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Alpendave
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if you know what that means for me this year. I've got to do something extra special for this year's B-day hike. Anyone else turning over a new decade?
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renegadepilgrim
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Yep...and I am going to Nepal to celebrate!
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Damian
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 Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:01 pm |
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| alpendave wrote: | | if you know what that means for me this year. |
I do. It means you are a young man. 
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Alpendave
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| Damian wrote: | | I do. It means you are a young man. |
I remember my parents getting gag gifts when they turned 40.
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forest gnome
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i SIGNED you up for the sky-running magazine dave!
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hiker1
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Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:42 pm |
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B-days mean nothing to me. Without a calendar, no one would know their age. "Seize the day!" was the saying by students in the Middle Ages. Applies now too.
falling leaves / hide the path / so quietly
~John Bailey, "Autumn," a haiku year, 2001, as posted on oldgreypoet.com
falling leaves / hide the path / so quietly
~John Bailey, "Autumn," a haiku year, 2001, as posted on oldgreypoet.com
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Badger
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Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:57 pm |
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Decades- Collect 'em and share 'em with your friends!
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It's all about the fun, oh and maybe the chocolate - half fast
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Badger
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Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:22 am |
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Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:55 pm |
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I remember my ex-brother in law at age 30 getting an over the hill party with all the preparation H and junk...(this would have been like around 1990 give or take). I even laughed at it then, now even more.
I kinda got a surprise party like that at 40 (missed anything like that for my 50th a few years ago).
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SergioNapelo
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I am planning to get to higher elevation this coming summer... 40 in July!
"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where shall my help come. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth!" - David, King of Israel 1,000 BC
"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where shall my help come. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth!" - David, King of Israel 1,000 BC
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sarbar
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Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:53 pm |
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I spent my 40th in an awesome rain storm back in March  40 has been surreal. My parents were old when they hit that year. I don't think I have grown up yet
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boot up
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Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:39 pm |
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1974?
I was a Cat A bike racer in that year, managing a bike shop.
That was a couple of lifetimes ago for me.
kids..... Calling that old..... 
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camut
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Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:44 pm |
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So what's the big deal with 40? It's hardly a milestone. At 40 (with a little luck), you still have most of the years of your adult life ahead of you. You still have more miles of trails and more summits to look forward to ahead of you than behind you. Enjoy it.
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Alpendave
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| camut wrote: | | So what's the big deal with 40? It's hardly a milestone. At 40 (with a little luck), you still have most of the years of your adult life ahead of you. You still have more miles of trails and more summits to look forward to ahead of you than behind you. Enjoy it. |
I will. I would only go back if I could have the benefit of my cumulative experience (what little I have compared to some here) with which to guide me in my restored youth. I have a much greater capacity to enjoy the whole wilderness package (not just the tops of mountains) now than when I was 25.
Still, at near 40, I'm hoping that practical reasons (read: job) won't keep me in eastern Washington too much longer. Week after week of sunshine isn't my style. I'd really like to settle long term in the rain where I grew up.
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55 was one of my best birthdays and after just turning 62 this year, it is looking very promising too 
