To Robert Adams- Old and Bold Climbers

An older climber once said this to me, “There are bold climbers, and there are old climbers. But there are no old, bold climbers.” Robert, you occur to me as a bold climber. I’ve hired and trained a lot of professional climbers in my 25 years as a tree contractor. You mentioned your respect for a fast climber that is now paralyzed for not being tied in while working and now you boast about being in a dead pine (dead pines kill more professional climbers than any other tree) and it took granny yelling at you to get you out of the tree. I think you are a prime candidate for natural selection. The grim reaper has an eye on you. You might think about another line of work if you want to live long.