Ana Belén Argudo

Born in Madrid in 2002, Ana Belén started climbing at the early age of five, even though her parents were not climbers themselves. She began competing at the national level when she was 12 years old. That same year she won her first Spanish cup and sent her first 8a on the rocks. Until the age of 19 she combined comps with outdoor rock climbing, and also participated in international competitions with the Spanish national team. Though she spent much of her youth competing, Ana Belén has always been passionate about real rock. The local crag of Cuenca in Spain is where she has spent most of her time and the area has played a pivotal role in her growth as a climber. There, Ana has redpointed everything from her first 8b to her first 9a, Cordia Maleficarum (FFA) in 2022, and already has in her repertoire more than twenty routes between 8c to 9a. Ana is constantly looking for new projects that push the limits of climbing.