New and Experienced Climbers over 50 #35

Alan Rubin wrote:

Lori, If you have an opportunity see the film 'Droping Molly'---it has been on some climbing and outdoor recreation film tours ( not Reel Rock) this past year, and you can likely find it steaming somewhere. You will see and learn a lot about one extremely bold female climber!!!!

I don't ever want to watch a film where someone gets hurt falling.  Can you let us know if this film shows that or just close calls?

• Nick Goldsmith wrote:

So sorry you got hurt . We drove from the NEK to just north of Harrisburg today. 76f before the sun went down. Culture shock with all the people, traffic, sunshine, warm temps and blossoms..

Hi Nick, We'll likely be heading north from Breaks tomorrow so conceivably will pass you en route---though I think by then you will be traveling west of us. Have a good trip. Hope the weather treats you well. Hopefully will be starving a photo or two from Breaks.

Jan Mc wrote:

I don't ever want to watch a film where someone gets hurt falling.  Can you let us know if this film shows that or just close calls?

You won't like it Jan, actually pictures of 2 people getting hurt as it includes shots of Brad Gobright's fall on the same route. Both recovered.

Carney is in! I sure wish the electorate majority of the US was as smart as Canada…

you en route---thou I think by  west of us. Have a trip. Hope th you well. be starving a photo.

Beautiful picture. The rock, the sky, the leaves…

apogee wrote:

Carney is in! I sure wish the electorate majority of the US was as smart as Canada…

And it looks like Poilievre is going to lose his own seat!

I’ve been enjoying a slow movement towards a “traditional diet” and lifestyle over the last five-ten years.  Just one thing at a time.  Swapped out seed oils for olive oil and ghee (mostly).  Weeded out high fructose corn syrup, which wasn’t easy. Figured out how to live without single use plastic containers, so I have metal and glass bottles that are field safe. The list goes on… but it’s been a pleasure.  Today I’m making beef stock. 

Ever since reading The Calcium Paradox 10 years ago vitamin K2 has rightly become a big deal… the X Factor.

But now there’s also this little nugget… the Wulzen factor found only in raw milk and butter.  Reading further, it can be helpful for arthritic knees and joints. 

“The "Wulzen factor," also known as the "anti-stiffness factor," is a nutrient discovered by Rosalind Wulzen in the 1940s. It's primarily found in raw cow's milk, especially in butter and cream. Wulzen's research suggested that this factor could protect against degenerative arthritis, hardening of the arteries, cataracts, and even reverse calcification of the joints.”

“The Wulzen Factor” sounds like a great route name.   

John, I finally got the MRI of my right knee yesterday. Which knee are you getting?   This knee thing is a show stopper—it’s very hard to climb while also trying to protect a knee. The one thing that has dramatically helped me with pain and mobility in that joint is sun. Roll up your pant leg and let the sun shine on your knee(s) whenever you think of it. Red light therapy helps… but the sun helps more.  I hope your MRI turns out ok! 

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100 days. Unbelievable. 

Unknown User wrote:

New climbers over 50 can safely enjoy climbing by focusing on technique, flexibility, and gradual strength building. Experienced climbers should prioritize joint care, proper warm-ups, and adapting goals to maintain longevity in the sport.

AI is beginning to generate some seriously good advice.

I use it daily to code Python because I’m old and forgetful and it helps me write tight efficient scripts.

Just out of curiosity, I’ll test it against my 35 plus years of C++ skills. Pretty certain it’ll beat my memory.  

Li Hu wrote:

AI is beginning to generate some seriously good advice.

I use it daily to code Python because I’m old and forgetful and it helps me write tight efficient scripts.

Just out of curiosity, I’ll test it against my 35 plus years of C++ skills. Pretty certain it’ll beat my memory.  

I guess that post got flagged, since I missed it. Any idea what the point is of doing these types of posts (I mean, the spam one)? They were doing it before AI came along, too.

Lori, where are you getting the "calve's foot" for your broth?

Bill and I did the swapperoo on "Belly Roll"/"Dennis" again this morning. This time, I ledP1 and Bill led P2 (slightly differently). I feel like we should name this variation something else. Starts on Belly Roll, skips the crux of Dennis. "Dinner Roll"? Here's Bill nearing the top of P2:

It's a walk-off. Here's Bill soloing the Uberfall. In sandals :

Fantastic weather we're having! "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."

Dragons, ha ha! I knew you would catch the calves foot in the recipe!    I don’t have one and I’m not gonna have one. I could probably get one from the local butcher, but I just don’t know if I could handle a hoof in my soup.

Your weather looks lovely and your rocks look lovely. How nice that you are getting out for some climbs.

