a d day veteran landing in the guiness book of world s records. had to jump from 15,000 feet in the air to do it. take a look when he became the world s oldest tandem sky diver. today he was presented with a certificate from a british charity to mark his achievement. i was, you know, not afraid. no fears. no nothing. just dive out of the plane and just hold the parachute open. drop about two miles down. he said no fear, no nothing. the money goes to british soldiers, veterans and their families to allow them to take a
a sky diver is running out of time, and altitude. i could see my altimeter going into the red zone. the only two things that separate him from almost certain death. this was 100% unprecedented for me, and unimaginable. the parachute center in encampo, california, is open for business, weather permitting, 365 days a year. world championship sky driver greg stapleton has more than 7,000 jumps under his belt. everything can happen in a split second. it can all change in a moment s notice, so you ve got to be ready. you ve got to be on the edge. stapleton is one of an elite group doing formation sky dives which involve the risky maneuver of holding onto a fellow jumper s chute in mid air. there is probably only 500 people on the planet who do formation sky diving with their parachute open.
attention to the safety of his team members who start re-forms around him. i need to make sure i am aiming myself back towards the drop zone to make sure i m safe and to make sure everybody else gets back. i consider that my responsibility as the person on the bottom. but as quickly as bland reorients himself, unbelievably, it happens again. another pocket of dead air, and another midair collision. this time, two different wing-suit fliers. as they tumble in the sky, the team reaches 5,000 feet and bland signals to pull their parachutes, unsure if everyone is accounted for. after we opened the parachutes, i look around to see the correct number of people are there. i knew how many people we had in the flock when we left the airplane. and then i counted that number of parachutes, plus mine, when we opened. so i knew everybody had a parachute open. they could have been hurt, but they weren t dead.
formation sky diving with their parachute open. today his partner is katie hanson. she won t be so intimidated that they can t think and can t do. craig and i jump together all the time. hanson is recording their jump on her helmet cam. everybody has cameras. this is sky diving. stapleton and hanson are a good team with more than 11,000 jumps between them. stapleton has done this stunt they are about to tackle before, but it s the first time for hanson. there is a learning curve where you have to figure out what could possibly be going wrong. at 8,000 feet, they start their high-stakes stunt, tethering themselves together with both chutes open. i ve actually crawled down the lines of her parachute so
formation sky diving with their parachute open. today his partner is katie hanson. a dare devil in her own right. she won t be so intimidated that they can t think and can t do. craig and i jump together all the time. march 10th, 2013. hanson is recording their jump on her helmet cam. everybody has cameras. this is sky diving. stapleton and hanson are a good team with more than 11,000 jumps between them. stapleton has done this stunt they are about to tackle before, but it s the first time for hanson. there is a learning curve where you have to figure out what could possibly be going wrong. at 8,000 feet, they start their high-stakes stunt, tethering themselves together with both chutes open. i ve actually crawled down the lines of her parachute so