How old is too old to climb??

WELL, Greg has me beat in starting and the comps

I started at 52 (THANKS TREEDUDE) and competed in my FIRST Comp at 53 (if the geezers counts) and have also volunteered as Greg does.

I've done 2 over 100 foot climbs and have traveled to 7 states for comps and climbed in each state.

it is not the age that matters - it is the DESIRE.

jz - younger ever day
 
your as old as you want to be. some days i feel like 40 some days i feel like i`m 60.utility and week ends and still luvin it. been doing it for about 35years,i`m 53 and not stopping just kind of slowing down a bit
 
yo man, new to this board, but i work for a group of guys, each of them teetering around 50... they bust [bad word]. Those guys can keep up with me, I'm 21 and if I might say I am somewhat of an extremist as well. I would have to say from what I have seen of these all inspiring and wise "OLD" men that there is indeed no limit to what can be accomplished in life. You may not have the physical structure at some point throughout your DNA breakdown to be able to exert too damn much physical effort in too contorted of a position... but as those barriers arise, the glory of man-kind is released and the mind takes over to balance the handicap, and you overcome. . . just some food for thought, eh? Stand proud, men. We aren't just another body.
 
You guys need to learn how to take care of yourselves.....

I'm nearing 60, and aside from a recent knee injury, and the other one having some relatively chronic pain that hope to rmemdy via holisitc means, and a couple other minor irritations, I'm able to do most everything I could when I was young, only with more skill and the benefit of years of experience, knowledge, training, and learning. There are few who are capable of keeping up, regardless of age.

Exercise, proper midnset, and proper nutrition are key. I only have 10 and a half years to go to reach my goal, which is to drop a 30 footer into deep powder...and ski away...Of course to do that on my birthday would mean I'd have to have traveled down under. Las Lenas doth beckon!! or New Zealnd's Remarkables.....
 
I was at the Newfane flea market one sunday , while pawing through a box of old blocks , there was on older man right there as well ....I mean older , hearing aid and all .... we mentioned we were arborists , he said he was as well!!! 80+ and still workin' Down in Mass....We got back home had some alcohol and I said "What the hell is an 80 year old man doing climbing trees and running saws aloft , what must his family think ? ..." My roomate said "Lovin' Life Man!" We chatted with him awhile that day...
 
I'm going on 54, started at 50. My main climbing partner is 20, we keep up with each other just fine. The more I climb the stronger I get. The main thing is pay attention when aches get chronic in a knee or shoulder and make the adjustment to correct. I think that's true for any age climber.

I facilitated a climb for an 88 year-old gentleman last June. I gave him some footloops on an ascender to put on the running end. He said it was cheating but agreed to it to be a nice guy. He moved up the rope with good speed and humbled a group of 30 and 40 somethings who watched him climb. He grew up on a farm in Idaho, I think his early years of good nutrition and physical work helped to set him up for longevity.

When I clipped him on to the rope I asked him how his heart was, he replied: "When it stops ticking I'm done".
-moss
 
With a little mechanical advantage I would say Never is it to old to climb in trees. Take care of your body and your body will take care of you in all of your endeavors in life.
 
I have to admit that after my accident and laying up for 15 months really took my edge off, fitnesswise, and getting it back is more difficult than I figured it'd be. I've lost about half of the weight I gained. It's a start. Sixty next year and I don't seen quitting in the future.

Oh, there's more people near my age than I thought in this forum. Go figure. It makes me feel a little more level in the playing field with the rest. Thanks
 
Proof that I can Dance in the trees, as my trainer does. Today 67 and sunny - pretty weather for us older climbers

treedancing.jpg


the new Tree Motion steps

jz - having a grand time with no music
 
climbing as you get older is all fine and dandy but being a productive climber for a company adds a whole new twist. this is the question I have. how long can I still be productive? only the person I work for will be able to answer that.
 
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Proof that I can Dance in the trees, as my trainer does. Today 67 and sunny - pretty weather for us older climbers

treedancing.jpg


the new Tree Motion steps

jz - having a grand time with no music

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whats goin on with your hitch? two friction points?
 
NOPE that is a beeline closed system with a pulley (green/gold) the pulley is on the blue utility cord - which is on the up rope with a prusick tied to a snap swivel

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here it is - i use this instead of the pulley in the middle of the eye and eye as i footlock the tail or use a pantin and this controlls the slack quite well - i do not have the lost inches as the hitch travels to the pulley - the pulley is tight against the hitch

jz - hope that explains my setup

BEST is that it works for me.
 
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