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How can I, or anyone else give you a percentage?

 

 

 

What you are trying to do is make out you are doing a job that is over and above what anyone else does.

 

 

 

Walk a day in my shoes, Jomoco.

 

 

 

Not that my job is big, brave, or hard........ Most folk wouldn't do it mind.

 

 

Well I'd imagine you can't be too big in your game, you'd have to be brave (or at least not squeamish), and if you're hard, well, I'd keep that to yourself...

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So you guys don't think daily tree climbers are particularly stronger or leaner than say cops, military special ops, swat teams etc?

 

People who can footlock 100 feet are fairly common?

 

Read the whole thread Eggs, I've already admitted to falling out of contention 8 years ago!

 

But I'm still good for a half day with an early lunch though!

 

Jomoco

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Dropout rate from SEAL training is around 80%. So eight of 10 >selected< for training couldn't hack it. Comparable to swinging around in a tree? Nah.

 

Very true. But that's among applicants who meet minimum physical standards just to apply, not the general population.

 

I've met a handful of chubby climbers in forty years, but not many.

 

Chubby bucket boys who used to be lean mean climbers though?

 

Oh yeah, lots of those!

 

You gettin pudgy too there Eggs mate?

 

Jomoco

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Very true. But that's among applicants who meet minimum physical standards just to apply, not the general population.

 

I've met a handful of chubby climbers in forty years, but not many.

 

Chubby bucket boys who used to be lean mean climbers though?

 

Oh yeah, lots of those!

 

You gettin pudgy too there Eggs mate?

 

Jomoco

 

Nah. I'm still an Eleven 'n' Half stone shagging machine.

 

Keep it to ya self though.

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Nah. I'm still an Eleven 'n' Half stone shagging machine.

 

Keep it to ya self though.

 

 

So we both weigh about 160 lbs.

 

At 5'8" that's a tad heavy for me, bouta half stone heavy by your measure.

 

There's a substantial measure of truth in the old adage of either using it, or losing it, IME.

 

How old are you Eggs?

 

I just turned 57, and I'm semi-retired from climbing. A few days a week maximum.

 

Which suits me just fine when temps hit 100 n somethin in summer!

 

Jomoco

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So we both weigh about 160 lbs.

 

At 5'8" that's a tad heavy for me, bouta half stone heavy by your measure.

 

There's a substantial measure of truth in the old adage of either using it, or losing it, IME.

 

How old are you Eggs?

 

I just turned 57, and I'm semi-retired from climbing. A few days a week maximum.

 

Which suits me just fine when temps hit 100 n somethin in summer!

 

Jomoco

 

I'm 45, and also semi retarded. I'm no Navy seal mind.

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Funny, but of the tree companies I've subbed for a lot, only one was ran by a highly skilled hands on climber, who could show you how it's done without any undue trauma.

 

All five companies are fair sized, over 30 employees, all the owners millionaires now, but four of the five, were not climbers of any note, but rather very good managers, who paid top notch climbers their worth.

 

This profession accommodates all makes mixes sizes and shapes of folks with no problem, women can be fantastic managers, I know one ole gal who grinds stumps as well as any man!

 

But high climbers who remove or prune trees daily for years n years?

 

That whittles the numbers shapes n sizes down considerably IMO.

 

Jomoco

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