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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Walt Shipley: "Russ, I've never been in better shape..... I've never been in worse shape either."
I can relate to that comment completely. Spirit is definitely back and having to manage the body is a bit of a drag. I still see lines, routes, and potential FA's as ever, but doing them is certainly more challenging. When I'm in a gym and looking around I always spot someone young whose body I'd like to borrow for about an hour - the combination of new and old would be pretty unbeatable...
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WBraun
climber
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healyje
That quote fom Walt went right over your head. You really had to know Walt pretty well to understand what he really ment.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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That quote fom Walt went right over your head. You really had to know Walt pretty well to understand what he really ment.
I relate to the quote on it's surface relative to mind > body being better than it has ever been; body > mind on the otherhand has seen better days. Never having climbed with Walt I certainly can't put a context around the quote. So Werner, given you have and can probably provide some, how about out with it as I'm probably not the only one missing it in that case...
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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Walt also often said
"I don't drink anymore....
I don't drink any less either!"
and then would manically laugh and tool off on his bike for a sixer of old E.
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dodangler
Trad climber
truckee
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What's an "Old dude"?
This poses a question for another thread{although this may have been discussed sometime in the past} What do think the median age of a Supertopo poster is?
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Ouch!
climber
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Avoid eating excess amounts of polar bear liver. Vitamin A poisoning and early aging.
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0uch!
climber
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Well, I'm pushing 90 and have been farting dust for the past decade,
but I've found the secret to staying youthfull...
I fingerpaint at least once a day or as often as the nurse lets me use the paints!
Sometimes the other patients are using them and I have to wait!
(I'm sure George Bush is somehow behind the conspiracy)
Oops! Gotta go...time for my 5:30 shock treatment!
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Ouch!
climber
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We live in our brains. Zero 0uch hopes to upgrade to a two-holer soon.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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My Girlfriend: "Honey, you ARE in shape!"
"Round is a shape."
I can climb just as hard as when I was 24. That's twice as good but half as strong, evening out.
Sometimes (when hiking uphill with a pack for instance) It does cross my mind "Am I getting too old for this crap?"
But I know the moment I stop, I'll instantly BE too old for it, so I keep going.
and I feel like a kid inside
Peace
Karl
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Landgolier
climber
Arlington, VA
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Of course I never knew Walt, but this calls for a Mitch Hedberg:
"I used to do drugs. I still do. But I used to, too."
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville
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after years of abuse or care, one's body still turns to dust.
this process begins around 30.
diet is key to a healthy descent from there.
then there's the cigar smoking George Burns theory (lived to 100 i think)
"Your only as young as the girls you feel"
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StevieOzark
Trad climber
Little Rock, Arkansas
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Drugs, sex, women, and rock & roll !!!!!!!!!!!!
And I'm 52.............
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Watusi
Social climber
Joshua Tree, CA
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Power Lifting!!!
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Ouch!
climber
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LOL! Your face is sure red in that picture and your eyelids are at halfmast. Designated driver?
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kimgraves
Trad climber
Brooklyn, NY
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Q: "how do you old dudes stay in shape?"
A: It's hard. Especially because it's easier to get injured and then you're offline for awhile and have to come back. The trick that I use is to be VERY careful about what I eat. No sugar, no flour, no refined carbs, limited other carbs. It helps to know how to cook. Wine rather than beer. Exercise as much as I can. Weights help to keep the muscle mass on.
Kim
Oh, I forgot....Ashtanga yoga. It works. I first started doing it in order to avoid injury. Climbing only works a specific set of muscles. Yoga works the antagonists as well. Even after 8 months I see a difference in my flexibility. It takes a lot of time though. I go 5 days a week and 3 is a minimum.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
THIS SPACE FOR RENT
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Kim, I'm starting to taste that metal again. LIke the wine idea though.
Last time I checked I'm down 32 letter grades from my peak. Man, maybe I should do something... oops got to go! Couch, nachos, beer and the Playoffs are happening in 6 minutes.
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James
Social climber
My Subconcious
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if I was the worst climber in the world I'd be a handicap piece of sh#t who slipped on a banana peel trying to onisght freesolo the North Overhang...hehahehae
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Ca
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Yeah James, so what's your point. Other than that you lack one at the moment. You really need to take another trip outside, you are starting to feel sorry for yourself again and we don't like to watch. Not that you haven't earned the right to some degree, but it really doesn't help anyone, especially you.
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
the ville, colorado
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Good post shortTimer.That horrible depression that follows severe head injuries is much harder to live through than the actual trauma.Good luck James.rg
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