At One with the Mountains - An interview with Nick Gardner

Nick Gardner and his wife Janet were living an idyllic life on a croft in northwest Scotland when Janet received a devastating diagnosis. When she was moved into a care home, Nick felt powerless. Having climbed mountains his whole life, his instincts took him to the hills, and he set himself a challenge: to climb all 282 of Scotland’s Munros (mountains higher than 3,000 feet). He was 80 at the time. His goal was to raise £10,000 for Alzheimer Scotland and the Royal Osteoporosis Society. Two years after he set out, not only had he completed his challenge a year sooner than expected, but he had smashed his fundraising target. Now, a documentary has been made about his achievements, he is writing a book, and he has said, “I don’t think my life, whatever is left of it, will ever be the same again”.