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Great grandad, 80, unable to eat or talk due to MND still climbs favourite Ayrshire hills and dreams of Ailsa Craig hike
Ayrshire hills.Gary Voce has already lost his voice to the crippling conditions and is unable to eat.But at the age of 80, a year-and-a-half on from his devastating diagnosis, he is not willing to let the degenerative condition take his passion away.The former fisherman who stays in Ballantrae near Girvan has set his sights on reaching the peak of Ailsa Craig as one of his last climbs.The great grandad-of-two and grandad-of-four spent his 80th climbing a Munro and has been using an etch-a-sketch to communicate with family as he continues to push on.Proud daughter Sharon Robertson has told how her brave dad has been an ‘inspiration’ after continuing the walks despite suffering a fall.
