by ClimbingCooneys » Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:41 pm
Thanks for the replies, both of you. Teresa, knowing of your exploits, we might still want a backup rope, but there are lighter, shorter options we can take. Us older types, more in touch with our mortality, seem to grow a little more fearful each year. On the other hand though, I think I'd still prefer to go out on a peak than wasting away on a bed somewhere with some disease slowing eating up my innards.
Beaten paths are for beaten men.