68-yr. woman went to go snowboarding

[Cataboo]

I'm currently in Colorado skiing and the slopes have several 70-80 year olds tearing down them... They like that the spring breakers are gone and the Colorado ski resorts give them cheap or free lift tickets because of their age.

Most of them can out ski me 'cause they've been skiing for a ton of years.

So... it's not inappropriate for a 68 year old to be snowboarding or skiing, snowboarding is supposed to be easier to pick up learn than skiing.

I was on the shuttle over to beaver creek and an older lady (70s?) in great shape was out for a day of skiing, a distinguished looking older man got on the bus, she greeted him and said something like who are you skiing with today, and he said something like "Why, you, of course" doing that old man twinkling smile thing. It was terribly cute.

[Grog]

I don't know about snowboarding, but my father-in-law who's now 66 was ripping some mighty waves while body surfing with my husband in Hawaii last month. No board needed - he was just amazing! He's never been interested in winter sports because he cycles too much, but if he was snowboarding he certainly would be doing stuff that I can only dream of.

I hope this lady didn't die of exposure, it got pretty cold around those days.

[shootingstar]

I hope this lady didn't die of exposure, it got pretty cold around those days.

She might have died in the end like this.
It is tough as one grows alot older, that there's just less friends / acquaintances to do active stuff (outside of a structured group event) where having a buddy around in remote areas is helpful. Maybe her social circle didn't have friends interested in this type of stuff or vacation timing wasn't convenient.

Unless of course, one knows a whole range of people from different age groups. Or signs up for structured group event.

I know I'll get a whole lot of response from TE, where people will tell me (Please, you don't need to tell me. My cycling partner is 67. ) that they know those who are mid 60's and up, who have sufficiently active friends that can go on vaction/do active stuff on the fly. Well, for now.

Life is not always so convenient all the time, to have even a distant friend/acquaintance to do active sports in riskier areas.

Recently, I was abit amazed to hear of one distant friend who lives in year-round on a mountain ski resort area and goes jogging regularily in their area daily. She doesn't even carry bear spray. She doesn't like jogging regularily with groups/friends, because she likes the freedom of running when she wants.

And there are bears that hang out in the area. Enough that they do creep up to homes and rummage around to get at garbage if they can. This is in the interior British Columbia where it is serious wilderness.

[Aquila]

I'm sorry for those she left behind.

But, I can't think of a better way to go than doing something outdoors. It's much better than my nightmare death, with alzheimers in a nursing home for years.