…as in to a good start that is!
Yip I climbed the massive mountain and got my 1 point! But there was much more than that…
The plan was to get up there about mid day and make a summit-to-summit contact with Andrew and Mandy who were doing the real climbing thing up Cockscomb. So there I was ambling up the hill admiring the view when Colin (ZR2CRS) gets hold of me to say the Andrew (ZS2G) is trying to get me on the radio. They summited early and the weather was bad so they wanted to go.
And so I ran. “I think I can, I know I can”
And then I stopped, gasping for breath, a quick view and off again. “I think I can, I am almost sure I can”
It came to pass that I summited that peak and made contact with both Andrew and Mandy and we got our first points all round! Activator points (me 1 point for Lady’s Slipper, Andrew and Mandy 4 each for Cockscomb), Chaser points (4 for me and 1 each for Andrew and Mandy) and 5 a piece for summit-to-summit.
I went on to make 9 contacts in all, chatting to many for the first time ever!
Now the planning for the next outing.