Peregrinator
Hooded On A Hill
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- May 27, 2004
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Odd as it may sound , I started clmbing some forty + years ago ( in Wales) . I am now arthritic as hell , and would be a liability on any expedition. At the head of the thread you said you had been climbing for 10 years. The frightening thing is I have climbed ranges from Snowdonia and the Grampians , used the Brecons as a 'mild' cross country run, 'played' on most ranges in Europe, and climbed repeatedly in the Himal , yet you know far more about the technical side to climbing than I ever did or ever wiill
Sadly, I was , very much , a 'make a fist and if it fits carry on' type.
I may have to use Mallory as my excuse.
I think you have a better attitude than I ever did, with my concern for doing it "right" instead of just "getting up the fucking thing." Sounds like you have far greater experience, in any case.
Jesus H Christ, look at those fucking crevasses. Holy shit.