I keep thinking about Li Hu’s post about his motivation for climbing , which is pretty much to stay healthy.  I felt like I should’ve known that, but I didn’t!  I’m pretty much caught up in the landscape here and the rock formations, and there are so many emotional and spiritual reasons for climbing that I forget about its value in general health.

I was out roaming this morning. Just gazing without a guidebook and now I have to figure out where I was.

This is just around the corner from CS special. It has an interesting little face and several bolts. Don’t know how one actually gets to it.

I got caught up in some manzanita just trying to see if there is an easier way to my favorite wall. I don’t think this is it.

This is some of the nicest rock in Joshua Tree, but I cannot understand how a wall this vertical can only be a 5.9. I found it really difficult climbing and really beautiful.

I always have to stop by and admire this rock. My mind cannot comprehend it. I look up there and see this slightly overhanging pure slab and it makes no sense. I wouldn’t even want to try.  But Scott Cosgrove did and it has been repeated at least once. (New Deal 14a) 

On my return, I visited this route which has been closed because there are supposedly petroglyphs and no matter how many times I’ve searched I don’t see petroglyphs and I don’t see blood so what is the problem?

So that accounts for 2 1/2 hours of hiking and roaming and wasting a lot of time.  

Listening to the BBC about the Canadian elections. I wonder if this is how it will go down… We become the embarrassment and our friends pull together to stop this craziness. 

dragons wrote:

I guess that post got flagged, since I missed it. Any idea what the point is of doing these types of posts (I mean, the spam one)? They were doing it before AI came along, too.

It’s interesting, and I’m wondering if an AI created the account as well? Cool and obvious to me, but I’m thinking that within a 4-5 years it would be indistinguishable from posts done by the average person?

On another note, Congress is concerned about TP-Link being insecure?

https://apple.news/A7cDL6WjiREatTU5GifeXvQ

Hate to say it, but it’s pretty much anti/Chinese hate. All systems can be hacked and just because a Chinese company designed the chip doesn’t make it any more prone to hacking. They all use ARM Trustzone.

Every company wants their products to be secure.

Lori Milas wrote:

So that accounts for 2 1/2 hours of hiking and roaming and wasting a lot of time.  

I'm gently shaking my head at you, Lori, since you and I both know that this is the opposite of wasted time.

apogee wrote:

Carney is in! I sure wish the electorate majority of the US was as smart as Canada…

Isn’t the USA electorate supposed to reflect the will of the people?

The powers that be are likely regretting their decisions?

There's this old Hawaii surfing movie from the 80s - North Shore. Young mainland haole would-be surfer shows up at Oahu's North Shore, to get schooled. 

He meets vet soul surfer dude who's gone native with Hawaiian wife and beautiful kids. Soul surfer agrees to mentor The Kid, teach him how to really surf. They meet the next morning and what do they do? They spend the entire day snorkeling the reef, studying the wave, the breaks, the rocks, the backwash, etc. 

Flash scene to the soul surfer's house, his wife is with her kid. They both look out to ocean, see the two men snorkeling. 

"What are they doing out there, Mommy?" The kid asks. The mom's reply is priceless, and directly related to Lori Milas time wasting notion,

"They're surfing!"

Lori Milas wrote:
This is some of the nicest rock in Joshua Tree, but I cannot understand how a wall this vertical can only be a 5.9. I found it really difficult climbing and really beautiful.

Well. there are a number of routes in this photo. Incandescent follows the faint white streak and is 5.8. Electralux is the next route left and is listed as 5.9 in some guides, but I call it solid 5.10a. There are some harder 5.10s and .11s, and Zzzzz is also there, a serious 5.9 lead.

rolled in this afternoon and sampled the best 5.4 anywhere... 

rapping over a Seneca 5.7 ;)  

82f

Lori, the pictograph is just up and left from (behind) the sign. It is quite obvious. It is red, as is common for pictographs. Sort of looks like a stylized bird. About 18" tall and 12" wide.

Lori Milas wrote:

On my return, I visited this route which has been closed because there are supposedly petroglyphs and no matter how many times I’ve searched I don’t see petroglyphs and I don’t see blood so what is the problem?

So that accounts for 2 1/2 hours of hiking and roaming and wasting a lot of time.  

Listening to the BBC about the Canadian elections. I wonder if this is how it will go down… We become the embarrassment and our friends pull together to stop this craziness. 

Maybe Guy Keesee will chime in on the subject of Energy Crisis. he was on he FA. I've heard various accounts of how that petroglyph got there...

It's a pictograph, not a petroglyph. And Guy has told us his story.