Has-been...........

[David Humphries]

...........that should know when it's time to give up the ghost of a once quasi glorious past.

 

Here's me last year - pretty much the last time that I climbed a tree in anger (apart from the odd climbing inspection/fung hunt)

 

It's probably almost ten years now, since i was anything closely resembling a good climber.

 

But It's in me blood, & I'm loathe to stop completely.

 

I often remember something Skyhuck has quoted more than a few times

 

"Use it or lose it"

 

So I keep on truckin on here and there, but it's slowly grinding toward a halt.

 

 

Any other 'once apon a time' climbers, struggling to come to terms with the reality of life/career moving on ???

 

 

Not looking for points awarded for stylish dismantle btw, I made a pigs ear of it

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[timtree81]

you never lose it just get rusy ha ha ,good on ya monkey-d

[janey]

Was that a back cut in the main pole while you were still roped in above it I spied???

 

Nice set of pics. It's good to see that us oldies can still climb, but we are sensible enough to choose not too

[armchairarborist]

feeling useless eh? i felt that way recently when i couldn't climb due to overenthusiatic prussiking giving me a torn abdominal (gone and strained it today too).. that looks like you put the back cut in while still anchored to the piece.. probably a clever illusion eh?

[David Humphries]

Was that a back cut in the main pole while you were still roped in above it I spied???

 

Nice set of pics. It's good to see that us oldies can still climb, but we are sensible enough to choose not too

 

 

 

Just a marker my dear (old habit), the minds eye aint as acute as it once was.

 

 

OLDIES !!!!

 

Speak for ya self ya old maid

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[janey]

OLDIES !!!!

 

Speak for ya self ya old maid

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Ooooh, sensitive

[Mark Bolam]

Don't beat yourself up Dave.

 

The first cut obviously caused a bit of a tear, but the rest wasn't too bad!

 

That's a fair sized tree to many on here. Fair play to you.

[Stephen Blair]

You are climbing in a fishermans body warmer, of course you are going to feel old coz you look it.

Die your hair blonds, cut the sleeves off of a t shirt 3 sizes to wee for you, get a stein lid with the shades built in and get some gecko spikes, say ' yo dood' ' happening man ' and stuff and you will be well rad:thumbup1:

[RobArb]

no spikes? haha you can't be that bad then:thumbup:

[Mark Bolam]

You are climbing in a fishermans body warmer, of course you are going to feel old coz you look it.

Die your hair blonds, cut the sleeves off of a t shirt 3 sizes to wee for you, get a stein lid with the shades built in and get some gecko spikes, say ' yo dood' ' happening man ' and stuff and you will be well rad:thumbup1:

 

You been spying on me again Stevie?

 

I'm cool wid dat.....