# Dopers that are 60+: do you ever climb trees?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 27, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-that-are-60-do-you-ever-climb-trees/818661 "2018-07-27T06:25:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-that-are-60-do-you-ever-climb-trees/818661/41 "2018-08-01T14:36:58Z")

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I still occasionally climb trees. With the exception of one of those pines where the branches are practically like a ladder, I haven’t climbed very high. But high enough to show the Firebug, now 11 years old, that I can still climb anywhere he can, as long as the branches are sturdy enough to hold my weight.

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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-that-are-60-do-you-ever-climb-trees/818661/42 "2018-08-02T21:25:46Z")

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I’m 78; can’t do it. Vertigo, bad knees, one bad hip. Last tree I climbed I was in my 50s showing off for a kid.

As a child I all but lived in a couple of big sycamore trees. Also as a kid I was willing to climb any and all persimmon trees I could locate but only after the first winter frost.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-that-are-60-do-you-ever-climb-trees/818661/43 "2018-08-04T19:30:37Z")

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Fuck no. Are you kidding me?

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**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-that-are-60-do-you-ever-climb-trees/818661/44 "2018-08-04T22:12:12Z")

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Get serious. I’ve got bones like breadsticks!

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