<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0f8631d3-b647-4a3c-86c9-305ad7a961d9/C5D39DC1-7307-4D86-86BA-72EF110DB115/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies" href="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ananova.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies"><BIG>Britain's oldest abseiler</BIG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies"><P>A 93-year-old Gloucestershire man has dropped into the record books as Britain's oldest - and best-dressed - abseiler.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ananova.com/img/3625EAEC-3BB6-4966-850D-E45E2FD67655" alt="Abseiling /Rex" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies"><P> In a natty tweed jacket, shirt and tie, dapper daredevil Les Pugh, 93, descended 160ft from an office block roof to raise £15,000 for two charities.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies"><P> He was cheered by hundreds of well-wishers as he came down the side of the Eagle Tower in Cheltenham, reports the Daily Mirror.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies"><P> Mr Pugh, of nearby Stonehouse, said: "It was lovely - just as wonderful as I thought it was going to be.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies"><P> "I didn't feel any nerves while I was up there - I'm completely impervious to heights. I really enjoyed it."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies"><P> He was one of two people over the age of 70 to descend the Eagle Tower in Cheltenham. The youngest participants were two nine-year-old girls.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3290516.html?menu=news.quirkies"><P> Money raised from event is to be donated to the Cotswold Riding for the Disabled and the Gloucestershire MS Therapy Centre.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C5D39DC1-7307-4D86-86BA-72EF110DB115/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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