https://allgunstuff.co.za/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/ AllGunStuff Discussion Board en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 10:35:13 +0000 wpForo 60 https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6456 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:45:15 +0000
Did a three day hunt last week where I walked around 15km per day and fished during the rest periods.

Do all the DIY stuff at home, which is quite a lot as we moved into a new house last August.

I run 5km to 7km three days a week, gym three days, one rest day.

I feel it most early morning when I get up, or during the day when I have been sitting down for some time and get up.

Some days worse than others.

I turn 60 this year.

Oud word is nie vir sissies nie.]]> General Hunting Discussion Kola https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6456 https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6452 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:06:25 +0000
I find at 54 I can still do most of the things I used to do, I just take three times longer to recover :(

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Exactly why I posted.]]> General Hunting Discussion Treeman https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6452 https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6451 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:26:56 +0000 General Hunting Discussion Againstthegrains https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6451 https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6440 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 02:19:01 +0000
Given the discipline (and good health) to maintain fitness and strength one can go on for a good while. When i did Krav Maga seriously my trainer was well into his sixties and was as tough and durable as a boot. My dad is in his mid seventies and still runs most days and was up a 5m ladder working on his solar geyser when I got to his place last. ]]> General Hunting Discussion oafpatroll https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6440 https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6437 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 02:05:02 +0000
Old man and the Boy...

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81-yTHaRHNL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_ by David Frank Allen, on Flickr]]> General Hunting Discussion Treeman https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6437 https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6434 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 22:14:56 +0000 General Hunting Discussion DaavG https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6434 https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6433 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 22:12:29 +0000 ]]> General Hunting Discussion 414gates https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6433 https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6432 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 14:05:20 +0000
Ageing worthy is a very fine art.]]> General Hunting Discussion Ds J https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-6432 https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-819 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 11:49:03 +0000
Saturday 08/02/2025
Two 4 hour walks, 31 cel at 06;00 and 39 by 09:10 and topping out at 41 by about 10.30. I doubt those are accurate temperatures, they from a R200 car after market gauge, but the weather predicted 38 by 10:30 in town which is usually 3 - 4 C less than in the mountains.

The thought of how much longer will I be able to do this is now a constant companion. I am 57 years old now, I walk every hunter that pays to hunt with me till he calls it quits  ;D , "yo ! No man, thats enough now, lets sit here till dark  ;D ".
Cody and myself according to the Samsung fancy watch thing, generally do a 11 km and a 16 km walk in summer, in winter we do a lot more.

I wonder where the point is where I start sitting out more than partaking, already when its cooler and I sleep - time out from 11:00 to 13:00 abouts, Cody often goes on a middle little walk-about to some smaller hunt area with out me.

Old Mr Henderson would say "old age does not come alone"
The old world war 2 veteran at the pub said to me " Old age is not for sissies my boy"
I always said 'f***ck old age" - never though I would get there, was not a concern of mine that.


I never really considered having to face this - Quote - The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak . Today often used as a rueful admission of weariness or other physical weakness, this idiom was first recorded in the New Testament (Matthew 26:41)

Well its 21:40 now, we  have deboned 1 hog and one Impala, 2 to go.
I am sooooo so so grateful for my cooler room, close up and tomorrow is another day.]]> General Hunting Discussion Treeman https://systemz.online/general-hunting-discussion/getting-old-too-old/#post-819