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The following elderly explorers are wonderful examples of how determination and passion for life can keep you vibrant and highly active in your golden years:

Ray Woodcock

A 73-year-old senior thrill seeker, Woodcock scaled Mount Etna and two other active volcanoes in Sicily and even climbed inside one of the craters to get an epic picture. When he was 70 years old, he leaped 30,000 feet from a plane. Woodcock funds his many trips by driving his taxi a couple of days a week so that every bit of money raised by sponsors can go to charity.

Reinhold Messner

Born in 1944, Messner made the first solo climb of Mount Everest without the aid of oxygen tanks. Considered the greatest climber of all time, Messner has accomplished the amazing feat

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