Bokdrol 40 #1 Posted January 10, 2023 69 y.o. skydiver pictured Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,625 #2 January 10, 2023 69? Just a kid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil1111 911 #3 January 10, 2023 Sh*t, they could have just gathered a group of the best of SC and done much better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,341 #4 January 10, 2023 Anybody on here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,123 #5 January 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, wolfriverjoe said: Anybody on here? Huh? On what? Wendy P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,341 #6 January 10, 2023 Just now, wmw999 said: Huh? On what? Wendy P. On the cover of National Geographic. Is that person pictured someone who posts on here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,123 #7 January 10, 2023 Oh, just a little slow today. Well, it's not me... Wendy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,048 #8 January 10, 2023 10 hours ago, Bokdrol said: 69 y.o. skydiver pictured Hi Bokdrol, A good friend, Jay Gile, who is 75 just called it quits. He was very active right up until then. Jerry Baumchen 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,341 #9 January 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, JerryBaumchen said: Hi Bokdrol, A good friend, Jay Gile, who is 75 just called it quits. He was very active right up until then. Jerry Baumchen I KNEW someone on here would know him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,387 #10 January 10, 2023 (edited) Wanna see my picture on the cover ♪ Wanna buy five copies for my granddaughter ♪ Wanna see my smilin' face ♪ On the cover of the National Geographic ♪ Edited January 10, 2023 by ryoder 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,341 #11 January 10, 2023 9 minutes ago, ryoder said: Wanna see my picture on the cover ♪ Wanna buy five copies for my granddaughter ♪ Wanna see my smilin' face ♪ On the cover of the National Geographic ♪ I was trying to figure out how to work Dr Hook & the Medicine Show into it. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bokdrol 40 #12 January 11, 2023 14 hours ago, ryoder said: Wanna see my picture on the cover ♪ Wanna buy five copies for my granddaughter ♪ Wanna see my smilin' face ♪ On the cover of the National Geographic ♪ The magazine article is about keeping younger and firing on all cylinders at old/er age rather than just subsiding into terminal bed shitters. It's a 69 year old Dutch skydiver by the name of Arnold Camfferman - according to Nat Geo mag website he does about 500-700 jumps p.a. They go into a spiel about getting the photo, as if it was something unique (putting a camera on to the helmet of another skydiver....wow) so we can maybe take some of it with a pinch of salt. However, I wonder how many of us would turn down the opportunity to appear on the front cover of a worldwide publication? I'd be happy with being on page 3 of The Sun....lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,625 #13 January 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Bokdrol said: The magazine article is about keeping younger and firing on all cylinders at old/er age rather than just subsiding into terminal bed shitters. It's a 69 year old Dutch skydiver by the name of Arnold Camfferman - according to Nat Geo mag website he does about 500-700 jumps p.a. They go into a spiel about getting the photo, as if it was something unique (putting a camera on to the helmet of another skydiver....wow) so we can maybe take some of it with a pinch of salt. However, I wonder how many of us would turn down the opportunity to appear on the front cover of a worldwide publication? I'd be happy with being on page 3 of The Sun....lol Well, I think they should have looked up Pat and Alicia Moorhead. 69 is nothing these days. I was 71 when I participated in the wingsuit large formation world record. Betty Bennett is close to 80 and she still travels all over doing high end big ways, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bokdrol 40 #14 January 11, 2023 46 minutes ago, kallend said: Well, I think they should have looked up Pat and Alicia Moorhead. 69 is nothing these days. I was 71 when I participated in the wingsuit large formation world record. Betty Bennett is close to 80 and she still travels all over doing high end big ways, Sure, there are many older current jumpers to be found - I'm older than the bloke on the cover, as are you and the jumpers you have mentioned. They didn't look us up though! Their loss. However, to the general public who read N.G., doing an extreme sport like skydiving at the age of 69+ will seem unreal. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 190 #15 January 15, 2023 Live longer, go skydiving! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 173 #16 January 16, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 2:09 PM, JerryBaumchen said: Hi Bokdrol, A good friend, Jay Gile, who is 75 just called it quits. He was very active right up until then. Jerry Baumchen Jay is such a good guy. I always enjoyed jumping with him at my boogies and at Lost Prairie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,048 #17 January 16, 2023 1 hour ago, grimmie said: Jay is such a good guy. I always enjoyed jumping with him at my boogies and at Lost Prairie. Hi Rich, I first met Jay in 1973. He had just moved into this area & he was looking to buy a ParaCommander. Someone told him he could get a good price on it from me. He called me up & I looked at what patterns were available & we made a deal. To make a little more $$$ on the sale, I decided to make the sleeve myself. I made it & it worked just fine. To this day, it is the only sleeve that I ever built. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites