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rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 1, 2017 - 10:03am PT
Happy New Year folks, and for our substantial geezer population, here's a celebration of keeping on keeping on.

https://vimeo.com/197621404
Rolfr

Trad climber
La Quinta and Penticton BC
Jan 1, 2017 - 10:39am PT
Nice, thanks for posting.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Jan 1, 2017 - 10:48am PT
thx rgold! Dig it!
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Jan 1, 2017 - 10:48am PT
I aspire to be one of those guys, but I have a long ways to go!
Brilliant!
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Jan 1, 2017 - 10:55am PT

Life-affirming, wonder-ful....
jogill

climber
Colorado
Jan 1, 2017 - 11:13am PT
Terrific video, Rich! Reminds me a little of the one of Fred Arschenbault doing 20 pull-ups in New Hampshire at 89. Maybe you and Donini can be featured in one in a few years!

;>)
rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2017 - 12:10pm PT
He's 88 in this video:

[Click to View YouTube Video]
i-b-goB

Social climber
Wise Acres
Jan 1, 2017 - 01:11pm PT
^^^
Awesome!

I liked the spots in the vid too!
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
Jan 1, 2017 - 01:31pm PT
Thanks brother rgold!

Not pulling down hard enough, or often enough, but still pulling down.
All hail the geezers, the puppies will be there soon enough!
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Jan 1, 2017 - 02:32pm PT
You're never too old to learn the heel hook, jogill!

Thank you, RG!
jgill

Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
Jan 1, 2017 - 03:00pm PT
You're never too old to learn the heel hook, jogill!

Jungle gymnastics. Always will be!
yanqui

climber
Balcarce, Argentina
Jan 1, 2017 - 03:05pm PT
Thanks for that one rgold
nah000

climber
no/w/here
Jan 1, 2017 - 03:17pm PT
Blondie is a phenomenon...

tfpu.
Mark Force

Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
Jan 1, 2017 - 03:30pm PT
Sweet share. Thanks!
Scott McNamara

climber
Tucson, Arizona
Jan 1, 2017 - 04:35pm PT
Thanks, rgold!

Very inspiring.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Jan 1, 2017 - 07:24pm PT


Why Knot?
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Jan 1, 2017 - 07:52pm PT
I really enjoyed that. Their psyche is infectious!
rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2017 - 08:21pm PT
This in the same vein, beautiful, far more bittersweet, with the love of climbing just as inspiring I think...

https://vimeo.com/195921976,

and of course there is a day with Fred in the Dolomites,

[Click to View YouTube Video]

Bad Climber

Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
Jan 1, 2017 - 08:43pm PT
Great, great stuff. It will be 40 years on the rock next year. I'm no great climber, but as long as I can, I'm on it.

Keep the faith, one and all.

Here's to many great pitches this year!

BAd
rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2017 - 09:18pm PT
My 60th climbing anniversary is this July. I climb with a similarly superannuated group of old-timers at a gym in Poughkeepsie (we don't have any 80 year-olds yet, but there are a few in our 70's). We've dubbed ourselves the Assisted Living Climbing Team, but have neither the T-shirts nor the living arrangements to justify the name.

I started out on the Grand Teton,


and if health and other imponderables allow it, I'm hoping to return to the Tetons this summer for a little celebration.
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