent of Territorio Comanche (8c+) / First ascent of Clandestino (9a) / Second ascent of The Meltdown (9a) / Southeast ridge of Cerro Torre (2024)

DMM athlete since:

2017

Ignacio Mulero is a Madrid-born climber and one of the most genuinely well-rounded all-round climbers in the world today. He averages an extraordinary 235 days of outdoor rock climbing a year, using real rock as his training ground, and has sport ascents up to 9a, 8c trad climbs and 8C boulders to his name. Introduced to climbing at a university wall at 18, he quickly chose the rock over his degree and never looked back. His tick list defies easy categorisation: first ascents of world-class slab routes like Territorio Comanche (8c+) and Clandestino (9a) at La Pedriza, the second ascent of The Meltdown (9a) on North Wales slate, the first ascent of one of the hardest trad crack lines in the world at La Pedriza, the boulder problem Entropía (8C) and, in 2024, the southeast ridge of Cerro Torre in Patagonia, a mountain he had dreamed of since long before he considered himself an alpinist. A prolific new router, an improviser by nature and a climber who measures his seasons in days on real rock, Ignacio is as close to a true all-round climber as the sport produces. 

"I don't know why I climb. I only know that I do it and I can only think about it. There is nothing rational about it."

Get to Know Ignacio

When did you start climbing?

I started climbing a long time ago. I'd rather not think about it!

What do you consider your most significant climbing achievement to date?

I wouldn't pick just one. Perhaps the climbs that have excited me the most are the first hardest routes of each style: Entropía 8C (bouldering), Clandestino 9a (sport), La Bruja 9a (trad and bolts), Territorio Comanche and The Meltdown 8c+/9a (slabs), the southeast ridge of Cerro Torre (mountaineering) and Victimas del crack 8B+ (crack boulder).

Which route keeps calling you back? The Dawn Wall on El Capitan. I attempted it some time ago and would have loved to complete it. It is a challenge I would like to take up again someday.

How do you manage the mental pressure of a long-term project?

Having many projects at the same time takes even longer to complete, but it is easier on the mind.

What keeps you motivated?

Climbing different styles: slabs, cracks, kneebars, normal climbing. And different types of climbing: trad, bouldering, sport, big walls, alpine routes. Variety is everything.

What has climbing taught you?

Self-confidence and a different way of living.

Which crag or mountain is your favourite and which do you consider the most beautiful in the world?

Rocklands in South Africa, Patagonia and La Pedriza in Spain. But I am sure some of the places I have yet to explore would become favourites too. It is impossible to choose just one.

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