OMG: Meet the 81-year-old climbing Scottish mountains for his sick wife – Gulf Digital News

OMG: Meet the 81-year-old climbing Scottish mountains for his sick wife – Gulf Digital News

BALLACHULISH, SCOTLAND: At the windswept summit of Buachaille Etive Mòr, a Scottish peak more than 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) above sea level, 81-year-old Nick Gardner stops to gaze down at the rugged peaks, lochs and valleys visible through the drifting clouds.

"It's so exciting every time I still feel like a little boy," he said. "I need my hat and gloves on, and my windproof jacket, but it's absolutely magnificent. I'd much sooner be here than in a centrally heated house."

For Gardner, who moved with his wife Janet from suburban England to a remote corner of the Scottish highlands at the age of 50, climbing mountains has become more than just a boyhood dream.