Tuesday 22 February 2011

Rapid ride for nonagenarian

: Adventurous by nature. 90 year old Matsue Iwasaki takes to the rapids of Barron River.

A 90 year old Japanese woman proved that age is no barrier for adventure as she braved the rapids on the Barron River with RnR White Water Rafting on Sunday.

Ms Matsue Iwasaki has been rafting twice before, but this time brought her 85 year old friend Mitsue Shimada along to join her for some action on the river.

Ms Iwasaki came out soaked but smiiing saying. “It was very fun and exciting."

RnR Operations Manager Chris Yabsley said the elderly adventurers took the rapids with great confidence.

“I have to say that they were quite fit for their age. We’ve had 60 year olds raft with us before who were less able,” he said.

Have your say!

We love receiving your comments and publishing them for all to see. To ensure the forum remains constructive please respect other peoples comments. Any comment submitted will only be published if name and valid email address are supplied for publication. The Editor reserves the right to edit comments. Click here for full publishers terms and conditions for reader comments.