Aged 72, I climbed Mt Kenya with James and his friend John. That was some 8 years ago. We hiked to the Eric Shipton hut but skipped the planned next hut on the climb (the Austrian hut?) because James said I was going well. We set of well before sun-up the next morning. There was a section of boulders and rocks, very difficult in the shadows cast by our head torches, but in the end passed onto the snowfield. By now I was finding it tough going on the lungs as the altitude kicked in; but at last we reached Point Lenana after sunrise. We descended, a small tarn far below on our right, and eventually set up camp. I slept in a one-man tent, and during the night there was an ice storm, so that by the morning my bag was caked in frost. That night was tough too, but after hot tea we pressed on to reach the Land-Rover and drive back to Nanuki, then to Nairobi. Being (they said) the oldest man at that time to have done that, they drove me to the Guides' School and a boisterous welcome, before dropping me off at my son's place. James is a good guide, enthusiastic and with a good sense of humour.Try him. I wish him well.