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  • 95 yr old abseiler!! 1769

     05-23-2009, 10:48 PM

    A woman aged 95 is believed to have set a new world record as the world's oldest abseiler by descending 70ft (21m) down a Portsmouth office block.

    Doris Long, from Hayling Island in Hampshire, was reclaiming the record she had originally set in 2006.

    Asked if she would do it again she said: "I hope so, this time next year I hope, and after that and after that until I'm 100, then I'll retire."

    Mrs Long was raising money for the Rowans Hospice in Waterlooville.

    A large crowd, including local dignitaries, watched Mrs Long's descent at the Civic Offices in Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon.


    Oh my Lord!!  She's braver than I am!!



 
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