Are you in your PRIME?

[Bixler]

It's always interesting to see the progression of a tree climber. When were you in your prime? Is it yet to come? or, Are you in your prime now? What's it like?

I've been climbing for a handful of years now, don't think I've reached my prime yet.

Is it a combination of the mental and physical game?

 

[MasterBlaster]

I don't see your age posted...

My prime was a decade ago.

 

[Bixler]

28 years old, I know I gotta fill out the rest of the paperwork, sorry boss

 

[cory]

In your 30's is your prime because you still have loads of physical ability plus you have accumulated experience to put it to good use.

40's your physicality starts to go but you have even more experience so you still get it done in good fashion.

50's you've got massive experience, but getting out of bed is all but impossible

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's why I train.

 

[Burnham]

What Cory said....

At 50 I could still put the awe in young climbers, but just a few years later, it was lots harder.

 

[Jack]

I'm in my prime ...

 

[MasterBlaster]

I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was!

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[Jack]

Well, I don't know, but I've been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance

 

[Burnham]

Jack, you're just a late bloomer .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Priming ...........

 

[Burnham]

Scotch works for me....

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Wishing I had some Bushmills

 

[Burnham]

Would serve, sure enough .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

You betcha!
Single Malt just sounds perfect right now.

 

[Jack]

Yes Sirs ... I like the turn this thread has taken

 

[MasterBlaster]

Whiskey in a box... go figure.

 

[Steve Mack]

I've got one bottle of Carrot Whiskey that I made in 1990, it's in a Dimple bottle.

That'd get you primed.

 

[MasterBlaster]

You made?

 

[Tucker943]

At almost 30, Im in my prime physically. As far as experience, I've got a ways to go.

 

[Steve Mack]

Camera's in the truck, looks like that only a bit dusty.

It was a good batch. I kept one bottle to share with a mate on his birthday when it was 20years old, he liked Dimple but he didn't make it.

 

[woodworkingboy]

In my prime.
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[Steve Mack]

Luckily I don't sound like that.

36 was probably my best year, 1984.

Terrible start but skip to 1.18.
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Did some of my best work at 55-60, sort of slowing down now though.

 

[vharrison]

Luckily I don't sound like that.

36 was probably my best year, 1984.

Terrible start but skip to 1.18.
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Did some of my best work at 55-60, sort of slowing down now though.

Love that song!

 

[treesmith]

At 46, I'm in better shape than I have been in years (or it seems that way to me). For 17 years, I roofed regularly, along with my tree work. While roofing is taxing physically, it uses different muscles/movements. Carrying shingles up a ladder all day will definitely beef the quads... Sitting for hours on end though, while nailing on, just gives a backache. Now that I'm climbing regularly, I've trimmed down 20 pounds, and feel lots better. Although I honestly think Im in better shape than I've been in since my early 20s, I will still say...BLESS YOU PAUL COX!!! The Wraptor is a definite asset to a middle-aged climber, especially at the end of the day, and there are still a couple of trees left to go....