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Matt Damon may be kicking butt in the movies, but his uncle is the REAL athlete in the family.

What is it about a challenge that lures even the most sane of us to take on huge risks? Meet a woman who started swimming after her brother's sudden death at 34. Now 60, she just swam her way across the English Channel and into the record books.

He's known as The Jetman, The Rocketman, and now -- Fusion Man! 48-year-old Yves Rossy just became the first person to fly between France and England, with a jetpack strapped to his back.

Three days after blowing out the candles on his 70th birthday cake, Connecticut resident George Brunstad decided to take a swim – across the English Channel.

Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer is the P.T. Barnum of masters swimming. Completing Lucky's Lake swim is now nearly as cool as crossing the English Channel. If Lucky wants you to swim, eventually you will. Just ask Olympic champion Rowdy Gaines.

Here's something you won't find anywhere else -- GB's exclusive collection of interviews with remarkable men and women who are the world's oldest in their activity. If you want inspiration and proof that it's never too late, here it is.