About Ralph

Lat: 5804.07718541 S
Lon: 04016.02157963 W

Ralph is my roommate. Ralph is 82 years old. Ralph is the 2nd cutest 80-something year old that I know. Ralph is traveling alone on this adventure. Ralph is Canadian and is amazing. Ralph is a retired professor of History at the University of Calgary. Ralph didn't ask, but insisted, that he take the upper bunk bed in the room. Ralph, in order to get his bunk, uses a chair at the foot of the bunk bed, and gets up on the chair to climb on the ladder to hoist himself up onto his bed! Ralph makes me feel like a sadist when he gets into his bed, and I've asked him several times to PLEASE take the bottom bunk, but he refuses. Ralph repeats this every day and Ralph gets up twice a night to use the bathroom! Ralph says, "My bladder isn't just what it used to be". Ralph hums and whistles a ditty when he wakes up or puts his gear on to go outside. Ralph has been married for 58 years to his lovely wife Ruth back home in Calgary. Ralph, when the Katabatic winds were howling to close to 65 knots (over 77 mph) at times yesterday was near the front of the bow to snap photos of the Glaciers, when most of us were on the Bridge sheltered from the elements. Ralph was on this very ship in August traveling to the Arctic with One Ocean Expeditions, which means Ralph will have been to the Arctic and the Antarctic in 6 months!! Ralph is kickass. Ralph is my friend. Ralph and I share photos and laugh a lot with each other. Ralph is my roommate. I feel in some way Ralph and I were meant to be roommates...