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Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Sep 24, 2010 - 06:50am PT
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Old guys ride the bus of experience.
They know the art of the "fake".
Muhammad Ali, rope a dope .........
That dude knows his shitz!
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PP
Trad climber
SF,CA
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Sep 24, 2010 - 11:05am PT
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The best way for old guys to get in shape is to become unemployed or divorced ; best if you do both.
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go-B
climber
Matthew 25:40
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Sep 24, 2010 - 11:06am PT
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Ice cream!
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Sep 24, 2010 - 11:36am PT
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Find a younger partner with higher goals than yourself then make it your religion to keep up. And the bonus is that you usually end up with a fine rope gun in the process. Worked for me until I broke, the pace of improvement was brutal!
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Sep 24, 2010 - 12:15pm PT
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I remember back when you were 22 Rockermike, you WERE in bad-assed mountain climbing shape too. Haven't seen you since you moved to California, however, I bet you got somewhat back into shape since the nearly 5 years since your first post up there:-)
Regards:
Bill
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scott baxter
Gym climber
sedona, arizona
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Sep 24, 2010 - 12:29pm PT
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comeback
coming up out of the tar and gloom
and untold obstacles, rising up again like some freaky
Lazarus,
you are amazed at the strength of your
luck.
somewhere, somehow you got an extra
dose of durability.
hell, accept it.
you do. you do.
you look in the bathroom
mirror
at an idiot's smile.
you know the luck.
some go down and never come up.
something is being kind to you.
you turn from the mirror and walk back into the
world.
you find a chair, sit down, light a cigar.
back from a thousand wars
you look out from an open door into the
night.
Sibelius plays on your radio.
nothing has been destroyed.
you blow smoke into the black night,
rub a finger behind your left
ear.
baby, right now, you've got it
all.
Charles Bukowski
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bmacd
Trad climber
Grade V, Level III certified KooK 100% Canadian
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Sep 24, 2010 - 01:45pm PT
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Weld_it (aka Russ) you are f'ing RAD !
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426
climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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Sep 24, 2010 - 01:46pm PT
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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Sep 24, 2010 - 11:46pm PT
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It's torture if you do - and torture if you don't.
So do it.
Die skinny.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 25, 2010 - 03:52pm PT
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Water skiing Tenaya Lake, of course!!!
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CubicleNation
Trad climber
Mtn View, CA
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Sep 25, 2010 - 03:55pm PT
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I keep telling myself that 50 is the new 30.
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Blissab
Trad climber
Westhampton, MA
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Sep 25, 2010 - 07:57pm PT
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Yoga, eating right, eliminating stress, not working too much, running, strength exercise, doing everyday chores in a more manual manner, climbing as much as possible and having a good partner in life
AB
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Sep 25, 2010 - 09:57pm PT
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Russ McLean used to give full credit to popsicle sticks and rubber bands, Pilgrims. That and also Mystic Mints. He would even use the Mints as legal tender actually. This is the biggest file that wretched child Guido would let me have, taken a few days ago:
Russ with his wife (Sykes daughter actually); I can't remember her name having only met her briefly)
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scott baxter
Gym climber
sedona, arizona
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Oct 13, 2010 - 11:58pm PT
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At sixty-five, antique, and headed downhill toward seventy, strive to be
more flexible and stronger, like a hoop dancer and hod carrier.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Oct 14, 2010 - 12:02am PT
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One Liter Beer Steins!
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Oct 14, 2010 - 12:15am PT
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Old Dudes ? say what ? I'm in my prime !
Doug
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