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Its great to cross paths with those that have that many laps around the
"track". doing what you love. That looks like some pretty country!
 
I was climbing at Taylor's Falls just a bit north of Minneapolis a number of years ago. A fellow came up and asked if he could do the route we has setup as a top rope. He was very polite and chatted with all of us. After he flashed up the route we were all struggling with someone told us that it was Fred. I almost retired the rope in his honor :) My brush with fame
 
Do what you like
Like what you do
Do it 'till you die.

The flesh may fade but the spirit still soars...

Guys like that shows us the way; what an inspiration!
 
Dude on the right is 78, the left 62, in the middle 50ish. They just did the mountineers route on Whitney...must be in the air in california......I hope I can crank at 84
 

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Some of you guys from Jersey will know this man. There was an article in AN a few years back about him, Norm Berner. I had the pleasure of working with him the week before his 84th birthday. This was the first of 3 trees he did that day. I believe he was working 3 days a week until he was 82.
 

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So, is he a tree climber or a rock climber???

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yep...hard to track him down....no cell, no e-mail, no message. Just pops ooutta the blue here and there.
 
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So, is he a tree climber or a rock climber???

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yep...hard to track him down....no cell, no e-mail, no message. Just pops ooutta the blue here and there.

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So is that a yes, or a no?
 
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I sure do! He is one of many great Tree Men! He was doing production tree work until after he was 80. I knew guys that climbed with Norm that would say how they learned ways to minimize energy loss from techniques Norm employed. He is the type of guy that makes this a great industry to be a part of.
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