• otp@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    When the fear of dying stops you from doing something, it might be less of a fear when your age is in the 3 digits

    • oleorunOPMA
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      6 months ago

      The insurance waiver at that point is like “Yeah, try to pin whatever ill effects you get from this on us. Good luck with that.”

    • sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Na, this is skydiving. You know, jumping out of a perfectly working airplane. That does not describe Boeing aircraft.

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      6 months ago

      Ha! This made me snort.

  • can@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Alfred “Al” Blaschke originally earned the title of the oldest person to tandem skydive when he jumped out of a plane at the age of 103 in 2020, but his record was broken by Swedish woman Rut Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson, who was 103 years and 259 days old when she went skydiving.

    Your move Larrson.