“Life isn’t measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away”- George Carlin

Pic by Fred Davis

My breath was taken away, firstly because the mountain we climbed was breathtaking and secondly because the mountain we climbed was tough! A group of 20 or so of us, set out on a cold winter’s weekend to the depths of Robertson to climb Arrangieskop.  A peak that I have often driven past and never thought to climb.  But now that I have, I am so happy I did.

As those close to me know, I have been struggling with a leg injury for about 18 months now, and although I am an avid mountaineer, I have been doing less strenuous activity of late, to try and give my legs some rest.  However, when the challenge of climbing Arrangieskop presented itself to me, I was half…