By Fiona Anderson

Triumph Media

When 96-year-old Hazel Amos steps into a Kumsheen Rafting Resort raft on the raging Thompson River this summer, she91裸聊视频檒l be hoping to accomplish three important feats: become a Guiness World Record holder, an inspiration for active living, and to simply have a really, really good time.

Amos is no stranger to the blue waters and rampaging rapids of the legendary Thompson, for the nonagenarian has done this at least 25 times over the years 91裸聊视频� and has become the oldest Class IV whitewater rafter in anyone91裸聊视频檚 memory.

91裸聊视频淎nybody can go to the park,91裸聊视频� Amos quips. 91裸聊视频淏ut this is way more fun.91裸聊视频�

Amos is issuing a challenge to other seniors 91裸聊视频� join her on the water on July 21 to truly experience one of British Columbia91裸聊视频檚 most iconic adventures.

91裸聊视频淚t keeps you young and don91裸聊视频檛 be afraid,91裸聊视频� Amos says. 91裸聊视频淛ust do it.91裸聊视频�

Amos is a proponent of active living, taking up swimming in her retirement, working out into her 90s and even lifting weights. Being active, she says, is one of the reasons that she91裸聊视频檚 still healthy and has been on this earth 96 years.

So, how did the former farm girl become a whitewater addict?

It91裸聊视频檚 her son91裸聊视频檚 fault.

91裸聊视频淢y brother was working up-country on the railroad in the 70s and he always saw Kumsheen rafts in the water, and thinking it was a great thing to do,91裸聊视频� recalls Margaret Connors, Hazel91裸聊视频檚 daughter and a resident of Surrey. 91裸聊视频淲e did it a few times, and then it became an annual thing 91裸聊视频� it was just a really nice way to be with family. My mother and I would drive up there and spend the day with him on the river.91裸聊视频�

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Those days added up over the years, with dozens of family members heading to Kumsheen Rafting Resort. The resort91裸聊视频檚 founder, Bernie Fandrich, was there for many of them.

That91裸聊视频檚 why, this year, Kumsheen has applied to the Guiness World Book of Records to see if Amos91裸聊视频檚 rafting trip this year can qualify for an award. He expects an answer by about September.

91裸聊视频淲e call her Grandma Hazel, the patron saint of rafting,91裸聊视频� Fandrich says. 91裸聊视频淲e know she91裸聊视频檚 the oldest person to have rafted the Thompson River. We think she might be the oldest Class IV white-water rafter in the the world!91裸聊视频�

This year, the annual event will once again be a family affair. Amos will head to Kumsheen, near Lytton, from Surrey, and be joined by her daughter and her husband, son and daughter-in-law, a nephew and two grandchildren.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 wonderful there,91裸聊视频� Amos says of rafting on the Thompson with Kumsheen. 91裸聊视频淓veryone91裸聊视频檚 friendly and very accommodating.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e done it at least 25 times and we91裸聊视频檇 love to be in the Guinness Book World Records,91裸聊视频� Amos says, 91裸聊视频渟hould it ever come to fruition.91裸聊视频