Okanagan senior parasails for 95th birthday

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Okanagan senior parasails for 95th birthday
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Lee Prunkl is parasailing through her golden years, gaining a fresh perspective of the city she has called home most of her life. 

It's an annual way to ring in a birthday for someone of her age, but one Kelowna senior is defying expectations. As Sydney Morton reports, this daredevil proves 95 isn't too old, to celebrate at new heights.The Kelowna, B.C., resident is parasailing through her golden years, gaining a fresh perspective of the city she has called home most of her life.Prunkl moved to Kelowna in 1938 from Yugoslavia with her family and travelled around the city by horse and buggy.

This isn’t the first time Prunkl has defied gravity, as she took to the skies two years ago, and has been talking about her time parasailing every since.Her nephew, Troy Manchur, accompanies her on the voyage for his first parasailing experience. “I know enjoyed it last time she did it, so i thought what a great way to celebrate your 95th birthday,” said Manchur.What polls show about Tim Walz and JD Vance before Tuesday’s VP debate

“We have had a lot of seniors come and parasail with us, we had a 100-year-old man come for his birthday in the spring this year,” said Okanagan Parasail manager, Krystal Wittmer Wittmer says the magic of parasailing is that anyone four years old and up can go out and get a birds-eye view of the Okanagan.Charge your phone overnight? Here’s why Montreal fire officials say to stop

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