I seem to have passed a few of the milestones of the aging process lately, and feel the need of a challenge to prove I'm not past it yet. I wondered about seeing if I could do the Wainwrights before I hang up my boots. As it happens I did five this summer. I also did a few 40 odd years ago, and a few more (or the same ones again, Helvellyn and High Street seem to figure a lot) since.
I was looking at the thread about how many Wainwrights people had done, and wondered how you count. Do you just go walking in the Lakes, realise you are half way through them and decide to finish the round off? Or do you decide at the start to 'do the lot', and not count the ones you did years ago because you don't have dates etc, so reckon you have to climb them again?
I live in Scotland, so I suppose it would make more sense to do the Munros, but I think it might be too much of a challenge. Also, I don't have a good head for heights, and it wouldn't just be the InnPinn I couldn't get up! So I won't be teetering on that rock at the top of Helm Crag, I hope it isn't an absolute requirement?