If you think that being 60 prohibits you from skiing deeper/steeper more technical stuff, ask yourself if the age is issue or is that what your inner voice uses as a justification or is there something else stopping you.? I can see the fear of crashing but I just skied with 2, 62 year olds who dropped an 800' chute with 45 degrees at the opening..... I didn't do it because I couldn't overcome the doubt I had although both Dan and Eric said i could ski it without issue. I can accept that but need to get over it. It just needs to happen. You can set a goal for it, that's just allowing yourself more time, you just have to do it.
Probably all of the above.? In this case, it wasn't fear of falling 'cause I do that all the time when I forget to twist out of the pedals.? My concern was whether my body was warning me of a heart attack or stroke; consequences I would not have considered as real at 45 but become more real as friends and neighbors have incidents.? There were four little hills this summer that I chose not to do (walked up instead) even though Lynn did them handily.? However, on subsequent rides I have done the first three of those (and I will get the fourth).? But I have to get outside my comfort zone a little bit at a time which then creates a new comfort zone, and then I can push that a little bit more.? However, I don't as yet look at little hills as a "wonderful playground".
Ron, my guess is that this winter you will do something equivalent to the chute that you chose not to do on that day, because you are committed.
Lynn: BTW, thanks for waiting for me at the top of those hills.
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