The are old climbers, and there are bold climbers. But there aren't any old, bold climbers.
How long have you been climbing?
What gear were you using back then?
I started climbing 37 years ago.
When some young punk gives me any shit about my age, I just tell him:
"I've been getting laid longer than you've been alive."
I started climbing on yellow polyprolyene rope, but quickly moved up to Goldline. We used machine ...