Chimbu. Great idea about training; if it's just all the associated costs that are the problem, then why worry? Perhaps we should stick some GR4s out in the Alps, because there's probably some great LL training to be had there. Etc Etc.
Monkey Boy. .Glad whybegood is well, the old git. Has his stairlift arrived yet? Hmmm as for SH Monkey, I'm thinking L**** or BS. (By the way, reveal the identity of the SHQ I work in and never have another 1771 completed again!)