WATCH: Great-grandad becomes oldest person to take on Zip World challenge

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For the last few months of her life, she had been cared for by St John’s Hospice in Lancaster.

Brave David took on Velocity, reaching speeds of 100mph, at Zip World, Penrhyn Quarry, to raise money for the hospice, on July 29.

The retired shipping manager, from Kendal, Cumbria, said: “I had heard of the zip line but I didn’t think to do it until Narelle mentioned it to me.

“When we rang up to book in, and I told them my age, I said I was 94 and they said I am ‘probably the oldest person’ to do it.

“They checked and that turned out to be true!

“On the day, the zip line was all over and done in less than a minute because it was so fast!

“I was nervous but also excited. And I really enjoyed it.”

David ArisDavid Aris (Image: SWNS)

June had been supported by St John’s in the final six months of her life, after her cancer became terminal.

She and David had lived in the hospice for a few months, before moving home and having hospice carers come to them for the last few weeks of June’s life.

His friend Narelle Kilby, 70, also did a sponsored zipwire on the day, in memory of her late husband, also cared for by the same hospice.

 

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