Dr. Art Ulene was a familiar face to Boomers and Gen Xers throughout the 1980s. The physician and medical correspondent spent 23 years on NBC’s Today show.

Since then, he’s been taking advantage of his free time and adventurous spirit.

“I retired in 1998, and decided to check off as many items on my bucket list as possible,” Ulene told Upworthy. “I bought a motorcycle and two leather jackets and spent many weekend mornings in the hills of Southern California. Between 1998 and 2020, we visited 83 countries on all seven continents.”

And with his 90th birthday fast approaching, he decided to embark on a new adventure: climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, in an attempt to become the oldest person to summit. (The goal is to reach the summit on his 90th birthday, July 13.)

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