Thread: Make the Most of it when your Young

Was watching a Youtube clip last night with a couple of fellas Hunting in Fiordland, it was fantastic scenery and hunting footage, and I thought to myself, to there is no way I could lug a big pack around like that anymore.
I have done my fair share but now in my mid-fifties with a very bad back I have to be very selective on what I do.
Just a wee word of advice for the younger ones on here, get out there amongst it while your young and fit, and be sensible with your loads you only have 1 back so look after it.

Good thing you have two knees and two shoulders then !

Yep - getting is over rated and not for the faint-hearted

In youth we have health but not enough time and money, when we're older we have time and money buy not the health

I haven't been to NZ in a decade because of time and money. Really hoping to finally get over next year for that chamois buck I've dreamed of since a kid.

Youth is wasted on the young the saying goes hey

Originally Posted by Sharki

Youth is wasted on the young the saying goes hey

And wealth is wasted on the old

Originally Posted by imaca

And wealth is wasted on the old

Havnt noticed.Pension just fills my truck.

My left sholder was killing me,Got told last April that i got a 18mm tear across the sholder muscle thats hold my arm left arm up ffs.Cant carry anything heavy with my left arm.Right arm and rifle all good tho.Thank god for my quad nissen patrol and 2 knee replacements.My 71st right in the middle of the roar next April.I cant wait,booked 2 weeks off hunting.

Originally Posted by Trout

My left sholder was killing me,Got told last April that i got a 18mm tear across the sholder muscle thats hold my arm left arm up ffs.Cant carry anything heavy with my left arm.Right arm and rifle all good tho.Thank god for my quad nissen patrol and 2 knee replacements.My 71st right in the middle of the roar next April.I cant wait,booked 2 weeks off hunting.

Yep. Done both shoulders twice each. Last bit of surgery was 7 years ago. Earlier this year the left shoulder tendon snapped AGAIN, so I doubt it is properly repairable. The bugger of it is, each of the other incidents were 'memorable'. This last one, well one day it was OK the next day it wasn't. The Surgeon's warrantee must have run out

I don't recommend getting older either! As for backs, for some reason, we men seem to think that we can deadlift half our bodyweight without proper technique or time in a gym. It's going to cause problems down the line.

Nurses
Most back injuries of any profession according to health insurance mobs
Small ppl moving large bodies at arms length
But yes look after your back , and your ears and most other bits , it only starts hurting when u hit 50
Think it was Leonard Cohen singing" I now hurt in the places I used to play..."

Originally Posted by Sharki

Nurses
Most back injuries of any profession according to health insurance mobs
Small ppl moving large bodies at arms length
But yes look after your back , and your ears and most other bits , it only starts hurting when u hit 50
Think it was Leonard Cohen singing" I now hurt in the places I used to play..."

and that is sadly a increasing trend ( within health care)as we a see a larger cohort of the general population become more generally of a bigger stature with all the added complications for everyone across health care....

Amen to that advice!
Getting old is not for the faint hearted - but the option to getting old ain’t that attractive!

Oh where oh where did my youthful strength and stamina go?
At 70 years of age I was expecting more.

And it not bloody optional.

yes now 71 I can out shoot my young rivals - see deer way before they do - out gut - cut up - back steak - skin knife work - out drink and bull shit them - but climb a hill - yeah where's the bloody quad