went to the alpine club's welcome evening tonight. thursday, 6:30pm, first floor of some building in carouge. the plan was simple: meet people my age who like mountains.
opened the door. everyone was forty. maybe forty-five. forty, in fact, that's what they told me themselves. i'd have guessed fifty.
turns out the young ones have their own group. under 30. perfect. i asked what they do. ski touring, ice climbing, off-piste.
i can't ski.
so the people my age do the one thing i can't do, and the people who do what i can do are twice my age. very efficient system.
they offered me a drink though. so nice of them, honestly.
might try their tuesday climbing next week anyway. average age 40 there too. at least someone will hold the rope.
i genuinely have no idea how to meet people my age here. feels so lonely sometimes, geneva.