Not all mountaineering is about the highest summit. At times we need to manage our expectations. Injury, age and experience have taught me not to chase summits and loves I can never achieve. We should always aim high, but never try to kill ourselves, our hearts or our souls.

I was overjoyed to have planned the trip to Mt. Kenya in 2013 with a great friend, but she had to pull out at the last minute. Again I travelled alone, like so many other adventures, but it wasn’t the same.

Still, I summited in deep snow and saw a beautiful sunrise as the main peaks towered above me. It was a lonely trip home and I sat silently as the sun set a fiery glow across the plains. The locals tried to cheer my flattened spirits, but the night was long and silent…

For more information about the climb, see my website at - http://www.mrfrostbite.com/2013/12/24...