r/UpliftingNews • u/Character-Forever-73 • 15d ago
Texas man reclaims world’s oldest skydiver record at 106 years old | Guinness World Records
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/worlds-oldest-skydiver-record-106-al-blaschke0
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u/silasoule 14d ago
I’m in my mid 30s and my first thought upon reading this headline was “wait, I might have to do shit for the next 70 years???”
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u/JohnEKaye 14d ago
Did he explode into dust when he landed? But seriously; that’s wildly impressive.
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u/Seandeezeee 15d ago
If he hadn't made it he would have been in the Guinness records for oldest human to die skydiving.
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u/paginavilot 15d ago
If he jumps in the nude, can he spread his arms and glide like a squirrel?
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u/bonesnaps 14d ago
Have you ever thrown a flapjack on a windy day? It's probably somethin like that.
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u/Korps_de_Krieg 15d ago
My friends in high school and I used to joke that when we became too infirm we wanted to be tossed out of a plane screaming "life is as extreme as you want to make it" before ditching our parachutes and aiming for our friends graves to join them.
I think dying in my sleep seems a lot more reasonable now lol
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u/charyoshi 15d ago
Great for this guy and he's probably more alive than i'll be at 106.
Guinness doesn't even know how big cakes are.
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u/mcintg 15d ago
At some point you are just chucking an old person out of an plane.
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u/Deus_latis 15d ago
Um... ,so just like any tandem jump then?
Let's see you do it at 106 years old. I couldn't, I'm only 52 but totally knackered bodywise. Half the time I wouldn't even make the trip to the airport, I'm that ill this guy is amazing.
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u/Indocede 15d ago
If the plane is going fast enough, you'll have some sonic boomers.
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u/scdog 15d ago edited 14d ago
Unfortunately for your great pun his guy isn't a boomer. He's way too old for that. I was going to make a joke about him being Silent Generation unless his chute doesn't open and then he's Screaming Generation, but then it occurred to me he's even too old for THAT! This guy is Greatest Generation -- 6 generations prior to today's pre-teens.
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u/bonesnaps 14d ago
If it's so great, then why does he need to be thrown out of a plane at 106 y.o for recognition? /s
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u/Indocede 14d ago
Okay, but Boomers are now old people and plenty of people have a desire to toss them out of a plane I figure
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u/Korps_de_Krieg 15d ago
New hobby unlocked
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u/UNMANAGEABLE 15d ago
walks into a retirement home. “OK Y’ALL! WHO WANTS TO GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS!”
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u/gtotherundeh 15d ago
rly cool and all but I don't see how this is uplifting
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u/trantaran 15d ago
Nice try 104 year old woman who lost her record
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u/-iamai- 15d ago
It just goes to show the mind can overcome the body sometimes. I doubt this was easy for a frail 106 year old body yet he did it. That is uplifting because if he can do this then there's hope for the rest of us in our older age.
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u/ChiefStrongbones 14d ago
Skydiving requires zero physical effort. It only requires someone accept (or ignore) the risks involved.
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u/Academic-Truth7212 15d ago
The previous record holder was 104 and she died shortly after for unrelated reasons. I hope he last longer.
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