At the 2015 Telegraph Outdoor Adventure and Travel Show, the BMC and UKClimbing.com brought together Claire-Jane Carter, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Shauna Coxsey, Libby Peter and Emma Twyford to discuss their climbing lives.
Should anyone care about a "first female ascent" or is it just for the sponsors? Does sponsorship put pressure on climbers to do things they wouldn't otherwise do? Does the appearance of sponsored climbers matter? Do they have an exit strategy for a life after professional climbing?
Watch the video: http://www.ukclimbing.com/videos/play.php?i=2593