Climbing time ends

[5thelement]

10 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

I’ve got 4 years till my youngest is 18 and we can dump him LOL.

 

Overlanding sounds like a nice thing to plan for.

Yeah, it keeps me motivated when I’m feeling the pain. 
I quite fancy this bike ride too, it goes straight past my house. 

[Ledburyjosh]

1 hour ago, Rich Rule said:

 

 

the thing as I am realising as I get older is the work I do to pay for my hobbies is restricting my ability to do the said hobbies.

 

This is to true.. I like to rock climb to a reasonable level.. tree works limits this more than I care for.

 

For me the out of climbing is in progress, surveying/Consultancy being the option which im tryin to increase.. or sack it all off and train as a sparkie.

[green heart]

57 minutes ago, Ledburyjosh said:

 

For me the out of climbing is in progress, surveying/Consultancy being the option which im tryin to increase.. or sack it all off and train as a sparkie.

 

Looking at the current pay for Self employed sparkles (typically around a heady £300-500/day), that seems like an eminently sensible route onwards, from tree climbing. 

However, as AI quietly makes inroads into UK employed/redundancies, I expect a lot of other former employees will start looking to transfer to manual trades, and bring down those day rates back to earth.

Demand and supply at work..

 

Personally, I wonder if the way forward is developing our own remote semi-robotic tree-climbing/cutting tools !

-I reckon Kram's skill-set can't be that far off tackling it, maybe in 2026?? 

😉

[Stere]

Kram needs to team up with Billy King (and maybe Big Al)

 

Billy is  the GOAT 😉

 

 

[Bombadil]

I’m in my 60s and am pretty sure that the job is keeping me much fitter and more supple than I would be otherwise. That said, I wouldn’t fancy climbing every day and work with a fitter, younger guy, who can. The work I do is mostly supporting the climber at this stage, and I’m happy knowing the job still gets done and that I’m not doing myself physical damage. I am fit enough to step into the climbing role when needed, but I’m glad that I no longer need to do that every day.

I have an exit strategy, so as Mick said, head down to the finish line 🏃‍♂️‍➡️