World's oldest yoga teacher - Tao Porchon-Lynch

World's oldest yoga teacher - Tao Porchon-Lynch

Tao Porchon-Lynch considers her hundreds of yoga students to be her own children. The 93-year-old has been practicing yoga since she was 8 years old, and was just named the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records.

Based in New York, Porchon-Lynch has taught hundreds of students around the globe for over 45 years, and has followers in India, France and the U.S.

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Accolades aren’t anything knew for the famous yogi. Born in a French colony in India, she once won a contest for the “best legs in Europe” after working as a cabaret dancer in London during World War II. Her win led to a modeling career in Paris and then acting roles in America, followed by a career in script writing and documentaries.

It wasn’t until the age of 73 that Porchon-Lynch decided to concentrate on teaching yoga, founding the Westchester Institute of Yoga in New York.

Tao is a living advertisement for how to tap into our human potential. She is unique in her ability to overcome the effects of aging to control her body and mind in harmony with yoga’s principles.”

Porchon-Lynch teaches yoga four days a week and also keeps busy ballroom dancing and guiding wine tours in New York State. And she certainly knows how to overcome a challenge. At 87, she had hip surgery but a month later she took to the dance floor, starting lessons.

“I believe that we can always reach just a little bit further," said Porchon-Lynch. "I’m inspired to bring yoga into others’ lives along with helping people unearth new talents.”

The previous record-holder for oldest yoga teacher was Bernice Bates, 91, of Florida, who was given the title last year.

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World's oldest paraglider - Peggy McAlpine Oldest Female to Paraglide

World's oldest paraglider - Peggy McAlpine Oldest Female to Paraglide

A daredevil centenarian from Scotland has set a new record for the oldest person to take part in paragliding after taking to the sky aged 104.

Peggy McAlpine, who has two children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, leapt from a 2,400ft peak in northern Cyprus.

                                      World's oldest paraglider Peggy McAlpine photo

She is now set to enter the Guinness World Records for the second time in five years as the oldest person to take part in the sport.

McAlpine only took to the skies because the same record she set five years ago was broken by a 101-year-old American.

"I enjoyed every minute of it. It was better than the last time. I would certainly like to do it again - especially if anyone takes my record," the Daily Mail quoted McAlpine as telling the Sunday Express.

The Stirling-born daredevil's exploit was recorded on video and posted on YouTube. McAlpine celebrated her record-breaking leap with a glass of Champagne.

McAlpine, who uses wheelchair, is now waiting for the record to be confirmed by Guinness Book officials.

The latest record attempt - to reclaim the title taken by 101-year-old Mary Allen Hardison, from Utah, back in September - took place on April 14 on the Kyrenia mountain range next to St Hilarion castle.

McAlpine said she 'loved heights' from a young age and recalled her first time on an aeroplane was as the passenger of aviation pioneer Sir Alan Cobham in the late 1920s.

The pensioner, whose husband Thomas died of cancer in 1980, said she first got a taste for extreme sports at the age of 80 when her grandchildren talked her into trying bungee jumping at the Essex Show.

"I climbed to the top and looked down and saw the people like ants and my heart sank. But I'd gone so far, I couldn't stop. So I stepped on the platform and drew up my courage and leaped from the top," said McAlpine, who now lives in Cyprus having moved in 2004.

Angela Gokasan, of paragliding company Highline Air Tours, told the Sunday Express: "Peggy completed her second flight with pilot Ozgur Gokasan, who was also her pilot the last time.

"They were gliding above the clouds and landed to a crowd of family, friends, and the three witnesses required by the Guinness World Records.

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World's oldest twins 2012 - Edith Ritchie and Evelyn

World's oldest twins 2012 - Edith Ritchie and Evelyn set Guinness World Records 2012

The world's oldest twins are a pair of 102-year-old Scottish sisters, Guinness World Records announced Tuesday.

Meet Edith Ritchie and Evelyn "Evie" Middleton. They were born on a farm near Newburgh, Scotland, on November 15, 1909. The sisters are fraternal twins but their mother always dressed them the same from an early age.

The women, who were born at a time when Mark Twain and Florence Nightingale were still alive, have always remained close and and currently live together in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Neither has ever left the U.K. to travel.

Evelyn had four children, 12 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren, while Edith had four children, nine grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and three-great-great grandchildren, according to Guinness.

What's the secret to their longevity? When asked, Edith said "Simple living, hard work and a good husband," according to a Guinness written statement.

Of course, other factors may have contributed.

"They've clearly benefitted from good genes, and a solid life-long friendship that only twins can truly understand," Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday said in the statement.

Nobody knows for sure what lead to the twins' impressive longevity, but research suggests happiness and family go a long way. A November 2011 British study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed happy people were 35 percent less likely to die an early death, HealthPop reported.

There have been speculations that Ritchie and Middleton are not the oldest twins since there have been reports of 107-year-old twins living in the Ukraine, however, the Metro.co.uk reported that the Scottish sisters’ claim is the only one verified by Guinness officials.

