As I approached my fiftieth birthday, I wondered what I could do to mark the momentous occasion. It came to me one evening while I was staring into a glass of Merlot - climb the Matterhorn. Now I'd done a little bit of rock climbing on crags in the Peak District with Glenys and our children, but nothing in the way of scaling mountains. I hadn't even done much hiking since I was in the Boys Scouts.
General
Hiking for Cruisers
Sailing takes you to some out of the way places where it's interesting to hike, but there are no detailed maps and we've found that if you ask the locals, they look at you blankly before asking "Why do you want to do that?" If you manage to get any information, it tends to be vague and you are left to your own sense of direction to reach the objective.