If you are climbing and don't stop climbing you will go farther, but if you slow down or stop climbing it will be darn Hard to and try to get it back. Knew climbers that were closer to 60 but they never stopped, just stayed with it nowhere as fast as some one half their age but experence made up a big difference. My students think I can climb faster than them, but the truth is I am 58 and they are 17, to 24 no way in hell, I just have far more experence and make it look easer,I don't heve to think about it near as much just cut and move on