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ARTICLE: How to Become an E10 Climber

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 UKC Articles 01 Apr 2023

E10 climber Franco Cookson shares his top tips for hitting double 'E' figures.

One of the things people ask me most frequently is how to progress through the trad grades. Let's face it, the main reason most of us climb is for bragging rights. The sense of satisfaction achieved by climbing that next grade up on our beloved British grading scale is unlike any other.

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 Alex Riley 01 Apr 2023
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Genius.

Only a grain away from the truth

 65 01 Apr 2023
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Outstanding! 😃

 Simon King 01 Apr 2023
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Not only can the guy climb a bit, he's a decent writer as well. More please.

 Steve Claw 01 Apr 2023
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Best article I've read, love it!

 ebdon 01 Apr 2023
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Franco should get into coaching, punters like me pay top $ to be showered in such truth nuggets for that quest for the all consuming sweet sweet logbook green tick.

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 Milky 01 Apr 2023
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awesome

 HLawrence1056 01 Apr 2023
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Nice article Franco… I look forward to reading more!

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Great article 👍

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 Russell Lovett 01 Apr 2023
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Particularly like 2 of the photos in this article, ie What ever doesn't kill you makes you Stranger!!!! and The Wright Brothers have nothing on our Franco. I love a bit of a ego massage me.

 profitofdoom 01 Apr 2023
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E10??! I need to know about E27. Not beginner's scrambles 

Thanks

 Mark Eddy 01 Apr 2023
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Superb

 Robert Durran 01 Apr 2023
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The beautiful thing is that if anyone replaces E10 with the grade just out of their reach, everything in the article is very close to being true.

 George_Surf 01 Apr 2023
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Haha Franco, honest to god i got 2/3 of the way through this until i thought maybe it was starting to sound just a little far fetched. Up until that point it just sounded like exactly the sort of things you might say. Im still on the fence if youre being honest here or its an april fool... i think youre fooling everyone by making people think this is actually an april fool!!!

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I loved this, "Pick a real knacky death route if you can."   Now I know where I was going wrong.

 Michael Hood 01 Apr 2023
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Some lovely tongue in cheek "digs" in there, describing Johnny Dawes as an 80's ledge shuffler - genius

 Andy Moles 02 Apr 2023
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Post-truth times, in which Franquo can write an April Fool's article which is also more or less what he actually thinks

 Darkinbad 02 Apr 2023
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> Some lovely tongue in cheek "digs" in there, describing Johnny Dawes as an 80's ledge shuffler - genius

To be fair, Indian Face elevated ledge shuffling to a whole new level.

 peppermill 02 Apr 2023
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Best effort since Lower Sharpnose point fell over more than a decade ago ;p

 Moacs 02 Apr 2023
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Everyone is replying as if there's something in here that's untrue.  I can't find it...

 WillMancini 20 Apr 2023
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Hilarious way to stay deeply in the procrastination zone, more required.

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Wear Ron Hills or other tight fitting apparel!

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