Why Do Fathers Experience Premature Graying?

[dlgoff]

My daughter just passed her check ride for her CFI Instrumentation. Now she can teach Instrumentation classes. Here is a photo:

 

[dlgoff]

My daughter got her degree certificate:

 

[sbrothy]

I've gotten several more gray hairs lately.

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OMG. I wouldn't be surprised if she (you? Sorry came late to the thread and got a little shocked!) slept up there in a makeshift "hammock"!

EDIT: Ah, daughter, yes? Impressive.

 

[jedishrfu]

Any update on the gray hairs?

Moving from Gandalf the Gray to DlGoff the White.

 

[Hornbein]

I did some rock climbing at a time I didn't care whether I lived or died. I quit because I have no fear of heights. That made it too dangerous. I also avoid sports where the main magazine has a monthly obituary column. And I was disturbed that all the serious climbers all had seen a friend die. "I almost quit climbing then" they would say.

Rock climbing is possibly the most intellectual of sports. I considered a climbing gym but thought that sort of thing must be bad for your finger joints.

I prefer sports that seem dangerous but really aren't. Surfing, wind surfing, and river rafting. Nix on parachuting ( BASE jumping is even worse), wingsuit, hang gliding, small airplane flying, cave diving. I'm amazed at how seldom big wave surfers die or are injured, it seems unsurvivable. I guess it's so terrifying that all but the most fit and skilled are scared away.

 

[pinball1970]

I did some rock climbing at a time I didn't care whether I lived or died

I did when I climbed, I cared a lot, so much so I grabbed hold of the rope when I was losing it. A no no in rock climbing (top rope)

I never did anything like Misty, climbing, ice climbing, flying, flying more complicated stuff, competing then instructor/instrumentation level.

All my sports involved a ball, spherical or oval, a shuttlecock and a playing in a area nicely situated on the ground somewhere. Preferably with grass.