After leaving school, the sisters worked on farms before leaving to start their own families.

Evelyn married William Middleton and with him she had four children, twelve grandchildren, twenty-six great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren, reports The Huffington Post.

When MyFOXdc asked how she has been able to live such a healthy long life, Ritchie responded, “simple living, hard work and a good husband.”

Congratulations on your world record Evie and Edith!


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World's oldest light bulb still shining bright after 110 yeras in California

World's oldest light bulb still shining bright after 110 yeras in California

The world's oldest lightbulb turns 110 Saturday in Livermore, Calif., a tiny 4-watt night light that has burned its way into the Guinness World Records.

The bulb first lit up in 1901 when it was donated to the fire department -- before the Titanic sank and before San Francisco endured its disastrous quake.

On Saturday, the Livermore Firehouse, which has moved the bulb three or four times since 1901, is to celebrate the birthday with cakes, parades, speeches and a brass band.

What other lightbulb has its own profile on Facebook and is watched over by a webcam which offers round-the-clock proof of its continued activity?

"In our guestbook we have people from Germany, China, Japan, Russia, England, you name it," beams Lynn Owens, 67, the former division chief for the Livermore Fire Department who has looked after the bulb for 30 years.

As "spokesperson" for the Centennial Lightbulb, Owens has an answer to all questions but one.

"Why does she burn longer than all the others? That is the mystery that nobody knows," he says.

Lots of experts have tried to establish precisely why, but none of them came to a convincing conclusion.

"No one turns it on and off, maybe that's why it lasts so long," Owens guesses.

The bulb hangs well over five metres above the floor of the fire station, and the small switch at its base is out of reach.

The hand-blown bulb was made in the 1890s by Shelby Electrics Company in Ohio.

The owner of an energy company in Livermore gave it as a present to the local Fire Department, which was at the time still using kerosene lamps. So as not to not leave the station completely in the dark at night, the bulb was left burning 'round the clock.

"She was meant to be a little nightlight, it just gives the room a little warm glow," Owens notes.

With a carbon filament and just 4 watts, it tirelessly gives off a gentle, amber-yellow light. Night or day, nobody turns it off.

The bulb first caught the public eye in 1972, when a newspaper reporter looked into its longevity and suggested it should be in the Guinness World Records.

The true test came in 1976, with the move to a new firehouse. Wrapped in foam, with a siren-wailing police guard, it was rushed to a new site where it was carefully hung from the ceiling.

"It was off maybe at the most seven, eight minutes," Owens recalls.

A soft click on the old switch at the base, and it glowed on. It has not stopped since. Not even a power cut can get it, because it is plugged onto an emergency power appliance.

This bulb, which survived the 1906 San Francisco quake disaster 60 km distant from Livermore and numerous energy crises since, runs no risk of being replaced by a power-saving light bulb.

"Nobody will ever touch it again," Owens says.

"And if she burns out one day, the bulb will never leave Livermore."

Just in case, Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum has already enquired about the possibility of taking it.

The bulb shows no signs of aging, not even a nervous flicker before its 110th birthday.

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World's oldest living man with good health set Guinness World Record - Walter Breuning

Guinness Records' oldest living man still enjoys good health after 113 years

Guinness World Records calls Walter Breuning the world's oldest living man.

A resident of the Rainbow Retirement Community in Great Falls, Mont., for 30 years, Breuning swears by a simple regimen: exercise, eat (but only two meals per day, plus one baby aspirin), work, repeat.

World's oldest living man with good health Mr.Walter Breuning photo

Of course, at 113, Breuning doesn't work much these days. He performs light, upper-body calisthenics for 10 minutes each morning, listens to radio news (his deteriorating eyesight prevents him from reading), entertains a continuous stream of visitors and retires by 8 p.m. Despite some wear and tear, Breuning, who uses a walker, has a clean bill of health.

"The way I feel, I'll be here a long time yet," he says.

Walter Breuning maintains an unequivocally rosy outlook on life. While many adults dread old age, Breuning thinks people ages 19 to 25 are the most troubled; after that, each year marks an improvement.

He began his 50-year career with the Great Northern Railway as a teenager, in 1913. He enlisted for military service during World War I but was never called for duty. By the time World War II flared, he was too old to serve. His wife of 35 years died in 1957.

Last year, researchers from Boston University visited Breuning, extracting blood for a study on genetic markers of long life. Breuning told them they weren't going to find anything revelatory.

His own prescription for healthy aging is following a daily routine. And death doesn't require a second thought.

"You're born to die," he says. "Everybody should know that. There's nothing to be afraid of."

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Oldest man to climb the largest Kilimanjaro mountain set Guinness World Record

Mount Kilimanjaro began forming in Africa's Great Rift Valley around a million years ago. George Solt, from Buckinghamshire, has not been around for quite as long as that, but at the age of 82, he has become the oldest man to climb the world's largest free-standing mountain.

    Oldest man to climb the largest Kilimanjaro mountain Photo

Mr Solt took on the challenge with his son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren, one of whom is 12 years old, in memory of his wife, Jen, who died last year. The money he raised by doing the climb will go towards Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes, where his wife spent her final days. "It's great, I can say I'm a world record holder and have done something no one else has ever done," Mr Solt said.

                           Kilimanjaro mountain Picture

It took the group six days to get up and two days to get down Kilimanjaro. Mr Solt had prepared for months, using weights, cycling hard and walking. The hardest part about the challenge, he said, were the "headaches, nausea and plain tiredness". When he reached the top of the 5,895m peak, Mr Solt said, he was "totally blank and exhausted. I was just glad to be able to turn around and get down again".

But it was then that he encountered the most difficulty. He said the descent was "absolutely awful, I was absolutely wrecked. The bottom half was the worst, in the wet rainforest, it was very slippery, the next day I couldn't even walk down the hotel steps".

His 52-year-old son didn't make it to the summit: "He just suddenly went absolutely bananas and had to be taken down and was extremely ill on the way down but right as rain the minute he got to the bottom."

Mrs Solt had been a keen climber too, mountaineering until she was 80, but suffered from altitude sickness, which meant the couple did most of their climbing in Europe, rather than on higher peaks such as Everest.

Mr Solt is five years younger than the Frenchman Valtée Daniel who, at 87, claims to be the oldest man to have climbed the mountain. But Mr Daniel's climb has never been recognised by the Guinness Book of Records, who insist on certain rules being followed in order for a climber's claim to be accepted. In particular, the record attempt has to be verified by independent witnesses, must be filmed and photographed as well as meticulously documented in a logbook.

Mr Solt reached Kilimanjaro's Uhuru peak on 14 July 2010, and is now resting at home, waiting for Guinness World Records to verify his climb.

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World's Oldest Football Coach - Ivor Powell

A 93-year-old believed to be the world's oldest football coach is retiring after training more than 9,000 players over 37 years.

Ivor Powell began his career by signing for Queen's Park Rangers in 1933, over three-quarters of a century ago.

He was forced to put his football career on hold when the Second World War broke out and the RAF posted him to India.

While there he was reportedly introduced to spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi.

He went on to be the Wayne Rooney of his time, playing for Blackpool and Aston Villa, and setting a record transfer fee of £17,500 in 1946.

Born in Bargoed, Caerphilly, Mr Powell also played 14 times as a Welsh international.

For the past 37 years, he has trained players for the Bath University team - coaching thousands of footballers, most of them just a quarter of his current age.

In 2002, Mr Powell took Team Bath to the first round of the FA Cup, and six years later he was awarded the MBE for services to sport.


Now living in Colerne, Wiltshire, he describes football is his life.

He said: "I joke that I've been trying to get out (of the game) for years, but they won't let me. But really, I just can't get enough and can't imagine my life without football.

"I feel so proud of what I've done. I've been very, very happy at the University of Bath and I mean that.

"I'll still be putting on my boots and popping in once a week to keep an eye on things," he told the in Interview with newspaper
 Ivor Powell - World's Oldest  Football Coach Facts and Achievements.
In 2004, the former miner who was born in Bargoed, south Wales, was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.
At his playing peak in 1948, he set a record transfer fee for a halfback of £17,500 when he moved to Aston Villa.
One of his many coaching roles was alongside Don Revie when Leeds United was one of the top clubs in the country.
At Tuesday's party, held at the university's sports training village, Mr Powell received messages from around the world from people who were coached by him.
The Ivor Powell Sports Scholarship Fund will be administered by University of Bath Development and Alumni Relations.
Money donated to the fund, which already has £30,000, will provide scholarships for future undergraduates who are gifted both academically and in their chosen sport.
Professor Glynis Breakwell, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, said: "Ivor's dedication and commitment to coaching and sport over nearly four decades here at Bath has been an inspiration to thousands of young people."

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World's oldest person dies - Japanese woman Kama Chinen

TOKYO, May 4 (AFP) - The world's oldest person, Japanese woman Kama Chinen, has died a week short of her 115th birthday after a life spanning three centuries, Guinness World Records said Tuesday.

"Guinness World Records is saddened to learn the news of the death of the oldest living person, Kama Chinen from Japan, who died on May 2, 2010 aged 114 years 357 days," it said.

"Though confined to a wheelchair in her later years, Chinen still enjoyed the wonders of nature and being outside."

Chinen's death hands the title of world's oldest person to Eugenie Blanchard, a 114-year-old French woman living on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Blanchard was born on February 16, 1896, the group said.

Chinen's reign as the oldest living person began on the death of US woman Gertrude Baines, who passed away in September 2009.

Kyodo News agency, citing the health ministry, said an unidentified 114-year-old woman had died Sunday afternoon on the southern island of Okinawa after being taken to hospital from a nursing home.

Japan has the world's highest life expectancy, according to UN figures, and Okinawa has been home to many centenarians, a fact variously attributed to the healthy diet and environment of the sub-tropical island.

Kyodo said Chiyono Hasegawa, 113, in southern Japan's Saga Prefecture was now the country's oldest person.

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