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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Mar 16, 2014 - 06:40pm PT
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^^^ ugh . . . would you turn up the volume, please?
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Modesto Mutant
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Mar 16, 2014 - 06:42pm PT
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I'm bouncing back and forth between riding my bike like a bat out of hell and feeling too crappy to get out of bed. I'm at 17 lbs which is 20 lbs over my 'fighting weight' when I could still lead Valley 5.10 and I'm 20 lbs below my golfing weight.
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Mar 16, 2014 - 06:47pm PT
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I'm at 17 lbs
Good lord, man . . . you must use the rope to tether you like a kite!
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Mar 16, 2014 - 06:50pm PT
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Ron I kinda like the sleds up the nose approach...Can I do the greta roof pitch and that other great pitch and then get air lifted off the top?
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mynameismud
climber
backseat
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Mar 16, 2014 - 07:08pm PT
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51 was fighting hard to get my weight down and getting nowhere even though I was eating less and slowly increasing exercise. Went mostly vegan ( I cheat every two weeks to a Month) and dropped just over 10 pounds in about two months. My knees and back feel better and I feel more rested even though I am sleeping less. My cholesterol went below 190 for the first time in my life and my blood pressure is great. I am more motivated than I have been in years. I am eating more than when I was dieting to lose weight. Give it a shot, nothing to lose except weight. If I had not just dislocated my finger on the road bike I think I would be back to 11’s in a week, two weeks at the most.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Mar 16, 2014 - 07:10pm PT
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Thanks Ron my hips and knees are feelin' better already.The last time Shack and I tried a route up the column I was in need of medical treatment even before the route started. We even used deer sleds to haul the gear in...
If you drink enough alcohol you won't have the problem with the cholesterol...Doctors can't believe how low mine is. Phuck the liver. I was always hopping of dieing(sp?) young and leaving a good looking corpse, who was I fooling.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 16, 2014 - 07:15pm PT
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 16, 2014 - 07:39pm PT
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Nice eKat
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Mar 16, 2014 - 08:56pm PT
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Pretty good article in the New Yorker about being 90.
"all of us see ourselves as being 17 with red rosy lips"
I butchered the quote but that's the gist.
Two things to try and avoid. Debt and obesity. Both are hard to shake when you've got a case of it.
54 Years old. I'm trying to lose 5 lbs or so and wrapping up the Nordic season- It's been kinda cold up North so not quite the miles I was hoping for. It was pretty fun though. Yesterday, on fast snow, we skated 22 kms. in about an hour and a half. Finishing spring break I skied 140 kms. over the last 8 days. Maybe a week or so left and then it will be time to grease the bicycle.
Looking forward to retiring- not so much to escape working but more as an opportunity to do some other things. Read and study Geology, maybe a little sailing, biking and skiing. I hope to keep recreating-a little bursitis in the hips but why go there?
After reading the rest of this thread I'm stoked and I'm going to buy a couple more pairs of skis--not because I "need" them- but because they're going to be fun and I'm grooving thinking about that!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 16, 2014 - 11:26pm PT
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Age well!
Heidi & I had a big work-day of spring clean-up on the ranchette at Choss Creek today.
At 6:00 PM we dragged chairs out onto the deck, for Gin & Tonics and enjoyed springtime & life.
Heidi turns 60 in April and I'm half-way throught 64.
Please have some fun along the way to old age.
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Mar 16, 2014 - 11:31pm PT
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Do not model your life on Dylan Thomas.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Mar 17, 2014 - 09:18am PT
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Who didn't make it to his fifties.....
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Mar 17, 2014 - 12:51pm PT
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Fritz and Heidi!
Ya' both are looking great!!
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Andy Fielding
Trad climber
UK
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Mar 17, 2014 - 02:20pm PT
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When I turned 50 (two years ago) I read Psychovertical by Andy Kirkpatrick. I then got my 34 year old copy of Yosemite Climber off the shelf and said to myself "I have to climb there". 6 months later I was in Camp 4 and did a host of classic routes. I returned again last year and in June I'm coming back to do the Regular NW face on HD. There is a saying; "We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing". Play on people.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Mar 17, 2014 - 02:23pm PT
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Why is Fritz holding his breath?
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Mar 17, 2014 - 02:30pm PT
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There are four types of cranes in Chinese myth: White, yellow, blue and black. The black crane is thought to live the longest - up to 600 years. When a crane is shown among clouds it stands for longevity, widsom and nobility. When shown among pine trees, the crane symbolizes determination, wealth and power. When two cranes are shown together, it is the ultimate depiction of longevity.
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SicMic
climber
across the street from Marshall, CO
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Mar 17, 2014 - 03:40pm PT
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You're only as old as those you feel. - Messner
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 17, 2014 - 03:49pm PT
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Sometimes are harder than others to age gracefully through.
50 + mph winds here today. The spruce tree gracefully reposed onto our garage this morning. My chainsaw is inside the garage, directly under the tree. Still blowing way too hard to approach the ugly task of cleanup.
Schist happens!
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Mar 17, 2014 - 06:05pm PT
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In the spirit of fighting old age viciously, my poor body has been pummelled into submissions. Worked on legs with personal trainer on Friday. Saturday, we did a mock rescue mission way out on St. Helens. I insisted that I should not operate the snowmobile in marginal conditions since I rarely ride one. Got on the back and held on for dear life as we flew through the brush. My legs look like my husband beat me unmercifully. Got to the steeper section, then took off on foot for the last 1/2 mile to the "patient". OMG - postholing with 42 pounds on my back on a steep hill was damn hard. Snowshoes did not help one bit. Plummetted through tree branches in a tree well on a steep hill. Crwled out with my pack hanging up on every twig. Finally made "patient" access. This was humbling. I took solace in that only 2 of us made patient access all day. The youngsters never arrived......
Went for a 2 hour 30 minutes run on Sunday in the rain. Plunged straight into the hot tup afterward, then assumed the horizontal position on the couch for the rest of the day. Not fast. Not enough distnace covered. This better payoff with fabulous fitness as the snow melts!!!
Keep fighting! Never surrender!
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