In reply to TobyA:
> Odd seeing this thread now, as I just read (on the loo, apologies) Andy Popp's review of your book in the most recent Climb! Have you seen it? Very brief, he enjoyed it but was interested to hear more about life after climbing for you.
Ta TobyA, just as well you spelt Popp with two P's not two O's or it could've gone very pear-shaped given the location ... ahem, clears throat.
Am sat here with a thick head this fine morning. Glenn Robbins is slumped in a chair five feet away - up all night boozing, not a wink of sleep. You should (all) hear Grimer's podcast with Glenn - brillliant.
Its been put to me from various 'influential' sources to publish a sequel (probs a more affordable softback). Well, I have 25% of it already written and (for the two of you interested) it plugs many gaps - before, during and after the climbing years.
'Before'; Learning not to ever lie and sex ed from a 'Victorian' mother - "Just Don't Do It Andrew" ,,, "Bit late Mum, I'm seventeen"!
'During'; More tales of 'derring do' ,,, many of which I vaguely remember through bloodshot eyes.
The 'after' part is a litany of disaster, a stumble from one broken relationship to the next, 12hr days (for 8hrs' pay), being rammed by a stolen Porsche Cayenne with an iced-up loon behind the wheel and the resultant chiro fees to fix up my whiplash. Company refused to pay even though it was whilst on duty!
Part two; Thinking, thinking ,,,
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