[tomkat]

As an old rock climber I can understand the attraction it likely holds for many of 'em, but it's a young man's game for sure.

Once most of us get old enough to realize we're not indestructible after all, it's time hang it up .. lol

[taxcontrol]

Even more than the loss of the indestructibility comes the realization that things just don’t heal as fast or as “right” as they used to. At 51 I had to get surgery to remove the bone spurs, calcium build up and scar tissue from my miss spent youth (Infantryman). Took the better part of 8 months to stop hurting from the surgery. Now I can look forward to three months of trying to regain the muscle tissue that I lost.

sigh, sux to get old