VILLENUEVE, Switzerland — Marcel Remy is the grand old man of Swiss Alpinists, and with his sure and steady progress as he conquers a climbing wall, few would realize he is 98 years old.
Every Monday morning, Remy drives his old Toyota to the indoor climbing center in Villeneuve on the eastern shores of Lake Geneva, where he meets his son Claude to plot a path to the top of a 16-meter-high wall.
“It gives me a lot of pleasure because you have to work, think and surpass yourself; that’s what suits me well,” Remy told Agence France-Presse (AFP) between his two morning climbs.
“I do it for my health—that’s the first thing. I carry on for my muscles because I’ve noticed quit…
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