80 Years Old Man From British Would Rate Team Across The Atlantic

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Life of people living in the world will experience many things, some things for some reason failed to do in old age will therefore more regret. Many older people unable to recall his youth, made of certain things, will regret, there will be a great psychological shadow existence.

People's mental health, physical health is based, but mainly from the continued health of the fitness movement. The biggest change is from old "hyperactivity" to "less action", because the activity decreased, the body will not only accelerate aging, but also lead to mental aging. Therefore, the elderly should always adhere to the exercise, an important part of both the mental health, mental health is also an effective means.

With a combined age of 259, four British adventurers - Anthony Smith, 84, Don Russell, 61, David Hildred, 57, and Andrew Bainbridge, 57 - will launch a ten-week, 4,500-kilometer Atlantic crossing voyage powered only by a plastic raft. Sailing from the Canary Islands to the Bahamas, according to Smith, is to prove that elderly people can do something interesting.

Smith has been plotting his dream trip since ...
... 2005. After placing a advert appealing for fellow crew, he has spent the past few months gathering gas pipes, electronics, wood, and two telegraph poles to assemble a 11m-by-6m raft. There is also a wooden hut, 6x2 meters, where the crew will take turns to sleep on two bunk beds. Cooking and all-important communications will be also carried out there. There is even a library.

The lights and electronics will be powered by four solar cells on top of the hut, a wind generator and a pedaling machine. Meanwhile, the crew will be sustained by 16 boxes of food, containing cornflakes, eggs, oranges and bananas. A small bread maker will add homely comfort to their ordeal. Drinking water will be carried in five pipes, each 5.5-meter long.

"People ask me 'Am I frightened?' But I say I don't know enough to be frightened," Smith explains. "I don't know how we will get on, as we don't know each other very well. I don't know how tiring it will be, living on something that goes up and down all the time. I don't know what it will be like living on a bunk. Nobody knows what a storm will do to us, or how well we will be able to steer." Asked what treats he's brought along to keep the crew's spirits up, Smith's answer is simple. "Alcohol. Everyone's quite keen on a drink." http://www.toryburchcool.com

A former science correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, Smith has written over 30 books and worked on several documentary projects. He presented Tomorrow's World when the BBC television show was in its infancy. In 1962 he led a pioneering expedition, The Sunday Telegraph Balloon Safari, over east Africa. The following year he became the first Briton to go over the Alps by hot air balloon.