Here are some pictures of my friend Andy and I from our trip to Italy, we went as sort of a farewell before I had to leave for New Zealand, we have been climbing and walking the hills together for around twenty two years. The plan was to climb a few mountains to get fit for an attempt on Gran Paradiso, the highest mountain in Italy, we made it to within 50 metres of the summit whereupon we decided to descend due to me being exhausted and showing effects of the altitude.