In reply to fmck:
> In reply to Bruce Hooke
> R U climbers or fat blokes wi several kids these days.
There's only one of me and yes I have 3 children, but the youngest is 21, still a student so still takes time. I climbed a lot when young, then more or less stopped for 25 years apart from a bit of bouldering at Fontainebleau, I live just nearby.
I started again about 10 years ago, Alps, rocks, skiing, as the kids had grown up (except one) so I became a "climber" again in the active sense, but once a climber always a climber in the head. 18 months ago a had to stop for health reasons which are still not sorted, probably never will be, so that's why I'm posting so much - I didn't realise how much though and I'm pretty horrified... no need to rub salt in the wound