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Admittedly, Scott’s story is a lot more entertaining, nail-biting, dramatic, enthralling e.t.c. (everything Hollywood bosses try to squeeze into those sh”t blockbusters), fulfilling all the criteria of a modern-day hero, even if he did die!  Every Alpha male worth his salt is brought up on this fodder and we try to emulate it in one way or another (and there’s a fair few of us in the mountains, in fact everywhere!). Bragging rights and great stories in the bar. When I was younger, I single-handed the Atlantic with almost zero sailing experience. I made it but not without a few serious mishaps, all of which made for great stories and made me “a bit crazy but cool”. When I read this quote last year, it stopped me in my tracks and really put new perspective on what I’d done. I was very, very incompetent. There is nothing cool about that. I would probably never do it any other way but it does make the point.

I was thinking about this after getting caught out the other night. Thankfully, I was pretty well prepared and the experience would have been very unadventurous, had I not got the ends of me’ toes bitten. Watch out for critters. They are everywhere.

So, I’ll be keeping this quote at the forefront of my brain whenever I go out into the mountains. God, I’m getting sensible…..and older…. Oh no!!!