Coxsey & Crane in California

Shauna Coxsey and Leah Crane have become well known as inseparable training buddies, the grueling hours spent down at the gym, hanging on the fingerboard or lifting weights have become interspersed with lighthearted yogabatics, 360 degree rotation challenges on the wall and of course plenty of giggling! “When you train so intensely, having a training partner makes all the difference. There are good times and hard times, down times and psyched times... it's always better with a training buddy.” Leah Crane & Shauna Coxsey Both Shauna and Leah come from non-climbing families, yet started indoors around the age of four. Shauna, originally from Runcorn and Leah from Nottingham would compete in local and national comps before gaining a place on the Junior British team at around the age of twelve. They have been climbing together on and off for the last fifteen years, from the early days of competing at junior national finals, GB trips to Fontainebleau and now to full times training and competing to-gether. Shauna is 2016 & 2017 world IFSC Boulder World Cup Champion and is also the first British women to climb 8B & 8B+. Leah has been competing on and off for many years and with a couple of national titles under her belt she committed to a full Boulder World Cup session last year, finishing 11th overall and this year 25th overall. Before the Boulder World Cups began this year the pair headed across the pond to California for a two week training camp, visit to muscle beach and of course Joshua Tree. Alongside this, they also managed to fit in a trip to 5.10 HQ where they provided feedback on the ideal competition shoe. 5.10 have been working closely with Shauna to design the perfect competition shoe. The new Anasazi VCS Pro will be introduced in spring 2018. The ‘Pro’ model will have a Mi6 rubber toe patch, improved heel tension for better fit and performance and a breathable, padded mesh tongue.