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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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May 17, 2017 - 07:46am PT
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In ten years I would like to be climbing with Moose & Donnini & Vitaly at Indian Creek.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 17, 2017 - 08:42am PT
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Whatever I think at present, I'm willing to be surprised and will do my best to make it a pleasant surprise...
... which is all I can do...
... amor fati...
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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May 17, 2017 - 08:49am PT
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At nearly 60 I have heard the wake up call and am taking good care of myself. In ten years I hope to be doing at least a week a month of skiing, climbing and backpacking with both young and old people. I am going for the free ski pass at nearly every ski area when I hit 80.
Hey, Spider, if we are doing as well as LeRoy is now we'll both be happy, eh?
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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May 17, 2017 - 08:54am PT
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**We do not stop playing because we grow old,
we grow old because we stop playing.**
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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May 17, 2017 - 09:14am PT
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Probably in the mirror.
Ba-dum-pshh
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 17, 2017 - 09:21am PT
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I believe that Ponce de Leon has passed on...is there no hope?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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May 17, 2017 - 10:03am PT
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Married well, raised a kid, could of been dead a few times along the way - it's all been gravy for quite some time. Ten more years of the same? Mo' gravy...
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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May 17, 2017 - 10:26am PT
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**We do not stop playing because we grow old,
we grow old because we stop playing.**
My experience with thousands of people whose healthcare I was responsible for and monitored tells me that this is a critically true statement.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 17, 2017 - 10:35am PT
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Yep....if you move to the rocker the dissipation takes over quickly.
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the goat
climber
north central WA
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May 17, 2017 - 11:43am PT
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A very timely thread.
I met a friend from Boulder at the COR 24 years ago and we ran into a group of older climbers at the Twin Sisters. Names that were being thrown around like Alan, Steve, Joe and Eric, made us pause and wonder. Yep, it was them. A contingent of valley vets who impressed us by still climbing hard stuff and getting after it. Alan, the oldest of the group, was then in his mid/late 60's and still going strong.
So here I am today, packing for a trip to COR to meet the same friend from Colorado plus a few more aged climbers from Washington. And I'm turning 62 in a few weeks.......
So, thank you Don Lauria, Jim Donini, Alan Steck, Steve Roper et al for leading the way then and now.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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May 17, 2017 - 12:05pm PT
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Acquiring 2 artificial knees
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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May 17, 2017 - 12:06pm PT
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Susan
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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May 17, 2017 - 01:00pm PT
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Hmmm...
 Expressing myself with guitar as effortlessly as with my words
Comfortable with Yosemite 5.11 adventure climbing, unleashing the possibility of every out-of-reach line I've ever looked up at with a wistful gleam
Second career / hobby in bioinformatics, helping my wife automate tedious stuff, helping her solve interesting problems, enriching our relationship by creating something together that requires both of our brain power, and performing work that connects more directly to helping people and making the world a better place
Learning the Sierra from the vantage of skis
Bumbling along in mellow whitewater in various sized inflatables
Teaching my wife to appreciate snorkeling and tropical destinations, even if it's only a week every couple of years; she loves the mountains, and that is enough consolation
Kicking back with friends around campfires, remote valleys and ridges, tarps laid over snow, and in hot springs under the stars with wind ruffling the palm trees
Posting pics of beautiful places and times right here on Supertopo
I might be doing part of this stuff with kids on the weekends, with weekday mornings occupied by walking kids to school and afternoons helping with homework before we sneak out for climbing/skiing/biking/canyoneering along the Angeles Crest. Or I might be a soccer coach for the rugrats. Time will tell!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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May 17, 2017 - 01:21pm PT
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At 71, maybe I'll be lucky enough to live at least another 10 years. My great,great grandparents were born in the late 1700's, and lived to their late 90's, without the benefits of modern medicine.
Really tough farmers, up on PEI, Canada
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D-Storm
climber
Carbondale, CO
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May 17, 2017 - 02:04pm PT
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That is badass, Steve. Cool pic.
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Dr Lefttoe
Gym climber
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May 17, 2017 - 02:12pm PT
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As an outspoken atheist i accept the possibility that, if there actually is a god, i will be smitted (=smote?) down the day before i am eligible for social security in 2021.
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WBraun
climber
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May 17, 2017 - 02:33pm PT
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Modern people don't live very long anymore.
They've poisoned and drugged themselves to death nowadays with all the synthetics.
They've created such an unnatural world and environments that stress them out and weaken their hearts.
In the real old days, people lived up to 100,000 years, (Satya Yuga).
This age of Kali Yuga is the stoopid iron age of hypocrisy and quarrel and very short life span.
The modern fools who think they've created a better world are in the greatest illusion.
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Q- Ball
Mountain climber
but to scared to climb them anymore
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May 17, 2017 - 02:44pm PT
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As a younger guy than many of you, I think about it often. I have lost many friends to the mountains and had many close calls myself.
I quit climbing and still was unable to shake the drive of exploration. I now spend that drive exploring the jungle. I hope to be sitting on a tractor working my fields with a big smile on my face. That's my 10 year dream.
Q
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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May 17, 2017 - 04:15pm PT
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Hopefully well, with all this old tissue who knows?
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