Phil Murray
Love climbing trips. especially in sunny places like Spain, Greece, also the Frankenjura, etc. Also like weekend away climbing. Have had to quit proper (high/glaciated) Alpine ascents now , due to health issues (see below). Still enjoy Via ferrata & days out, such as Marmolada 3342m. nb. Late 2021, another severe postviral collapse - badly affecting my outdoor activities. Lost my job. However, am bouncing back.Location
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Via Ferrata, Luz-st-Savoire, Pyrenees
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Phil Murray on Meg's got Leukaemia, 6a, Blacknor North, Portland, in 1996
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Central Slab, HVS 5a, the crux, October 2020
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Weird Tree, 5+, Calvia, Mallorca
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Phil Murray on Cranium Casse 6a+ (runout) at Blacknor Fallen Slab, Portland
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Sella, Costa Blanca, 1995
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I had ME or post viral/chronic syndrome 1997- 2006 and have/*had recovered & can climb properly again! I'm not the only climber to have had this. It's not "all in the mind" and is a nasty physical affliction that also ruined my career & social life (both are also recovered). I never lost any finger strength, though ... I climbed harder than I was before I fell ill, age 52; I was 33 when i fell ill. This is good!
Note (Summer 2018) - My ME/CFS comes back when I try to do Alpine mountaineering - ruining trips in 2015, 16, and now 2018. No amount of optimism & careful planning can prevent it. So I hang up my ice axe & crampons. Age 54, it's game over. Sad about this, but at least I can choose to be well. There is nothing worse than suffering an ME/CFS relapse in the mountains - you cannot then even contemplate going up them. :-(
Sad edit - Oct 2021 I had another postviral reaction - severe. I tried to "jog" parkrun on NYD 2022 & that was that - acutely ill (couldn't stand up - Dysautonomia), 3 months' very sick, lost job. Couldn't go to a shop. Summer 2022 improvement going OK - can walk 10km, and "trundle" round easy orienteering courses, and do easy rock climbs again. Controlled bouldering indoors OK too. Long way to go. But am on my way back already.