bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Oh, Bounce! I see so much of me in your post! I too am "shot", but I admire you for making it to 4 or 4:30! I'm close to 70 and have had my own "health issues", but it is really worriying me that I am pretty much used up by lunch time, though it's true that it's pretty much non stop skiing here as there are seldom any lift lines at Big Sky: whatever time you spend actually sitting in the lift is about all the rest you're going to get around here. Nonetheless, I find it alarming to watch others head off - and to difficult areas too - when I have to head home lest my legs carry me straight into a tree!
Well, I'm in my mid-thirties. I hope - plan! - to be skiing regularly into my 70s, if at all possible. But I wouldn't be surprised if I started skiing shorter days, or being pickier about my days, by the time I'm in my 60s =) I ski with a number of men who are grandfathers, and they still rip it up, but I don't see too many older women, so it's good to know you're out there! Inspiration!