As you age, take stock, and then......

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donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Topic Author's Original Post - May 22, 2016 - 08:50pm PT

expand your horizons, what do you have to lose? Damn, you might just surprise yourself. Too much reminiscing and not enough action on ST. The present trumps the past and the future is unknowable.

10b4me

Mountain climber

Retired

May 22, 2016 - 08:55pm PT

expand your horizons, what do you have to lose? Damn, you might just surprise yourself. Too much reminiscing and not enough action on ST. The present trumps the past and the future is unknowable.

I agree

BLUEBLOCR

Social climber

joshua tree

May 22, 2016 - 08:59pm PT

does this mean your becoming a sport climber, or, can i even say it, "a bait fisherman"???

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Topic Author's Reply - May 22, 2016 - 09:02pm PT

I've always sport climbed but nightcrawlers give me the creeps.

jgill

Boulder climber

The high prairie of southern Colorado

May 22, 2016 - 09:10pm PT

expand your horizons, what do you have to lose?

As it turns out, quite a bit. But it's a pleasant sentiment.

jgill

Boulder climber

The high prairie of southern Colorado

May 22, 2016 - 09:14pm PT

That should be safe enough. Go for it.

SC seagoat

Trad climber

Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone

May 22, 2016 - 09:17pm PT

Susan

Todd Eastman

climber

Bellingham, WA

May 22, 2016 - 09:18pm PT

I think that adjusting your sports as you age is an art. You must re-define the reasons why you enjoy the sport and set meaningful goals that still aspire for unlimited potential, while your body sets new limits.

In some ways, reaching back your roots is a sport can be an interesting step. Going back to the point where you actually decided to try to excel and setting new goals can be fulfilling.

I need to get back to Carderock, Rocks State Park, Seneca, and the Gunks soon!

Climbing with our peers is great fun as we generally went through the same development stages.

Old climbing friends are the best!

WBraun

climber

May 22, 2016 - 09:19pm PT

the future is unknowable.

No it's knowable.

And everyone knows that answer .....

Reilly

Mountain climber

The Other Monrovia- CA

May 22, 2016 - 09:21pm PT

Of the two knowns it's the taxes that bother me the most.

Todd Eastman

climber

Bellingham, WA

May 22, 2016 - 09:21pm PT

Werner:

https://vimeo.com/98694948

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Topic Author's Reply - May 22, 2016 - 09:21pm PT

Not sure bingo is safe John....it's always played in churches or VFW's, that could warp your perspective. I'm going back to the Latok 1 area after an absence of 38 years....not necessarily safe but certainly energizing!

Lurkingtard

climber

May 22, 2016 - 09:25pm PT

F*#k it. Ride like the wind.

~~~

Btw. Donni, you are the man!

zBrown

Ice climber

May 22, 2016 - 09:26pm PT

Never too late to take up baseball. Here's how.

Yeah I stole this, but bat it around anyway.

We can analyze which properties of the bat affect BBS. In physics terms, the momentum of the bat-ball system is conserved during the swing, so the sum of the initial momenta must be equal to the sum of the final momenta. Though simplifying the collision, examining the linear case will yield meaningful insights. The equation for the conservation of linear momentum of the bat-ball collision looks like

where mB is the mass of the bat, vB the velocity of the bat, mb the mass of the ball, and vb the velocity of the ball. Since the goal of the batter is to hit the ball hard, not to guide it anywhere in particular, vb final needs to be as large as possible. Assuming that the mass of the bat and ball stay the same throughout the collision, the equation can be rearranged using simple algebra to yield

To increase BBS, vb initial could be increased. Baseball players have long supported this conclusion: If the pitcher is throwing harder, the batter will hit it harder. However, this insight is not always helpful to the hitter—the only values under his control belong to the bat: vB initial and mB.

WBraun

climber

May 22, 2016 - 09:27pm PT

Climbers don't do mutual funds.

They only take stock in mutual fun ......

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Topic Author's Reply - May 22, 2016 - 09:34pm PT

You see it, you hit it. You don't see it, it hits you....simple game, either way you're on base.

Mark Force

Trad climber

Ashland, Oregon

May 22, 2016 - 09:40pm PT

Good one, Werner.

When my house is done in July I'm starting a Wednesday night community ping pong get together. Got a lot of folks around keep askin' when the house will be done. Can't wait...