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102-year-old woman breaks record for world's oldest skydiver
Wednesday December 12, 2018. 02:10 PM , from BoingBoing
Irene O'Shea of Athelstone, Australia just broke the world record for the oldest female skydiver. She's 102 years old. This isn't her first jump though. This badass centenarian started two years ago when she turned 100.
ABC reports: Sunday's skydive, which broke the world record, 'went smoothly,' SA Diving said, describing her as 'an absolute joy to have in the dropzone.' O'Shea's daughter died of motor neurone disease years ago, according to SA Diving. She saw this year's skydive as the 'perfect opportunity' to raise money and awareness for the Motor Neurone Disease Association of South Australia. O'Shea jumped from 14,000 feet at SA Skydiving's Langhorne Creek Dropzone with instructor Jed Smith, a 24-year-old paramedic who she made her previous jumps with. The pair fell at about 136 mph before the parachute was deployed, according to SA Skydiving. Wow. (VICE)
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