2008_366285 - Celebrate
366 Day 285: I spent today on one of the most challenging mountaineering expeditions of my career - a sponsored multiple ascent of the fearsome and legendary 100m-high Fulking North Wall on the South Downs of Sussex ;-)
The sponsorship is in aid of my son Craig's gap year fund - he is off soon to spend the coming winter playing cricket for Epping Bulls in Sydney, Australia.
Here, Craig is celebrating the 16th and last ascent of our climbs, which included several on the magnificent Direct route. Three of us each climbed 1600m - our combined total of 4800m is equivalent to Mont Blanc. We were hoping to achieve 8800m (Everest) but were two people light of our original plans.
And despite their youth and exhuberance, I have to crow a little that the old man was still going strong at the end of the day when the boys were on their knees - 30 years of mountaineering has had its advantages ...
2008_366285 - Celebrate
366 Day 285: I spent today on one of the most challenging mountaineering expeditions of my career - a sponsored multiple ascent of the fearsome and legendary 100m-high Fulking North Wall on the South Downs of Sussex ;-)
The sponsorship is in aid of my son Craig's gap year fund - he is off soon to spend the coming winter playing cricket for Epping Bulls in Sydney, Australia.
Here, Craig is celebrating the 16th and last ascent of our climbs, which included several on the magnificent Direct route. Three of us each climbed 1600m - our combined total of 4800m is equivalent to Mont Blanc. We were hoping to achieve 8800m (Everest) but were two people light of our original plans.
And despite their youth and exhuberance, I have to crow a little that the old man was still going strong at the end of the day when the boys were on their knees - 30 years of mountaineering has had its advantages ...