Climb for Life | 9a Sport route at Custonaci

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I first tried the route back in 2024 to see if I would enjoy a harder project and to be honest while I was having fun I was no where near the level and realised I’d have to get a lot stronger and fitter for the route. I spent 2025 addressing this in the UK, focusing my efforts on the steepest climbs at Kilnsey and went back Oct 2025 and felt much more worthy of being on a route of that grade. Another short trip in March and I’d managed the route in 2 halves despite some tricky conditions. So back in May for a week to try and dispatch but I kinda buckled under the pressure I’d put on myself, I was a nervous wreck. I left having got very close but also just mentally drained. We snuck away for a 4 day trip at the end of May and I think this just took the pressure off just enough to get it done. [3]

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[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DZFrMLsDAj8/?img_index=1

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2026/06/jen_wood_becomes_third_british_woman_to_climb_9a-74163

[3] https://www.8a.nu/news/jennifer-wood-ticks-climb-for-life-9a

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7aNcbunp-k