Can big guys with bad knees tele?

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CarlYork
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Re: Can big guys with bad knees tele?

Post by CarlYork » Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:01 pm

It’s possible depending on your fitness. I moved to CO in ‘04 at 6-3 240 and immediately took up telemarking. I moved home at 187 a year later. It’s hard. You’ll be tired. But it is possible.
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Re: Can big guys with bad knees tele?

Post by joeatomictoad » Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:43 pm

CarlYork wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:01 pm
 I moved to CO in ‘04 at 6-3 240 and immediately took up telemarking. I moved home at 187 a year later.
Sounds like the 6-months I spent in Korea. Probably more related to diet than activity.
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