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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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May 17, 2017 - 04:23pm PT
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62 now so I'm taking all the clues I can from you folks that are older than me now. Looking forward to it even though it seems like it all goes one direction. But we knew that all along right?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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May 17, 2017 - 04:49pm PT
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But we knew that all along right?
For me it was a pretty abstract concept when I was 25.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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May 17, 2017 - 05:12pm PT
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"Man I don't know"
I hear that,
but ,for now ,maybe,getting My house finally done.
It is tough ,coming home from building and continue building,when you want to ski,climb,bike,kayak,canoe,hike ,play music......lol.
Everything is on site ,less some concrete and 58 year old will.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 17, 2017 - 06:02pm PT
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I'm just off to visit the graves of my old shipmate, Lord Nelson, and my
desert rat mate, TE Lawrence. After that I'll be content to rejoin them.
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
Technically...the spawning grounds of Yosemite
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May 17, 2017 - 06:12pm PT
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Didn't ever imagine myself reaching 40, never mind 47.
Nearly every single day up until I was 42, it was a battle just willing myself to get out of bed.
Mid-41 through 42 I jettisoned all grains from my diet, did some genetic methylation analysis and adjusted my supplement regimen, and started climbing (thanks to this amazing virtual campfire community)...and my emotional and physical health did a 180.
Never imagined I would be in the best shape of my life, mentally and physically, at this point, nor that I would continue to evolve as a person at such a rate. Certainly never imagined I would be captivated by moving up rocks, or (gasp!) leading.
I think I'm too much of a relativist to think in linear terms about where I might be in 2 years (never mind 10!). (Confession: I can't do it -- I've tried -- there are too many variables.)
My body will run out of life force before I finish my ever-growing list of curiosities, and whenever that happens to be, I'll know that I went out doing my damndest to try to make this world a better place in my own small ways, and that I lived, and learned, and played better on the back 9.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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May 17, 2017 - 07:43pm PT
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"There are too many variables ".
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 17, 2017 - 09:22pm PT
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hey there say, mastadon, nice to hear from you, here...
:)
very interesting hearing all these shares, :)
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 17, 2017 - 09:36pm PT
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I speculate that at age 77, after being led up a 5.5 or 5.6 at City of Rocks, I watch Moosedrool in action, with age 85 Donini:
After hard thinking, I see myself leading 5.11 trad.
I also see Donini following me.
Yep.
Moose
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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May 18, 2017 - 03:34pm PT
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I want to be climbing (DUH!) but also writing software programs that are interesting to me (I'm 60, so I'm assuming that I will be retired). I've just recently started picking up JavaScript after mostly writing code in C# with SQL Server. Holy crap, I'm hooked! It's a language that was developed more or less for the Web, but it is a full-blown object-oriented language that is basically free. What you can do with it is only limited by your imagination. There will be new languages that will evolve, but they almost always get better.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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May 18, 2017 - 05:30pm PT
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Let's see...
Joint pain. Muscle pain. Back pain. Eye surgery. Knee replacement Surgery. Back surgery...
I'll still be sitting in the waiting room at my health care provider.
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WBraun
climber
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May 18, 2017 - 05:36pm PT
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10 years into the future almost 99.9% of you will be in the house of pain .....
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 18, 2017 - 06:50pm PT
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Our bodies, as we age, seem to go in one of two directions....they expand or diminish. I, as one whose body is diminishing, fully expect in ten years to become prey for my cats.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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May 18, 2017 - 10:09pm PT
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Just hit 60 I will be painting pretty pictures and adventuring around the west. I am about to be a grandpa too. That will be a fun part of the next ten years.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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May 19, 2017 - 01:37am PT
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^^^ I love that pic!
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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May 19, 2017 - 05:14am PT
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We are just easing out of our 60s and into our 70s--M a bit ahead of me--and still working hard. That said, we have getting ready to get ready to move from our big house to something smaller, and that process is forcing evaluating everything. We'll be lopping off about 2/3 of the space we use now. No more big gardens. No more shop. More like the first apartments we shared in SF--but bigger than the bedroom in the basement apartment in the hospital in the Valley.
Our girls are married and live far away. No grandchildren. It is fun to meet them somewhere else for get-togethers.
Last weekend we attended a big, fancy wedding. There was a big difference between the conversations with those still working and those who had retired. I am sticking to my plan to not retire, but my work is more flexible. I just schedule my time and let my clients know.
A few years ago, M's busy schedule changed and she had two found days free in the middle of the week. She had a list of all the things she wanted to in retirement, so she decided to practice. The second day she got up and went to work: "So, what happened to your list of things to do in retirement?", I asked. "I finished the list yesterday," she replied, "See you tonight."
I have no idea what will happen in 10 years or 20 or 30. We have to plan on the financial changes when one or the other of us dies. M is likely to live well past 100: her mom is 100. Less likely for me.
I am committed to finding a way to live flexibly, so that major changes, expected or otherwise, are not sticky.
The future always arrives, as I have been intoning for decades. Now it seems to be the next stop.
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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May 19, 2017 - 07:36am PT
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I imagine still climbing. It's been good the last 46 years. Remaining active is important and climbing is the thing I like the most. When I retired the life expectancy for a man was 85. I'm 61 now so I'll plan on making the most of those remaining years.
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Barbarian
climber
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May 19, 2017 - 07:47am PT
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My body will run out of life force before I finish my ever-growing list of curiosities, and whenever that happens to be, I'll know that I went out doing my damndest to try to make this world a better place in my own small ways
Such truth! Ditto that!
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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May 23, 2017 - 07:41am PT
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Don Lauria, you rock!
10 years from now I hope to be retired (locker has < 10 days to go) and my boy isn't doing the Bluto thing in Animal House at that time (7 years of college down the drain).
Keep moving forward!
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Branscomb
Trad climber
Lander, WY
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May 23, 2017 - 08:43am PT
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Probably living in a cardboard box under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge...
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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May 23, 2017 - 09:00am PT
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Ten years ago I figured I'd be retired now, but that didn't happen. Am still climbing rock and ice, but one or both may have left my bag of tricks in another ten years (although I hope not). Best guess is I will still be riding motorbikes, paddling my canoe and rubber ducky down western rivers, and bearing witness to the current marine transgression and mass extinction. When I was in school and first encountered these concepts, lo these many decades ago, I assumed that such things happened so slowly that one could not witness them. I have since learned otherwise. As an Earth scientist the world will ever be interesting and ever changing.
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