From The Courier “We’re all over 65, so it’s not as if we’re in the springs of youth.” Garry Fraser, from Dundee, and 15 friends will be taking on the West Highland Way in memory of his brother Stuart. Stuart, also from Dundee, died last September at age 67 after a battle with prostate cancer. […]
There were two things planned for today. First was a brief photoshoot for The Courier with some of the Brothers, followed by a training hike up Ben Vrackie. The photoshoot went off OK, although we could only muster three Brothers on the day; Garry, Ian and Steve. Not surprising given that over half of us
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A posse of Brothers gathered for two major events in the past few days. The first was the Scotland-England rugby match at Murrayfield, and the second was the first group training hike of the year. Derek had travelled up from England for his first foray into the hills for 50 years. Would his knees cope?
An allegorical tale of a trip to Murrayfield The final planning meeting took place two days before departure in Concordia base camp. The weather was confirmed as suitable for the assault on the K2 summit, supplies were confirmed and equipment checked. We agreed that, in the conditions we were expecting, we would follow the route
From The Daily Record An international team of walkers – whose ages add up to 1000 years – is taking on the challenge in honour of local man Stuart Fraser. An international ‘Band of Brothers’ is taking on an epic charity walk in honour of a tragic Dundee grandad who died of cancer. Stuart Fraser
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