I bimbled about on rock for a number of years before reaching 42 and deciding that it was about time I started climbing "properly" before it got too late. Having decked earlier this year and fracturing my heel I have scaled back my ambitions from reaching the early E-grades to the old Colin Kirkus quote "You know, Alf, going to the right place, at the right time, with the right people is all that really matters. What one does is purely incidental". I respect and admire those climbers pushing their limits and climbing hard...but for me I climb for the sheer fun of it. I seem to have the most fun climbing up to VS and leading a little lower than that. Mountaineering with a mixture of approach walk, scrambling and climbing to a summit seems to suit my idea of a good day out the best.