~ Saturday 30th January 2016
Working as a guide makes you worry a bit about age and health. I need another 20 years service from these knees! Roger Federer was described on the radio yesterday as "maybe too old" when he lost a tennis match, aged 34...
A quick glance back through the photo album provides some inspiration and reassurance. Fair enough, you need a bit of luck with injury avoidance and genetics, but here are some of the keenest, most enthusiastic people I've been out with recently - all in their 70's...
.jpg "2x75 year-olds in this picture, knee-deep in Grimentz")
.jpg "Sex de Marinda couloir, age 70")
.jpg "Matterhorn summit, 70th birthday present!")
.jpg "Top of the Aiguille Verte on the Whymper route, at 75")
.jpg "2 days later on Mont Dolent")
And Rupert was just starting out on his epic summer. More here:
http://swiss-perimeter.ch/?page_id=10&lang=en
.jpg "Bishorn. First 4000m peak, age 69(ish)")
