Age is just a number for 98-year-old who is still scaling heights

Brought up on tales of the mountains, Remy never stopped going off to discover the great outdoors and the Alps became his playground. Photos: STEFAN WERMUTH/ AFP

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 realise he is 98-years-old.

Week in, week out, every Monday morning, Remy drives his old Toyota to the indoor climbing centre in Villeneuve on the eastern shores of Lake Geneva, where he meets his son Claude to plot a path to the top.