I'm not so sure that these kinds of activities are prescribed as healthy pursuits for late middle-aged guys. I sure hate to think I can't 'go-it-alone' anymore, but the body is the boss I suppose...
las, I was thinking of you whence I wrote those lines; your antics are the inspiration of fools......
.......like me.
Don't knock it! I tried it this year, solo, at age 66. 30 yard shot, flat level ground from the snow machine.
It still busted my butt!
The only thing worse than Scandic might be Germanic, a problem closely aligned with folks of your nomenclature if I remember correctly.
