The Brit Franco Cookson says of himself that he is not a 9a climber. And yet with The Dewin Stone (9a+) he was the first to embark on what is probably the hardest record route in the world. How he made the jump from 7c+ to 9a in just four years and what others can learn from his approach to climbing.
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Credits: Cover picture Josh Rundle