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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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Aug 17, 2015 - 07:47am PT
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^^^^
Classic Edge, don't become "food" too soon.
Sounds more like retirement to me . . .
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 17, 2015 - 07:49am PT
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Take out the garbage, so to speak.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Aug 17, 2015 - 08:19am PT
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I'd take the family on a 2+ month trip around the world to every cool spot I've ever been.
Well, below 15,000' anyway.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Aug 17, 2015 - 08:24am PT
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pack for mammoth!
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Aug 17, 2015 - 08:48am PT
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Just camping!
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cavemonkey
Ice climber
ak
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Aug 17, 2015 - 08:50am PT
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If it weren't for the damn health insurance thing I would have quit a long time ago. If its not one thing its another, golden handcuffs or not
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 17, 2015 - 09:11am PT
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Quit what?
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Aug 17, 2015 - 10:14am PT
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^^ your occupation, so for you climbing. You would need to get a job or take up stand up paddleboard yoga.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Aug 17, 2015 - 10:37am PT
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I have no plans to quit living the dream. I created this life for myself, and I'm enjoying every minute of it (almost).
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Aug 17, 2015 - 10:41am PT
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I left a corporate law job in my late 20s and went to Asia: Hong Kong, Thailand, Nepal, India, then toured the Western US when I got back. Completely glad I did it because I'll never have that much time again, not until I retire at least, and then who knows what family commitments and age issues might clip my wings. It sucked when I eventually had to look for a job, but no regrets other than not trying to do more.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID or the fricken Bakken, variously
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Aug 17, 2015 - 11:32am PT
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Reckon I'll just have to find out. I AM tired of dealing with oil company hillbillies.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 17, 2015 - 12:14pm PT
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I would sleep in. Then open a map and a list of all the places to climb in NA and map the drive out, but without any date parameters.
I'd probably post up about it. I'm sure there would be amazing things to share.
Fitness would come from being on the road and 'doing stuff' and not sitting.
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Aug 17, 2015 - 01:07pm PT
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You'd all be so busy that there would be no sleeping in...
Y'all are too hyperactive to stop tiring yourselves out one way or another.
To many happy plans of the future!
Cheers
LS
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Aug 17, 2015 - 01:22pm PT
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Quit what?
That was my first question, too. I have to assume you mean quit your job, since quitting climbing is too awful even to contemplate.
I quit thrice. First to go to law school full time, second to move from LA to Fresno. Both times, the first thing I did was go to the mountains to climb, camp, and as John Muir would say, go home. Those were excellent decisions.
The third time I quit as a partner in my law firm to go out on my own (thereby, as one friend says, obtaining the optimal number of partners). I quit on Thursday, and opened the new office on Friday. That didn't work out nearly as well. Even though I put much thought into the change, I should have added time for a vacation -- in the mountains of course. You can sleep in anytime, but it takes a while to ask "what day is it, again?"
John
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID or the fricken Bakken, variously
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Aug 17, 2015 - 04:53pm PT
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Mike makes the best case I've heard yet.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Aug 17, 2015 - 06:09pm PT
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I quit work at 55 and haven't regretted it. Climb a little, travel a lot, do volunteer work.
All more worthwhile than the paying gig.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2015 - 02:46pm PT
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Mike. telling it like it is!!
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jstan
climber
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Sep 14, 2015 - 03:16pm PT
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I retired at 65 after never having been unemployed. It worked just as I wanted it to. Now? Still pretty much the way I expected.
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One thing did not go well recently. Verizon stopped supporting my browser and I lost my email. With my email gone I got no confirmation for a camping spot at Facelift. Possibly Pinky revoked my spot because I was not visible via email. If I can't confirm I have a reservation this week I will probably not go to Facelift. Have a great cleanup folks!
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Scylax
Trad climber
Idaho
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Sep 14, 2015 - 05:04pm PT
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I did, in a very real sense, "quit" about six months ago. The woman I was engaged to and living with in Colorado started taking exception to my climbing as well as a few other things about my personality. So, I move back to Idaho, dust off my Silent Partner, and begin climbing again with a vengeance. Shitty part of it was, we were living near Boulder, and she didn't like me climbing?? WTF?
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whitemeat
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Sep 14, 2015 - 06:23pm PT
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Sell everything and get a rad mountain bike!!!! Kinda tempting time to time, then I climb a splitter, and am like, hell no!
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