Thread: Older Members?

Yep @rdbang. The knees get more and more buggered with the years. I'm beginning to regret the carefree abuse of my body, when younger. I'm 70 and heading out next week but will be avoiding too much of the up-and-down stuff. I need a new knee, the left shoulder is munted and the stump (left foot gone) is developing a bony spur which gets pretty painful when wearing footwear, which is made by the good folks at the Orthotic Centre in Auckland. So the spirit is all for it, but the body is fucked. Anyway, I'm still having a whack at it; just need to be realistic about how far I go and how rugged the terrain. It's still therapeutic io get out in the bush though, while hoping my rifle isn't redundant - I'd hate to spot one and have to try to drop it with a rock

Originally Posted by keneff

Yep @rdbang. The knees get more and more buggered with the years. I'm beginning to regret the carefree abuse of my body, when younger. I'm 70 and heading out next week but will be avoiding too much of the up-and-down stuff. I need a new knee, the left shoulder is munted and the stump (left foot gone) is developing a bony spur which gets pretty painful when wearing footwear, which is made by the good folks at the Orthotic Centre in Auckland. So the spirit is all for it, but the body is fucked. Anyway, I'm still having a whack at it; just need to be realistic about how far I go and how rugged the terrain. It's still therapeutic io get out in the bush though, while hoping my rifle isn't redundant - I'd hate to spot one and have to try to drop it with a rock

nice..

A little late to the party but here goes: I'm almost 78, out of shape and stiff in all the wrong places. Still look forward to my yearly 500 km. drive north so I can be in the woods. For a week I walk a km. into the bush to sit in a blind, make a noise like an apple and wait for the deer to come to me. If that fails depending on the weather I will sit for another week with a black powder rifle surrounded by more apples. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.