So, what is the age of forum users (not just those who post)?
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langcliffe
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I don't know how significant a statistic it is, but there were nine cavers on a northern club's exchange trip between Maskhill and Oxlow last weekend, and five of them were over 70.
kay
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PeteHall said:
Do you think that cavers who aren't caving at the moment are excluding themselves from the poll? (I thought being a caver was a personal attribute as much as an activity ;-) ) Or that they're dropping out to the extent that they're no longer even following ukc?
Although strictly speaking not actually germane to the topic, I thought that it might be of passing interest to note that, according to the NSS, the 'World Record' for an 80?89-year-old climbing 30 m on rope is 2 min 45.2 sec, while the record for an 80?89-year-old climbing 120 m is 13 min 05.0 s.
Graigwen
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Fulk said:
When I was a fit nineteen year old, walking an extended version of the Mosedale Horseshoe in the Lake District I was walked off my feet by an 85 year old retired shepherd. It was not that he was exceptionally fast, but he never stopped and maintained his pace without slowing over steep and broken ground.
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