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Mumbai: 80-year-old adventure enthusiast proves age is no barrier to chasing thrills

Former RBI assistant manager Sona Kumar has embraced adventure sports in her 80s, taking on parasailing, white-water rafting, rappelling and snorkelling to inspire others that age should never limit new experiences

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Sona Kumar, 80, at her Andheri residence. The former RBI officer is preparing for a counselling exam to better support children from disadvantaged families through her NGO, Sona Sarovar. Pics/Atul Kamble

Sona Kumar, 80, at her Andheri residence. The former RBI officer is preparing for a counselling exam to better support children from disadvantaged families through her NGO, Sona Sarovar. Pics/Atul Kamble

If I can do it, the younger ones can do it too,” says eighty-year-old Sona Kumar. You’ll never guess what Kumar, who is a former assistant manager at the Reserve Bank of India, is talking about. Parasailing, white water rafting, rappelling, snorkelling — you name the adventure sport, and the octogenarian who reinvented herself in her second innings has been there, done that.

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