Alfred ‘Al’ Blaschke, who first broke the Guinness World Record for at 103 in 2020, reached an altitude of 9,000ft in November

Archived version: https://archive.ph/3eo64

  • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    Ah so he broke his own record. A 104 yo lady almost beat him but died (naturally and unrelated to the jump) before claiming her prize, so he must’ve done it for the love of the game right? I am fairly confident after reading that his record will now never be broken. How many centarians even think about shit like this? What a guy.

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    6 months ago

    Imagine if when the cords of the shoot snapped taught it shattered every last bone in his body and he hit the ground like a bag of wet gravel