Climbers only, age poll.

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Another thread or two, asking about when a climber is washed up, inspired this poll.

 

[(WLL)]

climbers future not lookin good

look at the poll n c 4 ur self:help:

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

We'll see how it plays out.
I wonder if there are any 75+ climbing members.

 

[(WLL)]

i no a few but none full time

 

[Dadatwins]

10 votes and only 3 responses including my own. One 75 year old clicked already. Results might not be so accurate. :monkey:

 

[MrRecurve]

Im 24, been climbing since I was 21.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

10 votes and only 3 responses including my own. One 75 year old clicked already. Results might not be so accurate. :monkey:

The 75+ vote is gone.
It should be an accurate refection of the climbers on this site, who would lie?

 

[lorax]

Age

I started climbing when I was 19 and 32 now, with no end in site!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

who would lie?

It never crossed my mind.

 

[BostonBull]

I am 24.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

I'm hanging out with a bunch of women!

Anyone who selects 75+ must prove his age, and show a picture of himself climbing! (Just find somebody 35 years younger, with a camera)

 

[Stumper]

It seems that most of us are muddle aged.

 

[DDM]

lol okay i fess up i voted age 75. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[woodchux]

you dont look that old in your avatar

 

[DDM]

you dont look that old in your avatar

Hmmm in your avatar you look maybe 165.

 

[RedlineIt]

Maybe it's because I got into this line of work a bit late, but I see guys younger than me limping with bad knees or feet, aching elbows and shoulders, and I'm still waiting to see where this job doesn't make me stronger.

Feeling stronger everyday, never felt better, but I use every technique and aid I can come up with to make my work in the tree smooth, easy, and controlled.

Control is the key. Control of your body, control of your rope. Control of your saw, which in turn, controls what you cut.

There isn't anything involved in aerial tree work that should physically burn a person out. If you feel used up after a climb, you did it wrong.

Back injuries on the ground, compounded time and time again from moving wood around on the ground, end more climbers careers short than any other injury I can think of.

Knees and backs are screwed up by overextending and poor technique on the ground more often than in the tree.


My 2 sense.



RedlineIt

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

The number one Workers Comp injury is the back.

 

[woodchux]

Tap on your kneecaps a little and tell me they don't hurt

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

I can tap on my knees fine. Stay the heck away from my elbow though.

 

[jomoco]

Started in palms at 14 in 1973, am now 47, and though I may not be as fit as I once was, I feel that my experience and knowlege make me better now than I was in my prime.

All of my injuries resulted from my delusions of becoming a pro moto crosser, but thankfully I realised I couldn't before I crippled or killed myself, now I just ride moderately for fun and leave the racing to my sons.

I know one climber that's over 75 that can still climb, though not regularly.


jomoco