overlap

Last night I went to see a lecture by Alan Hinkes, on the subject of how he became the first Briton to climb all the 8,000m peaks. It's a staggering achievement, notably so as when he started on it only three people had ever done it, and eighteen years later he was still the thirteenth to complete it. I'm not a mountaineer, and was only ever a climber to a pretty basic level, but I have a certain understanding of wild places, and of the sort of epics and narrow escapes that may be encountered, so I have a little personal experience to add to the fact I'm better read in mountaineering literature than I might be. And it's some story - I hope he gets round to writing his book about it, as planned.