Skydiving is considered a dangerous sport because it involves jumping out of an aircraft at a high altitude and freefalling through the air before deploying a parachute to slow the descent and land safely on the ground.
Despite the use of advanced equipment and safety procedures, there are inherent risks associated with the sport. Some people might think there is an age limit for skydiving, but a group of 60+ year olds is breaking a world record in California. Here’s everything we know.
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101 skydivers aged 60+ attempt to break a world record in California
More than 100 skydivers between the ages of 60 and 78 gathered in Southern California to try to create a huge formation in the sky.
More than 100 senior citizens participated in a skydiving event in California, United States, to break the world record.
The group set out to break just one world record, but as luck would have it, they ended up breaking two!
The younger group known as “Skydivers Over Sixty” allegedly made formations in mid-air and broke two world records. Before learning about the records these individuals broke, you must first understand what one-point and two-point formations are.
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In skydiving, a “point” is the number of formation members who are touching one another. In a “2-point” formation, two skydivers would be touching each other while the other skydivers would not be touching anyone.
The group broke the record
The Southern California skydiving facility, Skydive Perris, posted the group’s snowflake formation images on Instagram with the caption, “Our jumpers of SOS (Skydivers Over Sixty) were featured on @GoodMorningAmerica for their two new records! Check out their video here!”
The group’s one-point formation with 101 participants set a new record, surpassing the previous mark of 75 participants set in 2018. Then, 95 people formed a 2-point formation, breaking the previous record of 60 people set in 2017.
This is the second record. Only on their fourth attempt did the over-60s break the record, according to the Southern California Skydiving Facility. “I want to thank everyone who made this dream come true! You were all so incredible, the group wrote in a post.
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