It's a lot easier looking back for us older folks than looking forward for those of you who are yonger. It's a bummer that the stats aren't available to see the longevity/drop-out rate by year from ages 14-30 and then by five year increments thereafter. I suspect it gets pretty savage through the early 30's.
Climbing well through succeeding decades is a matter of a combination of committment, will, and the emotional bang-for-the-buck you get out of it. To be blunt, a lot of you are talking out your ass at this point. You have no clue what little setbacks life is going to throw at you. Every see anyone cranking 12's again with a chemo tap in their chest? How about colostomy bag instead of a chalk bag?
Along with many, many others, Dingus has been beaten and shattered in cycles and when he decided each time he was "getting back into it" it was the very definition of manning up.
Keep track of who answers this poll over the next twenty years and see how many of you are still climbing, how many are trying to climb again at any level, and how many simply wish they could climb ever again. And see how many of you are trad climbing at old school 5.10 and above post-50.
Clueless...
i agree....sometimes jobs, life, location, you know grown up stuff.....can get in the way of being captin cool all the time....sometimes its as simple as the words(getting back into it) without any implied, underlying insecurity or whatever....perhaps the phrase getting back into shape would sit a little better with some people..........i spent a few years snowboarding in breckenridge banging out 120+ day seasons(chamonix,heliboarding in switzerland,BC ect)... i havent rode a lot since(mabey 3/4 years) but if i decided to head to the mountains and "get back into it" god forbid; why would someone who's had the luxury of being able to do what they love hate on someone who is trying to regain the level of skill they once had.....u guys sound like the 17 year old park turds that think because an older dude cant chuck 720's off a 60 footer he dosent have a hair on his ass.....have a little prespective
The banners loaded slowlyl. I saw old guys licking something. I'm quick on the [x] trigger.
A while back this website that has funny videos used to be called BigBoys.com (it is now called Break). I wanted to show my dad somethign from this site back when I had 56k. I guess I accidentally typed in BadBoys.com. The banners were loading super slow. You saw a persons hair, then the head, then the neck, and by the time I caught on it was boy-on-boy fellatio. Ah the internet. Such a place of wonder for High Schoolers.
Also camhead, for some rolly polly dude in his 40s or 50s struggling up some 5.5 he may have free soloed in his teens or 20s, surrounded by honed kids and young adults?
So WHAT if he's a tad insecure? So what if he could use a little validation, a little, um, compassion?
The one thing I know to be true has been uttered by the aged to youth since language began....
'you'll get yours soon enough son.'
And believe me it will be on you faster than you know.
Actually, I think I first "got mine" last year. 2007 started with me doing one of my best climbs in my life. Then my eye exploded, my back got messed up, and I found out I had a degenerative spine disorder.
Ask anyone who climbed with me at the Creek in Fall of 2007 (angry, wmfork) about how much I was sucking, having bad days, and trying to "get back into it."
hell, I think I may have even made that excuse a couple times.
I dont mind people saying cheers during a toast or somthing of that nature, but to show gratitude I find it annoying. It just doesnt sound right, if someone were to say CHEERS to me, I just cant say your welcome. Shit dont sound right. Is there some kind of customary slogan used in place for "your welcome" when cheers is uses to display gratitude?
On a side note, the show Cheers was a great show. The setting is a bar, so, it kinda makes sense there. Not that anyone is going to stop using cheers just because a few people dont like it, but its worth a try. HEH.
I was gonna name one of them "That's a Relief" but now I think I'll call it 'Getting Back In To It.' But maybe not, that name begs for a chimney route, wouldn't you say?
Cheers my young friend DMT
That's classic! Damn, Dingus, you got that sexy fat rump and a sense of humor. I think I'm in love. sigh....
belayer to leader, just after leader falls on gear, "do you want me to pull you up to your last piece?"
oh and the gear is not much further than an arms length up after the 3 foot whipper....
an aussie can say 'mate' to me any day, as a southerner can say 'y'all' to me, and a brit or canuck can say 'cheers (eh)' all day. posers don't get the same lattitude...
belayer to leader, just after leader falls on gear, "do you want me to pull you up to your last piece?"
oh and the gear is not much further than an arms length up after the 3 foot whipper....
an aussie can say 'mate' to me any day, as a southerner can say 'y'all' to me, and a brit or canuck can say 'cheers (eh)' all day. posers don't get the same lattitude...
Also camhead, for some rolly polly dude in his 40s or 50s struggling up some 5.5 he may have free soloed in his teens or 20s, surrounded by honed kids and young adults?
So WHAT if he's a tad insecure? So what if he could use a little validation, a little, um, compassion?
The one thing I know to be true has been uttered by the aged to youth since language began....
'you'll get yours soon enough son.'
And believe me it will be on you faster than you know.
On the flip? Twas out with good mates recently exploring a crags I found my own self, on a trails I charted and busted out personally. Way out where the sun don't always shine. We did new routes two weekends in a row. It was good. That's all the spray you'll see on those.
I was gonna name one of them "That's a Relief" but now I think I'll call it 'Getting Back In To It.' But maybe not, that name begs for a chimney route, wouldn't you say?
Cheers my young friend DMT
Hi Mate, all good points.
I reckon the other side of the phrase may also be an indication to a young n00b of a subliminal message they are missing:
Try translating it thus:
I'm getting back into it =
Hello young toss-pot sprayer who wants to compare himself to everyone else to prove how amazing he is, please go away and don't try to give me beta on a route I'm enjoying because climbing means more to me than just numbers... please go back to that uber-hard proj of yours and scream so everyone watches you send... I also enjoyed it when I onsighted it years ago.
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