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frog (the real frog)
Trad climber
San Diego
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73 in September ... mostly gym climbing 2 -3 nights a week at Mesa Rim ... great gym in San Diego with 53 foot walls (and another about to open) ... will get to try some easy stuff again at Facelift this year ... always use Jam Crack and Lazy Bum as bench marks ... didn't start climbing till my 50th year, so got a lot of catching up to do ...
frog
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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73
Placed 9 bolts [hammer drill] and an anchor today. I usually climb with a couple of other retired OGs.
I think we should introduce a new term "DOG", for Distinguished OG!!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Almost there at 69, but I don't want to rush it.
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elcap-pics
Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
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Yo.. I am 71 and by now have a shoulder that needs to be replaced, so the docs tell me, but from what I hear those replacements are not so good and the recovery time is very long... arthritis in the hands too... I haven't climbed in a few years now but as I have aged I have found a peace and personal satisfaction that was lacking in my younger days. I would climb if I could but for me it is no longer important. I have done other things to fill the gap left from not climbing and those are just as rewarding as climbing was... I stay in touch with the sport through my photography and writing, among other interests... so if you are still out there climbing then good for you... you should do what you feel is right for you and not feel pressured to do anything that isn't. Now I only do what I want to do... that is one of the great rewards of retirement... it is all on you!!
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Gunkswest
climber
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In the background are a 68 year old and a 55 year old with another 55 year old behind the camera. 194 years of climbing experience in the party. House Calls never stood a chance!
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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I am 71 and by now have a shoulder that needs to be replaced, so the docs tell me, but from what I hear those replacements are not so good and the recovery time is very long
I ruined my shoulders 55 years ago working the still rings but it only caught up to me about 10 years ago. The surgeon presented three options: shoulder replacement (no more gymnastics stuff at all, ever - including difficult climbing), resurfacing (he said sometimes the person is left with a lingering ache - I declined), and doing nothing. I chose the last.
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OnsightOrGoHome
Trad climber
Fair Oaks
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After nearly forty years climbing with my dad, he's still reaching the peaks. Here he is two years ago, at age 78, atop Cathedral Peak in Tuolumne with my younger brother.
And last year on a wall in Yosemite.
I think I'll call 'em, summer's winding down! Get on it!
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Ron Hermanson
Trad climber
California
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I have been using a slack line to help with balance. It is fun and it works. Go slow and then you will be thinking you could to some Dean potter moves on the line,he was a master.. Try it you will like it.
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johnr9q
Sport climber
Sacramento, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 5, 2015 - 09:12am PT
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John R again (OP) Just got back from a 2 day trip to the Sierra East Side with Chuck and his Lancair airplane. Pine Creek the first day and yesterday we were at Patricia bowl at 4pm and I was at my house in Elk Grove (near Sacramento) by 8pm. That included a stop at in-n-out-burger (that's the west coast version of McDonalds). Airplanes make travel fast. Wish I could afford one. onsightorgohome's dad and George Hurley we see pictures of you herein at age 80 on top of some big features. Keep it up. I gota get some exercise tomorrow (today is my daughter's birthday so big celebrations are in order) so I think I'll go out and mountain bike South lake Tahoe doing Sidewinder, Armstrong Connector and Armstrong Pass bike trails. I don't go very fast uphill (it's over 2500 vertical) but go too fast downhill. Gone over my handlebars too many times. 6 stitches under my eye and stitches in my nuts once (hit the goose neck). Broken ribs twice. Mountain Biking is more dangerous than rock climbing. The problem is the faster you go downhill the funner it is. I will try to slow down or next time I'll probably kill myself.
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David Lewis
Trad climber
North Conway,New Hampshire
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George Hurley leading Widow's Walk Frankenstein NH 3/13/2015.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Aug 26, 2015 - 11:37pm PT
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73...still climbing, often solo or with one of my partners
also flying, boating, commercial diving, SAR, volunteer fireman, and raising a poultry flock in the woods
this summer drove solo across the country and back to NJ for two weeks in the woods with Tom Brown Jr's Tracker School...Apache training all day and all night exercises in the woods and swamps with no lights
then drove up into BC islands to teach classes on tracking, awareness and wilderness survival with one of my climbing partners who is also my age and quite fit, Gifford Pinchot III http://www.pinchot.com/perspective/
drove a moving van back and forth between CA and WA several times this summer, loading and unloading...starting another round trip tomorrow...
generally just retired and loafing...
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Aug 27, 2015 - 05:45am PT
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The lesson is stay off the couch (except resting after a good day out).
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smith curry
climber
nashville,TN
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Aug 27, 2015 - 06:33am PT
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Thanks for all the inspiration guys!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 27, 2015 - 06:59am PT
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AP....the couch is the key. You need to get off of it and go out and get things done, BUT....you also need to take complete rest days where you rarely budge from it.
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johnr9q
Sport climber
Sacramento, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2015 - 08:53am PT
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I am sure glad some of you "old" guys post using your real name. Most of the people that post on SuperTopo have a handle which doesn't give any light as to who they are. I'm sure I would know or at least know of the reputation of some of the posters if I knew who they were. Whenever I somehow get a connection of a handle and a name I write it down so I can use it in the future. Wish there was a list of handle/real names.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Aug 27, 2015 - 09:05am PT
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Your real name is johnr9q?
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jstan
climber
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Aug 27, 2015 - 09:39am PT
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That's a memorable name.
Saturday we had the timed grabber game at the Community Center. The father of one young lady said to his daughter, "C'mon! We're going." She replied, "DAD! If I can cut one second off my time I can win!" I tried to console her telling her we would be back in October. She did not buy it. She wanted to win NOW. Some how we have to scale this up for the Yucca Valley club with hundreds of kids. That will be hard.
Then Wednesday we had "Scrubbing 62". We cleared a full contiguous mile along the highway. About 35 acres.
Hectic week. But the desert is changing.
Facelift is almost here!
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Guck
Trad climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Aug 27, 2015 - 11:07am PT
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Not quite there, and in no rush. An inspiration for me is Hermann Gollner from Austria, who still climbs 5.13 in his seventies (check Rock and Ice Fall 2014 issue), along with Jorge Urioste (although not at the same technical level).
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John in Bishop
climber
United States
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Aug 27, 2015 - 11:40am PT
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I'll be 72 in November. Annie and I are enjoying our place on the Caribbean through the middle of Sept., then we will be back at it on the beautiful East Side of the Sierras. Annie, who is 70 in five months, will be looking forward to a lower back operation. She is looking forward to getting her life back and rejoining our climbing gang. I will be continuing enjoying the hell out of projecting then red or pink pointing climbs at and over my limits. I have had successful operations on both of my shoulders and I'm currently taking medication for lower back pain that allows me to climb two and three days a week. yay! It's very much fun for me to hear from you older guys. Keep on writing in.
Climber John in Bishop.
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