Last week we talked about there being no reason why and the fact that the challenge is there is enough of a motivation. This week we’re going back down to basics. Why are we setting off once more into the breach? Why are we heading out into the abyss? Bravado. It’s to impress girls. It’s always to impress girls.
Andrew Irvine famously said that whilst Mallory was climbing Everest because it was there he was doing it:
“To impress girls at parties.”
I’ve slightly adapted this to be “To impress girls in bars.” I fear that lacking in wit, good looks and money that outlandish expeditions may be my only hope!
I thought it was to ‘impress “chicks” in bars’, the old couple on the bank this morning definitly thought you were sane with that response….