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NEWS: INTERVIEW: Franco Cookson Climbs New E9 on North York Moors

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 UKC News 07 May 2014
Eying Up The Crux Leap On The First Ascent Of 'Fly Agaric' (H8 7a), 4 kbFranco Cookson has just climbed another hard, bold route on the North York Moors.

Fly Agaric is found at Danby Crag and is graded E9/H8 7a...



Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=68902
In reply to UKC News:

Nice one, Franco. Particularly good rope/headband co-ordination.

I never realised that earlier article was an April Fool.

jcm
 Tom Last 07 May 2014
In reply to UKC News:

Good work Franco.
 wilkie14c 07 May 2014
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"I should be living in Sheffield next year though"

go franko go!
 FreshSlate 07 May 2014
In reply to UKC News:
Doesn't look E9 to me....

Where's Andy ?
Post edited at 15:15
 salad fingers 07 May 2014
In reply to UKC News:

Isn't this crag banned for most of winter?
 andi turner 07 May 2014
In reply to UKC News:

Nice one. I'm looking forward to seeing how you get on when you move to the Peak, not quite so much to go at though!
 Wft 07 May 2014
In reply to UKC News:

good work, you'll like it here Franco. You can't hear your echno go as far but there's fun to had. I can only assume your animosity is based upon the internet.
 Jiduvah 07 May 2014
In reply to UKC News:

It's nice to see Franco doing well. It seems he gets a lot of stick on here for various reasons but he is carving out a nice list of hard first assents. Nice one Franco
 simes303 08 May 2014
In reply to UKC News:

This is crazy! I've never heard of any of those crags!
 The Pylon King 08 May 2014
In reply to UKC News:

The darling of UKC
 victorclimber 08 May 2014
In reply to simes303:

I think its your loss pal..
 Andy Farnell 08 May 2014
In reply to FreshSlate:

> Doesn't look E9 to me....

> Where's Andy ?

Oh, I noticed this ages ago but couldn't be bothered making a comment due to the inevitable tirade of baseless abuse from the prepubescent Franco fan club.

Andy F
 Puppythedog 08 May 2014
In reply to andy farnell:

Some of us are post pubescent
 Franco Cookson 08 May 2014
In reply to andy farnell:

The grade doesn't matter. It's probably a mere E8. So what? E8/9 isn't even hard. I don't really know why ukc homed in on this route. It's one of many routes put up this year and only a little harder than the others. Good routes. Future classics for sure. More important is to keep motivation up for the next challenge. Sage.
 Robert Durran 08 May 2014
In reply to puppythedog:

> Some of us are post pubescent

Some of us are over 50.
James Jackson 08 May 2014
In reply to Franco Cookson:

> So what? E8/9 isn't even hard.

Sure.
 Michael Gordon 09 May 2014
In reply to andy farnell:

Can't see any abuse so far?
 simes303 09 May 2014
In reply to victorclimber:

I'm sure you're right!
 Offwidth 09 May 2014
In reply to andi turner:

There are plenty of projects if you look, let's have less of that culture of false modesty please.
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