Viti Olds, planning to repeat a cycle ride to Petone on her 79th birthday.

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Viti Olds, planning to repeat a cycle ride to Petone on her 79th birthday.

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A colour image was printed in the Upper Hutt Leader on 9/2/2000. She had done a similar ride in 1997, raising funds for her parish; this time it was as part of an "Extraordinary Women in Action " day. The February 16 'Leader' reported that she had broken her previous 2-hour record by 30 minutes, thanks to a northerly wind and a 7-rider support group; the same wind defeated her in her attempt to swim from Matiu (Somes Island) to Petone; half of the nine swimmers had succeeded. She had come to ...

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February 2000

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http://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/17883

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Upper Hutt Leader, 35

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