28 Apr Mina Leslie-Wujastyk: portrait of a champion

Mina Leslie-Wujastyk from Sheffield, UK, in October of 2014 has climbed Mecca Extension, in Raven Tor, contending with Emma Twyford the primacy of the first British woman to climb an 8c at home. Record or no record, Mina is now one of the strongest and most versatile women in circulation, capable of ranging from boulder up to 8a + to trad climbs in the competitions, left recently to devote herself entirely to the outdoors.
The meeting with climbing happende at 8 years already in Font, along with Catherine Miquel, idol of youth, who introduced her to the blocks of the magical forest. Despite an injury, the passion is on and she will visit all the meccas of the boulder, from the Peak District in Rocklands to HuekoTanks at Red Rocks.
The last year, free from commitments with the England national team, she has climbed Lethal Design at Red Rocks, Leopard Cave and The Amphitheatre at Rocklands, Barefoot on Scared Ground in Hueko Tanks, all 8a+ and several 8a including Au Bord de L’Eau, Rhe Arc and Shallow Cave, always Rcoklands. Blocks of 8a and plus are more than 40 in total for Mina.
Beyond the numbers, Leslie-Wujastyk is with Shauna Coxsey the English climbers most visible in the international arena. There is no pressure of being a member of  "pink" climbing. Mina is first of all a climber, not a female climber. Where some woman climbers use their image, Mina responds with the results (only in support of CAC has lent his figure outside the discourse climbing). If we see what Ashima Shiraishi, Alex Puccio or Angela Eiter are doing, we understand in which direction it is going female climbing.
source rock&Ice/8a.nu