'80s hero Chris Hamper was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease after a long career of enthusiastic climbing and training. He has written a few articles now on climbing with his illness, always with a good dose of self-deprecating and off-the-wall humour. In this latest piece, Chris recounts a recent trip to Leonidios, Greece with some friends. When you suffer from Parkinson's, rating flat bottoms becomes somewhat of an obsession, as Chris explains...
Brilliant article and inspirational on many different levels. You foremost, because you're still keen and working around your illness to get up stuff most 'fully functioning' climbers can't, but great to see lots of other old gits also going for it...
Greek toilets, eh? Maybe the source of irritaion between Greece and Turkey? I remember staying in a hotel near Antalya whose toilets had a built in bidet - in the toilet itself - the discovery of which came as quite a surprise... So, if it's anal hygene you want, Turkey's yer answer...
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