Chongyang Festival: These elderly people prove age is just a number

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-10-17 06:50
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One-hundred-year old Peggy McAlpine give a thumbs up as she paraglides off a 2,500-foot (762-metre) mountain peak in Kyrenia, northern Cyprus October 31, 2007. [Photo/VCG]

The self-confessed "daredevil" leaped into record books by paragliding off the mountain peak. The jump was to mark McAlpine's 100th birthday, which she had celebrated the day before when she received a congratulatory telegram from the Queen.

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