A writer did everything from BASE jumping to scuba-diving with women over 50. She learned 3 things about healthy aging. [Video]

When you see people skateboarding, they are usually young and male. So, imagine the surprise of rangers at Yosemite National Park when they realized the person zooming toward them on an electric skateboard was a 61-year-old woman.

The skateboarder, Caroline Paul, was on her way to meet Shawn Brokemond, who was about to jump off El Capitan, a 3,000-foot high rock face in Yosemite. This BASE-jumping 54-year-old was among the 10 women aged between 54 and 93 who Paul met to research her book “Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking — How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age.”

By doing everything from scuba diving with an octogenarian to walking on the wing of a plane with a 71-year-old, Paul saw that age needn’t be a barrier to living fully. The women’s hobbies were a source of vitality because they encompassed multiple different aspects of a healthy lifestyle: being …