Tales of the adventures, drama and revelry these pioneering enthusiasts experienced as they overcame many obstacles to enjoy a few hours of skiing, ice-skating and tobogganing on the slopes of Mount Cockayne.

The purpose of this book is not to dwell on the exhilaration of the peaks of business ownership or the despair of the depths, as the vast majority of businesses in Australasia are well run, profitable and providing enjoyment and satisfaction to the owners. Instead, I want to focus on the overview of the questions you should be asking yourself.

The purpose of this book is to inspire people over the age of 50 to either begin a fitness programme or take their current one to a new level. To achieve this, rather than provide detailed prescriptions of programmes with diagrams etc., the approach is by way of telling the stories of older people who are currently achieving inspirational things with their fitness, from all around New Zealand.

Mike Pero is probably best known as New Zealand's mortgage brokering personality. From virtually no money in 1991, he has built a company which prepares loans close to the value of $1.5 billion a year for Kiwi home buyers. Mike Pero's story is highly motivational. Mike tells his story with a sense of humour, giving his own offbeat view of life along the way.