That’s the point of doing it, Maver, good result. 
I live by the mantra:
Growing old is obligatory
Growing UP is voluntary.
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Conforming to a stereotypical preconceived image of a grandfather is not my idea of living my life to my own satisfaction. I had enough of conformability until I retired at 60 from my day job and since then I’ve had a sod-it-all kinda attitude and either accept me for who I am or there’s the door👉
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“Hey Mum what happened to that crazy old geezer who used to climb trees.”
“Don’t worry they locked that nutter up as soon as they got him down.”
I can see this conversation happening. 
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Don’t climb trees but I do climb those fake rock mountains!
I think it should count!
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It only counts if you’re not supposed to be doing it.
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Well, since you put it that way, there was this one time where I ran barefoot through the bushveld to try and escape a warthog and raced up a tree
You are as young as the person you feel
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I’m feeling nothing 
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Hell my whole life counts then. Because I am never doing what I am supposed to. Who knew being a rebel could be so productive.
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Um might want to word that differently. Just saying. Almost sounds criminal. 
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That doesn’t count either, Minx. 
Climbing trees only counts when it isn’t necessary. If you did it in order to escape a warthohog, it was necessary. 
WTF climbing tree rules…I missed them…where are they posted?
That was the version my mum got. No warthog in sight 
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That makes me ageless then. 
They are unwritten rules, Danny,
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You cannot do that anymore, so the police tell me.
I come from an outdoor culture. All warnings and rules must be posted and observed. Suppose you get attacked by a black bear because you wandered into their territory and when you tell the Park Ranger I didn’t see any signs he laughs and says it’s an unwritten rule. Nope doesn’t work for me.
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Must be honst here, don’t get many black bears around my neck of the woods. 
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I climbed a tree or two a couple of years ago to try & retrieve a kite. But failed to get my kite back 
I use kites to lift antennas into the air & was playing with a new kite that had been delivered earlier that day. A big gust of wind broke the 1000kg breaking strain line. And my new kite went flying off. So I climbed a few trees to find it & then another to try & retrieve it. But it was too badly entwined so that was £50 lost.
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