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Stephan, Your scaling of Stone Mountain sounds like much harder work than my descent of the Darling Range. At least if I fell I would have gone in the direction of my destination. Incidently the Darling ranges lie to the east of Perth, not the west as I previously stated. If I'd been west of Perth my feet would have been rather wet as there isn't much out there except a couple of islands and the Indian Ocean. This mixing up off directions is happening to me a lot these days, I even have to give concious thought to left and right. I'm not sure whether this is age, PD, or lazyness but for someone who used to teach map-reading its a bit of a worry. You wrote: >Just like you, Dennis, I was never alone, and not made to feel as if I was a burden . . . my wife and son had full confidence in me. That made me feel wonderful and empowered. Isn't it a great feeling, and all it takes for people to give it to us is for them NOT to treat us as special. This sounds so easy and yet must be extremly hard because so few people get it right. I have come to the conclusion that only very special people can be ordinary with people with disabilities. You and I seem to be lucky enough to have some of them in our lives. > [Later, my wife told me she just happened to have (?) my life insurance policy in her pocket, and it provided double-indemnity for death while climbing, so she was never worried. Fancy that: I didn't even know I had a life insurance policy]. Sounds to me that she's not only special but extremly practical, a gem. Hang on to her. (If you think about it thats good advice for more reasons than one). Dennis. ************************************************* Dennis Greene 48/10 [log in to unmask] http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ **************************************************