Yup, notice similar stuff at 67. I still climb ladders (was near the top of a 28 footer week or so ago). I don't hurry, take one step at a time, making sure I've got good footing and a good grip. I had a paint can and brush in one hand but thought real hard about every move.
Like Joe said, you don't have to fall far to get hurt. A couple of years ago, I was working in a barn, remodeling a stall into a tack room. I was on a 6' ladder with a nail gun. Stepped down (thought I was on the lowest step). I was on the SECOND STEP! My foot kept going and before I knew it, I fell on my butt on a pile of scrap 2x4's with nails still in them and hit the back of my head HARD against the 2x10 stall wall. I heard a BANG, thought the nail gun went off and realized it was my head hitting the wall. I was pretty dazed for a few minutes. I looked to my left and about 2" from my left cheek was a 16d nail sticking through the 2x10 wall from the other side. :shock: I got up, checked for blood and somehow missed all the nails in the pile of boards. To this day, I realize that was the closest I've come to checking out while working with tools. Like Bret says, in our younger days, we'd walk along beams, across trusses, jump ditches, jump off 1 story roofs, etc.
I no longer rush things, I think through each motion when working with tractors, table saws, chain saws, ladders, etc. I still do stuff that my wife cringes about, but I'm VERY careful in everything I do.
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