A 94-year-old Englishman decided to have a go on the world’s fastest zip line to raise money for his local hospice care.
Great-grandfather-of-four David Aris lost his beloved wife, June, to cancer five years ago.
For the last few months of her life, she had been cared for by St John’s Hospice, which also provided end-of-life care for one of David’s friends, Mr. Kilby.
Together, 94-year-old David and Mr Kilby’s 70-year-old widow Narelle, took a trip to Zip World in Penrhyn Quarry, Wales, for a ride on the fastest zip line in the world that can reach speeds of 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour).
The pair both looked to raise money for the hospice care that helped them at such an unhappy moment in their lives.
“I had heard of the zip line but I didn’t think to do it until Narelle mentioned it to me,” David told the English news media SWNS. “When we rang up to book in, and 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!” he added. “I was nervous but also excited. And I really enjoyed it.”
June had been supported by St John’s in the final six months of her life after her cancer became terminal.
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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.
Using the crowdfunding page JustGiving, the two elders have generated more than £9,500.
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