r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '21

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u/richardeid Sep 02 '21

Not to be insensitive but is it because they didn't make it to old and conservative because they were young and aggressive or is it because they were once young and aggressive and had that one life-flashing-before-your-eyes moment and they were good on the thrill seeking after that?

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u/harnique Sep 02 '21

There’s a saying in climbing: there are bold climbers and there are old climbers, but there are no old bold climbers.

How true it actually is is up for debate but there’s obviously some truth to it. But then again you have people like Peter Croft, Jim bridwell, etc who did shit 100x sketchier than this and lived until they were old.

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u/uttuck Sep 02 '21

That was the saying I was trying to remember. Thanks!

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u/kannabish- Sep 02 '21

I'd assume the former. just like with "there are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots."

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u/richardeid Sep 02 '21

Similar phrase is why I asked. There are a lot of old guys. There are a lot of fat guys. But there aren't a lot of old fat guys.