Read your notes and got the 8 Mountains book.

So easy to make assumptions of someone, and as I read I find a growing admiration for the sort of character this country once grew.

Whilst no climber myself my son in law has told me of his experiences of the climbs in Kenya and the Himalayas, and his admiration for the generation who did all these without the modern kit and books, and how understated all this writing is.

Will take me awhile to read, but then can go onto the sailing.