{"id":26932,"date":"2024-03-06T11:47:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3rdactmagazine.com\/?p=26932"},"modified":"2024-03-06T11:47:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T19:47:43","slug":"tough-broad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3rdactmagazine.com\/tough-broad\/book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking\u2014How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Caroline Paul<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Reviewed By Victoria Starr Marshall<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"BookI\u2019m a downhill skier. At 67, I ski stronger and better than at any time in my life. Same goes for my husband, David. He\u2019s 71. We spend a good portion of the winter at our condo in Sun Peaks, British Columbia, and I have to say it\u2019s the best retirement community ever.<\/p>\n

Our ski friends range in age from their mid-50s to mid-80s, and from what aging stereotypes would have you believe, none of us act our age. Most days we spend hours playing outside together. Once or twice a week we get together for apr\u00e8s ski\u2014enjoying drinks, homemade \u201cappys,\u201d and each other\u2019s company. Several nights a week we gather in one friend\u2019s condo or another taking turns making dinner. We laugh, we cry, and we know we are the luckiest people in the world. It\u2019s not just playing outdoors\u2014the sense of belonging to a community provides tremendous well-being.<\/p>\n

My life is tame compared to the adventures of the women Caroline Paul profiles in Tough Broad<\/em>. But she is very clear that we don\u2019t have to be a skier or engage in an extreme sport to live healthier and feel more alive. We just need to get outside and play, gain community, and seek more from life\u2014not less\u2014as we age.<\/p>\n

To do so means discarding that \u201cI\u2019m too old for this\u201d self-talk. Ability, mobility, health status, and how much we practice determine what we can and cannot do, not our number of trips around the sun.<\/p>\n

Paul shares her story about wing-walking\u2014the practice and mental and physical workouts she had to do to prepare. But she goes on to tell us that according to researchers from the Memory Care and Aging Institute at UC San Francisco, you can \u201cdispense with the wing entirely and simply walk.\u201d\u00a0 The catch is to walk while \u201clooking at everything with fresh, childlike eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every day I put on my skis I win. But this doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m inoculated against injury, illness, and loss. I\u2019ve been injured and have lost some of my most active and athletic friends to Alzheimer\u2019s, cancer, and aneurisms. And all of us eventually age-out of this sport. That\u2019s when many decide to trade in their skis for golf clubs in a warmer clime. My time for that will come, too. Not a golfer, I see birdwatching in my future and have already started learning this less-demanding, yet community-engaging, pastime.<\/p>\n

In Tough Broad,<\/em> Paul provides us with stereotype-busting inspiration. \u201cDo everything you can to stay connected,\u201d says author Dr. Louann Brizendine, \u201cIt\u2019s not just longevity we are after in the upgrade; it\u2019s joy, emotional strength, and sharpness.\u201d Now, let\u2019s go outside and play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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