Talk in the "What Qualifies As Steeps" thread, along with some discussions I've had lately, have started me thinking about age and how growing older affects our skiing. Perhaps this is on my mind because I lately turned 60 (gasp!) and I've been struggling with coming to terms about entering senior citizen-dom. On the upside, I'm healthy, I have the physical ability to keep skiing, and to be honest, I've reached the point where I don't feel like I have to ski to impress anymore, which is also kind of freeing (not that my skiing is all that impressive). What I mean is that if I don't want to ski something, I just don't (hey, I could break a hip! ). On the downside, I do notice that my stamina isn't what it used to be. Even though I ski a lot, I don't ski first chair to last. I'll ski maybe from 9 to 1/1:30/2 and then go home. Then again, that might also be because I ski nearly every day. I also have osteopenia, which is a little troubling. And I have a little arthritis creeping in. If I ski too hard, too long, or too many bumps, I feel it in my hips. Ugh.
As a weekday skier, I see a lot of older people out skiing every day, and they seem to do just fine. So I certainly plan to continue for a good, long time, as long as I am able.
One more thing: my Dad, who's nearly 92, is extremely healthy and does whatever he wants, including swimming half a mile every other day. So hopefully, I've inherited this from him.
Your thoughts?
As a weekday skier, I see a lot of older people out skiing every day, and they seem to do just fine. So I certainly plan to continue for a good, long time, as long as I am able.
One more thing: my Dad, who's nearly 92, is extremely healthy and does whatever he wants, including swimming half a mile every other day. So hopefully, I've inherited this from him.
Your thoughts?
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