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PSA: I think climbing without spurs teaches you more about a tree...
Back in the day, we'd get up there with just a rope and our hands, feeling how the tree moved... Now it's all about speed and not marking the bark, but I swear you understand the tree better when you're careful not to hurt it... Does that make me outdated or just stubborn?
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sandra_murray136mo ago
When you say you get the tree better by not hurting it, that rings true. We've swapped real feel for speed in so many parts of life. Like using a phone calculator instead of doing math in your head, you lose the number sense. Calling that old fashioned just shows how much we've let go. Now fast is king, and the stuff that takes time feels like a waste, even when it's not.
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hugo6996mo ago
My grandpa always taught me to sharpen knives by hand, not with an electric grinder. It's like what @the_shane said, you just get a feel for it that way. Now everything's about speed and that real skill gets lost.
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the_shane6mo ago
Totally get that, it's not about being old. That slow way builds a different kind of respect and skill. You ever notice the guys who learned that way just move differently up there?
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