I don’t think you have to worry about feeling like you’re bunking school a little, your life in Chamonix is really a gift and strapping the skis on or dry tooling is just part of life. We all can see through the tweets and posts that your life is pretty full on.

If only I had the good fortune to wake up every day looking at Mont Blanc Massif… but that’s a dream for another time. (Insert dreamy smile here)

It’s great that you can share with Sophie and provide each other support, egging each other on whether it’s to have that forbidden indulgence or an early morning exercise routine or ice climbing etc. and of course also fantastic that you have found a small but growing people with a like-minded interest to share those other experiences.

I remember a short while ago you mentioned that you feel like a beginner with your climbing, I guess in a sense that every day of our lives we are all just beginners fumbling through the new things that confront us, but growing confident with the knowledge of many past and current experiences all of this shared with one or many people along the way.

I’m 54 and still a beginner and still learning so much.

Here’s hoping that you and Sophie have a great 2015 filled with lots of new adventure and experience – all positive of course.

Regards,
Steve
@bakersb1961