Mark & Kathy continue…

Next was the proposed Big Three continuation for Mark and Kathy, but desperately, the recent snowfalls and poor weather had put the Matterhorn and the Eiger completely out for a week or longer at least, and that was all the time Mark and Kathy had left to complete their programme.
The first of the remaining days was very wet, so the indoor climbing wall was our best option. The steep fingery climbing suited Mark who had had some experience on indoor walls, but not so for Kathy. Soon, tired fingers called a halt for coffee and cakes.
Due to same bad news from home, Mark reluctantly called it a day, leaving Kathy and I to venture onto the Aiguille Rouge for some good rock climbing. Together with some friends from the Climbers’ Club, we all did the Goedfrey Perroux route on the Index, and the later, the Chappelle de la Gliere. It is undoubtedly a great rock route.
More routes were climbed on the Flegere in the remaining couple of days. I climbed Athena on the Dalles du Floria with Kathy, again accompanied by several Climbers’ Club friends. Kathy and I went on to do a rapid ascent of the Index with Terry. Kathy was disappointed with not achieving the Big Three this time, but really enjoyed the rock climbing and the club company.
With the course over, she carried on to Zermatt to view the peak she so nearly climbed. Another year with better weather perhaps?