Middle age is a necessary stage of life, and age will be a hurdle for most sports, with the exception of mountaineering.
In the face of the dilemma of life where physical fitness is not as good as it was then, and there are old and low, the mountain will still open a new window.
Slightly careless, middle-aged "greasy"?
After middle age, with the changes in the body, the number of cholesterol in the blood gradually increases, and even if you eat less, you will grow meat. The body is facing health problems such as obesity and thigh weakness.
The body is like a lazy machine, which converts every gram of calories and sugar it ingests into fat, which is accumulated in the skin and liver.
In youth, these fats are consumed by exercise and physical development, and in middle age, due to reduced energy consumption, the balance of the slightly greedy body will lose its balance.
In the middle age stage, even if the career is successful, it is usually accompanied by anxiety, unlike young people, middle age has passed the time when every day is improving.
photo by Simon English
Some people expect that they may have reached the mountainside; some people have hit a bottleneck; and some people even lament that their peak is in the past...
However, middle age is actually often a period when a person has the most experience and energy. Maybe at this time, there are old and young, there are leaders before and after there are new people, repeating the life day after day, but it does not mean that it is impossible to act.
When people reach middle age, it is time to climb the mountain
Mountaineering is a good medicine, and regular mountaineering can not only improve physical health, but also harvest material and spiritual "food". For middle-aged people, mountaineering is the easiest thing to persevere and have a sense of accomplishment.
The fun of middle age is to know life quite well, to know yourself, so as to do what you can do and enjoy the life you can enjoy.
Mountaineering across age sports – compared to "physical threshold" sports such as soccer, basketball, and marathon, mountaineering is a continuous aerobic exercise that does not require strenuousness and can be carried out step by step.
Once the mountaineering begins, it often lasts for three to four hours, that is, there is no need to worry about the monotony of walking, and it can purify the mind while strengthening the heart and lungs and decomposing the accumulation of middle-aged fat. (Source: My First Mountaineering Book)
photo by Mathias Jensen
In mountaineering, the world's best mountaineers are all after experiencing precipitation, picking the fruits of climbing in the middle age:
The most glorious north wall achievement of the "Swiss machine" Ueli Steck was achieved at the age of 39, when it was fully precipitated; reinhold Messner, the "Emperor of The Mountaineering", completed the northwest wall of Annapurna at the age of 41; and the Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura still reached the summit of Mount Everest until the age of 80.
From left to right: Uli Stark, Messner, Yuichiro Miura
You can always meet a few close friends - the bigger the city, the fewer the best friends, and after middle age, more friends gather less and leave more.
Compared with work and work, friends in mountaineering have nothing to do with interests, and gathering in order to enjoy the mountains has more opportunities to speak freely.
Over time, mountaineering can always bring a few close friends and develop partners who share happiness and hardship.
Regain achievements, get rid of grease – mountaineering can lead to weight loss and a sense of accomplishment. In a natural environment that slows down aging, both the physique and mental state will be renewed.
photo by Christopher Burns
Placed in the shade of the mountains for a long time, all you can see are the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, maintain a period of mountaineering, the body and mind will be healthy and active, but also find the inner self-confidence.
Precipitating mentality, more suitable for getting along with the mountain - the danger in mountaineering is mostly from overconfidence and contempt for nature, and the stable mentality precipitated by middle age is more suitable for getting along with the mountain.
Mountaineering is a sport that requires material investment and spiritual strength, and people have experienced wind and rain in middle age, seeing gains and losses, and their mentality is more suitable for climbing the peak.
People reach middle age, such as landing. Looking ahead, the front is a downhill road, which is much better to walk. (Source: My Philosophy of Life)
Harvest freedom, no longer two points and one line - an orderly middle-aged train, a fixed frequency: to and from work. The most free time is probably the time to smoke a cigarette on the stairway car. Mountaineering is one of the best ways to feel free.
There is no hierarchy in the mountains, there are not too many rules and regulations, even if it is overtime and then climbing the next night, time is free. Mountaineering is not a wind meal camp, as long as the equipment is enough, experience is enough, in the mountains you can eat hot pot stir-fry, drink tea and boil wine.
Without words, the process of climbing the mountain always makes people in a state of self-forgetful freedom.
Life is like mountaineering, and mountaineering is like life
When people reach middle age, it is like the eve before the summit, mountain climbing will be sweet and bitter, and life will also know hardships. Middle age is the time to create life achievements, and like careers, mountaineering also requires the precipitation of mentality to achieve success.
Some open-mindedness and discernment are wisdom that people can only acquire in middle age. Middle age is not a label, but a strength, a state of mind. (Source: About Middle Age)
photo by Sam Mgrdichian
In this mountaineering group that has almost become a national sports, middle-aged mountain friends occupy a large proportion, they have become the main force of mountaineering, leading the team to cross the mountains and fields, and are active in the north and south of the river.
Take a thermos cup and soak in goji berries, stand on the top of the mountain, and take a sip of fun.