Summit, Gorro Frigi, Montserrat, Catalunya, 2018 (Photo credit: Albert Comprodon)
Marcel Remy is my inspiration! At 94-years-young, he summits one of the most iconic (among climbers, anyway) rock walls in Europe, the Miroir de l’Argentine in western Switzerland–a climb on my personal (and endless) bucket list.
Genes…luck…diet…character…sense of humor…exercise…nature…fresh air…
Surely all of these were factors in some way and proportion.
As sort of an interesting side fact: My maternal grandfather, Clifford Colgin, died at this same age, just shy of his 95th birthday (born in 1891!) after a long, healthy life.
So…maybe I’ll get lucky???
Until then, or whenever the lights go out for me on this Earth–Carpe Diem!
Enjoy this short video (6 1/2 minutes) of Marcel Remy in action and you, too, will be inspired:
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