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.

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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 🏃‍♂️‍➡️

[Cob-logging]

Hi all long time since posting on here I am now 64 in February the big 65 

climb two days a week for myself and others I have worked with before.         

As a hobby i took up weight lifting 17 months ago in March 2024 last October broke 4 world records in deadlifting 

this year me and my stepson came joint first in the tandem deadlift 455kg this year I did 3 world records Viking lift 355 trap bar 300kg normal deadlift 240kg so climbing trees makes you stronger than you think 

[AHPP]

Well done!

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Wow, that's really, properly impressive, Joe Griffin...

I so need to get back to the gym, right now, this evening -if only to see what 350kg looks like, on a weight bar!

I bet I couldn't lift half that !?

-come to think of it, I reckon our 6'' pto timberwolf weighs about that.. unreal.

 

Well done, fella. 

 

[markieg31]

13 hours ago, 5thelement said:

I stagger my jobs so that I don’t climb every day, I tend to choose the enjoyable ones and get another climber in to do the ugly, ivy covered monstrosities over swimming pools. 
I work alone quite a bit too, so I am climber and groundy, I just price and pace the job out better. 
Eating well and keeping active outside of work is essential for me, I had back issues when I first moved out here due to inactivity, the harder I train the less issues I seem to have. 
I’ll keep climbing until the kids leave home then look at winding up, buy an over lander and just set off. 

 

I got there kids, 8,6 and 2. Would be helpful if they could come out and give me a hand when they are older. The 6 year old is mad keen for it!

 

I took the track chipper out to site and we had to get down a nadgery steepish footpath. "Dad let me know if you need to use the winch to get back out!"

 

Anyhow I like some others work a bit on my own, less so climbing on my own, tis hard work but it is all your own.